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Pads 'n' All - The Confessions of a Skater Girl
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Follow derbygurl from her roller derby awakening through boot camp and onwards to greatness (hopefully)!
Recent Posts
Pretending to be Jammer
Man I'm shite-that's the official verdict!!!!!!I had my first attempt (in fact 5 or 6) at Jamming since I injured my knee a few months ago. I have been taking it easy - getting used to skating full contact again, building up endurance, finding my fo...
Feels like forever......
Fuck, its been a long time!!!! Good news though, I'm back!!!!! Back on my skates and I feel like a newbie again. Ive lost my confidence, my speed and my endurance. We were playing chase the pack the other week and I was skating a jam speed and I...
Loss of Confidence
I have been off injured now for 5 weeks and it feels like forever. I have been on my skates skating, but no contact allowed. That means no blocking, no jamming, no checking, NO FUN!!!!!!! It really sucks, it was so hard to put my skates on again a...
Clash of personalities???
Im feeling disembodied, I feel like im being taken over by another, more dominant force. My derby persona is encroaching more and more in my personal life and im getting more and more confused by the day.My everyday clothing is being taken over by s...
New Skates!!!!
I got my new skates!!!!! Yay!!!!I wore them all day when I got them, I couldn't stop looking at them! The wheels look massive compared to my old wheels and you can feel they are stickier just by running your hands over them! I cant wait to try the...
Bashes and Bruises
Well scrimmaging is going from strength to strength, we are getting more competitive and more aggressive with our blocking. Still too many 'sorrys' and stopping to check that people are not injured when you knock them on to their asses, but we are d...

