Rocky Mountain Rollergirls

The Amazing Race's roller derby moms compete against each other tomorrow

Beth "Fiona Grapple" Bandimere and Mona "Triple Shot Misto" -- the roller derby moms of The Amazing Race fame -- are teammates on both the CBS reality TV series (still hanging in there as of this writing) and the Rocky Mountain Rollergirls' 5280 Fight Club traveling squad, but they'll be rivals tomo ... More >>

The Rougher Sex

Month of Photography: Dave Wood's The Art of Roller Derby

Photographer Dave Wood's new show, The Art of Roller Derby, coincides with the city-wide Month of Photography celebration and also kicks off a new monthly artist showcase series at Herman's Hideaway. Wood has been photographing roller derby for the last three years, and will be featuring a selection ... More >>

Denver Roller Dolls' new Orange Crushers to sport Broncos colors

The Denver Roller Dolls roller derby league expanded this week with the addition of a new local squad, bringing the home team total to five: the Orange Crushers will be joining DRD's Bad Apples, Green Barrettes, Shotgun Betties, and Electrocuties (the 2012 DRD Home Team champions) for the 2013 seaso ... More >>

Photos: Doom Daisies take on Red Ridin' Hoods at Rocky Mountain Rollergirls' season opener

If we referred to "the weekend's most exciting sports event," we couldn't blame you for assuming we meant the Super Bowl. But we've got another entry in that category: the Rocky Mountain Rollergirls' 2013 season opener. On Saturday, the Doom Daisies took on the Red Ridin' Hoods at the Fillmore Audit ... More >>

Pump Out the Jams

Rocky Mountain Rollergirls Triple Shot Misto and Fiona Grapple to take on The Amazing Race

CBS confirmed today that two stars of the Rocky Mountain Rollergirls' 5280 Fight Club will be among the contestants for the $1 million prize on the 22nd season of The Amazing Race, premiering February 17. While local roller-derby fans know them best by their noms de derby, Triple Shot Misto and Fion ... More >>

Rocky Mountain Rollergirls teammates on next season of The Amazing Race?

Although the official cast list for the 22nd season of the CBS reality series The Amazing Race hasn't been released, Reality Fan Forum, Reality Blurred and other sources are spilling the beans early, and report that a pair of Rocky Mountain Rollergirls will be among next season's competitors. Google ... More >>

The Denver Roller Dolls finish second in the West Region Playoffs

The Denver Roller Dolls' Mile High Club destroyed the Sacred City Derby Girls 339-86 in quarterfinals and edged out tournament hosts, B.ay A.rea D.erby Girls, on their way to finals at the Women's Flat Track Derby Association's West Region playoffs over the weekend in Richmond, California. They also ... More >>

That’s Bull!

Denver's eleven best roller derby nicknames

A roller derby nickname must be several things. Among them: short, clever and intimidating. This year's winner of "Best Roller Derby Nickname" in our 2012 Best of Denver issue is all three: Boo Boo Radley of the Denver Roller Dolls. But there's more cleverness and badassery to go around. Here, we ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

The Wheel Thing

Bowling for Dollars

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 >>

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 >>

Sisterly Love

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Running And Rolling

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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:

Let’s Roll!

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Wonder Women

Let's Roll!

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.

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

Kick Out the Jams

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 >>

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.

Rolling Thunder

Unholy Rollers

Rollin', Rollin', Rollin'

While His Guitar Gently Weeps

Scott Baxendale is fretting over Qwest.