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Rocky Mountain Rollergirls

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    February 9, 2009

    Over the Weekend: six things you (probably) missed that rocked (maybe)

    Aaron Thackeray After the jump, a round-up of the weekend in Denver, with roller derby and skateboarding and even some things that don't involve rubber wheels.

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    December 4, 2008

    Roll Out

    The match-up of the season pits San Diego against our own Rollergirls.

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    September 11, 2008

    Roll Out

    The Rocky Mountain Rollergirls play a double-header in the Springs.

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    June 7, 2007

    Rolling Thunder

    The Rocky Mountain Rollergirls play a double-header in the Springs.

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    October 26, 2006

    Rollin', Rollin', Rollin'

    The Rocky Mountain Rollergirls play a double-header in the Springs.

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    June 14, 2007

    Sketched Out

    The Rocky Mountain Rollergirls play a double-header in the Springs.

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    March 1, 2007

    Unholy Rollers

    The Rocky Mountain Rollergirls play a double-header in the Springs.

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    March 9, 2006

    While His Guitar Gently Weeps

    Scott Baxendale is fretting over Qwest.

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    February 18, 2010

    Bad-ass roller derby slide show features plenty of girl-on-girl action

    The Rocky Mountain Rollergirls' Sugar Kill Gang (black) battle the Dooms Daisies (blue) at the league's first bout of the season, on February 6 at the Fillmore Auditorium.​Denver's first roller derby bout of the season went down on February 6 at the Fillmore Auditorium -- site of today's speec ... More >>

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    March 18, 2010

    Kick Out the Jams

    The Rocky Mountain Rollergirls' Sugar Kill Gang (black) battle the Dooms Daisies (blue) at the league's first bout of the season, on February 6 at the Fillmore Auditorium.​Denver's first roller derby bout of the season went down on February 6 at the Fillmore Auditorium -- site of today's speec ... More >>

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    March 19, 2010

    Denver Roller Dolls make their big debut

    Jay VollmarThe Denver Roller Dolls (blue) battle the Rocky Mountain Rollergirls at the national derby association's Western regional tournament, hosted in Denver last October.​ The Denver Roller Dolls -- the fourth-best roller derby league in the country, according to the Derby News Network -- ... More >>

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    March 23, 2010

    The Rocky Mountain Rollergirls want YOU (to write them an anthem)

    Everybody loves a good fight song. You know, a boisterous ditty that makes you want to hoist your beer and rip the other team's face off. The Rocky Mountain Rollergirls, Denver's first roller derby league, is looking for a face-ripping song of its own to play at bouts both in Denver and on the roa ... More >>

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    March 25, 2010

    The Denver Roller Dolls pack in the fans -- more than 4,000 of 'em -- in Broomfield

    The question of whether Denver Roller Dolls fans would follow their derby league to Broomfield has been answered with a resounding, "Hell yes!" The Dolls report that a record 4,429 fans attended the league's first bout of the season last Saturday at the newly revamped, 6,500-seat 1st Bank Center i ... More >>

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    April 5, 2010

    Denver Roller Dolls roll out an offer on eBay

    Jay Vollmar​Denver's two roller derby leagues, profiled in the Westword's feature "Denver's Roller Derby Rivalry Could Start the Sport Rolling Across the Country," are stepping up their games this year -- both on the track and off. Exhibit A: The Rocky Mountain Rollergirls have been kicking a ... More >>

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    May 11, 2010

    Roller derby teams from Denver crush terrific Texas in two killer bouts

    Jay VollmarThe Rocky Mountain Rollergirls' Whipity Pow at Sunday's bout against Texas​ And now, derby fans, a bit of proof that Denver kicks ass at roller derby, courtesy of a Derby News Network live blog of the Rocky Mountain Rollergirls' slaughter bout against the Texas Rollergirls this past ... More >>

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    July 21, 2010

    Roller derby: New Fort Collins team, the Choice City Rebels, accepted into national derby league

    ​More proof that Colorado has the most badass women per capita: The Choice City Rebels roller derby league out of Fort Collins was just accepted as an apprentice league by the Women's Flat Track Derby Association.

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    September 23, 2010

    Let's Roll!

    ​More proof that Colorado has the most badass women per capita: The Choice City Rebels roller derby league out of Fort Collins was just accepted as an apprentice league by the Women's Flat Track Derby Association.

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    October 20, 2010

    Rocky Mountain Rollergirls are the No. 1 derby team in the country, new rankings say

    Jay Vollmar​The Rocky Mountain Rollergirls are on top. Going into next month's national WFTDA Championships, Denver's oldest roller derby league is currently ranked No. 1 in the country by the Derby News Network, a website dedicated to all things derby -- and the only organization to publish ... More >>

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    October 28, 2010

    Wonder Women

    Jay Vollmar​The Rocky Mountain Rollergirls are on top. Going into next month's national WFTDA Championships, Denver's oldest roller derby league is currently ranked No. 1 in the country by the Derby News Network, a website dedicated to all things derby -- and the only organization to publish ... More >>

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    November 5, 2010

    This Weekend In Stoke: Copper, Keystone, Roller Girls and more

    ​Where to get some action this weekend? Where to begin? For starters, you'll want to call in sick this morning and make it a three-day weekend: Copper Mountain opens today with its annual Lift Off party running through the weekend. Hit the slopes all day then stop by Jack's at the base for the ... More >>

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    November 8, 2010

    Rocky Mountain Rollergirls win national championships, crowned best derby team

    Jay Vollmar​ The Rocky Mountain Rollergirls are officially the best. In the final bout yesterday at the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Championships in Chicago, Denver's Rollergirls beat the Oly Rollers of Olympia, Washington, to become the 2010 national champions. The Derby News Networ ... More >>

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    November 8, 2010

    Our rollergirls can beat up your roller girls: Rocky Mountain Rollergirls, national champs

    ​The Rocky Mountain Rollergirls' A-list traveling team 5280 Fight Club defeated the Charm City Rollergirls (Baltimore, MD), Gotham Girls Roller Derby (New York, NY) and the Oly Rollers (Olympia, WA) on their way to winning the Women's Flat Track Derby Association's national championships and t ... More >>

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    November 15, 2010

    Roller derby: Denver Roller Dolls to host 2011 national championships in Broomfield

    Jean Schwarzwalder via wftda.com​ The Hydra, the roller skate-shaped trophy bestowed annually upon the best roller derby team in the country, won't have far to travel in 2011. It's now on display at the Denver warehouse that's home to the Rocky Mountain Rollergirls, who won the 2010 Women's Fl ... More >>

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    November 19, 2010

    This Weekend In Stoke: More local adventure than you can shake a snowboard at

    Photo courtesy Vail Resorts​After getting dumped on all week (nearly three feet, as of this writing) Vail is opening today with 1,150 acres and nine lifts. Eldora opens today, too. Winter Park opened on Wednesday and will open Mary Jane tomorrow. And Keystone, which opened on November 5, is op ... More >>

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    February 4, 2011

    This Weekend In Stoke: Five ways to beat the cold and get your blood moving

    ​We're #1! Come see the best roller derby league in the country in action when the Rocky Mountain Roller Girls (2010 Women's Flat Track Derby Association national champions) open their 2011 season on Saturday at the Fillmore at 7 p.m. The bout pits two of the league's teams - Dooms Daisies vs. ... More >>

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    February 17, 2011

    Let’s Roll!

    ​We're #1! Come see the best roller derby league in the country in action when the Rocky Mountain Roller Girls (2010 Women's Flat Track Derby Association national champions) open their 2011 season on Saturday at the Fillmore at 7 p.m. The bout pits two of the league's teams - Dooms Daisies vs. ... More >>

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    February 18, 2011

    This Weekend in Stoke: Top five ways to howl at the full moon

    ​What is it about a full moon in February that brings out the freeze-your-ass-off fanatics? If you're looking to wolf out, this is your weekend:

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    March 11, 2011

    Roller derby: State lawmakers pass resolution recognizing how the sport empowers women

    ​ Denver's Rocky Mountain Rollergirls, the best roller derby team in the world, recently accomplished another feat: the passage of Joint Senate Resolution 11-021 by the Colorado legislature. The purpose of the resolution? To acknowledge the "leadership, development and empowerment of women tha ... More >>

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    March 24, 2011

    Roller derby kids: Rocky Mountain Rollerpunks junior league to host registration Saturday

    Dave Wood​ A year ago, the Rocky Mountain Rollergirls launched a junior league, the Rocky Mountain Rollerpunks, for girls and boys who didn't want to wait until they were eighteen to kick ass. The first year was phenomenal, reports Rollergirls spokeswoman PJ "Dangerous Leigh A'Zon" Shields -- ... More >>

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    April 8, 2011

    Get your booty shorts here! Derbyville caters to Colorado's sassiest skaters

    ​ Amy Harrold, aka Pretty But Ruthless, thinks it's high time Denver had its own roller derby boutique. Denver is, after all, the home of the Rocky Mountain Rollergirls' 5280 Fight Club A-team, the top roller derby team in the nation. And Colorado is literally loaded down with leagues - there ... More >>

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    April 15, 2011

    Top 10 Best Roller Derby Nicknames (aside from Best of Denver winner Frida Beater)

    ​ This year, the prestigious "Best Roller Derby Nickname" award in our 2011 Best of Denver went to Frida Beater of the Rocky Mountain Rollergirls, who, in addition to having a kick-ass nickname, routinely kicks actual ass. But she's not the only witty derby girl around. As such, we present the ... More >>

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    May 6, 2011

    This Weekend in Stoke: Top five wicked ways to celebrate Mother's Day

    ​Lookout, mom! The Pagan Downhill crew ("sickest longboarding events in the world") is dropping bombs on Lookout Mountain this weekend for the 2011 Buffalo Bill Downhill Bloodspill, a skateboarding race pretty much guaranteed to live up to its gruesome name as 120 of Colorado's craziest skater ... More >>

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    May 13, 2011

    Denver filmmakers unveil trailer for Derby Baby roller derby documentary

    ​After watching Drew Barrymore's Whip It with her daughters two years ago, Robin Bond -- the Denver-based filmmaker behind the new documentary Derby Baby -- set out to chase down some roller derby dreams of her own. She didn't get very far. "I'm fairly athletic, and had started skating a lot ... More >>

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    July 7, 2011

    Running And Rolling

    ​After watching Drew Barrymore's Whip It with her daughters two years ago, Robin Bond -- the Denver-based filmmaker behind the new documentary Derby Baby -- set out to chase down some roller derby dreams of her own. She didn't get very far. "I'm fairly athletic, and had started skating a lot ... More >>

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    July 11, 2011

    The Highland Running of the Bulls brought zero bulls, multiple Wiffle bats

    Bullish.​Far across the sea in Pamplona, Spain, over the weekend, thousands of people gathered for some reason to run along narrow streets toward the sole ambition of not getting gored by a pissed-off bull. In Denver, the stakes were lower and the injuries far less grievous, but the good times ... More >>

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    July 11, 2011

    Rocky Mountain Roller Girls kick butt at Highland Running of the Bulls (PHOTOS)

    ​This weekend's Rocky Mountain Roller Girls Running of the Bulls in the Highland neighborhood was a genius fundraiser, and photog Stephen Cummings captured all the mayhem. But there were more picturesque happenings over the weekend, too. Check out the Avett Brothers at Red Rocks, City Park Jaz ... More >>

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    July 22, 2011

    This Weekend in Stoke: Top five ways to skate and recreate, July 22-24

    ​Divide & Conquer! The Denver Roller Dolls are hosting the Continental Divide & Conquer (the 2011 Women's Flat Track Roller Derby Association Championships) November 11-13, and tickets go on sale on Saturday with early-bird pricing through July 31. It ought to be quite a battle: The Rocky Moun ... More >>

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    September 1, 2011

    Sisterly Love

    ​Divide & Conquer! The Denver Roller Dolls are hosting the Continental Divide & Conquer (the 2011 Women's Flat Track Roller Derby Association Championships) November 11-13, and tickets go on sale on Saturday with early-bird pricing through July 31. It ought to be quite a battle: The Rocky Moun ... More >>

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    September 8, 2011

    Shannon "Lucky 7" Boyles coaches stay-at-home mom on how to be a rollergirl on CMT's Made

    Shannon Boyles.​ Those of you addicted to reality television (hello! guilty!) will be familiar with the MTV show Made, which takes awkward teenagers and transforms them into the prom queen. Last month, CMT debuted an adult version, and next week's episode features a stay-at-home mom who wants ... More >>

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    September 23, 2011

    Rocky Mountain Rollergirls and Denver Roller Dolls in Portland for Bridgetown Brawl

    ​All-star teams from both of Colorado's premier roller derby leagues -- Rocky Mountain Rollergirls and the Denver Roller Dolls -- are in Portland, Oregon, this weekend for the Bridgetown Brawl Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) West Region Playoffs at Memorial Coliseum, and all of th ... More >>

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    September 26, 2011

    Rocky Mountain Rollergirls to defend Hydra Trophy at 2011 WFTDA Championships

    ​Break out your best black and red gear: The Rocky Mountain Rollergirls' 5280 Fight Club finished in second place at this weekend's Bridgetown Brawl West Region Playoffs, advancing to the 2011 Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) Championships in November, where they'll defend their 20 ... More >>

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    October 6, 2011

    Bowling for Dollars

    ​Break out your best black and red gear: The Rocky Mountain Rollergirls' 5280 Fight Club finished in second place at this weekend's Bridgetown Brawl West Region Playoffs, advancing to the 2011 Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) Championships in November, where they'll defend their 20 ... More >>

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    November 11, 2011

    AEG Live CEO Chuck Morris on the 2011 WFTDA Roller Derby Championships

    ​Chuck Morris has been a roller derby fan since he was ten years old, and in 2010, he made news by bringing the Denver Roller Dolls to the 1st Bank Center in Broomfield and then attracting the 2011 Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) Championships to that venue for this weekend's thre ... More >>

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    November 11, 2011

    In honor of Nigel Tufnel, eleven ways to turn it up to 11 on the weekend beginning 11/11/11

    "The numbers all go to eleven.​In honor of Nigel Tufnel Day, we present our Top 11 picks for weekend adventure. "These go to eleven." A pair of skis pointed for the Park Lane terrain park jump line on Peak 8 for opening day of the 50th anniversary season at Breckenridge looks like an 11 to u ... More >>

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    November 11, 2011

    Rocky Mountain Rollergirls: Will they be national roller derby champs two years in a row?

    Jay VollmarRMRG celebrates its win.​ "Rocky, Rocky, Rocky! Fight, Fight, Fight!" That's the cheer of the number-one roller derby team in the country: Denver's own Rocky Mountain Rollergirls, who kicked all sorts of spandex-ed ass last year to win the WFTDA Championships. The team will defend ... More >>

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    November 12, 2011

    A few memorable quotes from last night's WFTDA roller derby championships

    ​Maybe it's because the skaters have names like Psycho Babble and Britches n' Hose, but the running commentary provided by roller derby announcers can at times sound like narration for an X-rated movie or a horror flick. Yesterday's bout between Denver's Rocky Mountain Rollergirls and the Nash ... More >>

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    November 14, 2011

    Five tough roller derby girls tell us the girliest thing they do ... including get their period?

    Don't mess.​Roller derby girls are tough as shit. After all, the game they play involves dashing around an oval on roller skates, intentionally colliding into opponents and oftentimes sending them careening off course -- sometimes face-first. Injuries are common; the starting line of this week ... More >>

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    November 14, 2011

    Gotham Girls Roller Derby All-Stars win Hydra Trophy at WFTDA Championships

    Sarah AustinGotham Girls Roller Derby All-Stars celebrate with the WFTDA Hydra Trophy on Sunday at 1st Bank Center in Broomfield​New York's Gotham Girls Roller Derby All-Stars were the big winners at the 2011 Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) Championships at the 1st Bank Center thi ... More >>

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    November 15, 2011

    Reader: Colorado's on a roll with roller derby

    The victorious Gotham Girls Roller Derby All-Stars.​The 1st Bank Center played host to twelve of the best roller derby teams from around the country this past weekend. And although our hometown teams did not triumph in the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Championships, the Denver area de ... More >>

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    November 10, 2011

    The Wheel Thing

    The victorious Gotham Girls Roller Derby All-Stars.​The 1st Bank Center played host to twelve of the best roller derby teams from around the country this past weekend. And although our hometown teams did not triumph in the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Championships, the Denver area de ... More >>

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