Providence Roller Derby’s travel teams of The Rhode Island Riveters (A Team, ranked #99) and the Killah Bees (B Team) are spending more of their season away than they are home, and taking advantage of back-to-back weekend bouts and multi-day tournaments to improve their game play and overall ranking with WFTDA (Women’s Flat Track Derby […]
Mariana Myer, 13, of Rhode Island, is already very accomplished. Her background is in surfing, skating and snowboarding, and she’s received a lot of exposure in RI as one of the best young skaters in the state. I got a chance to talk to Mariana about her career so far. She’s focused, but laid back, […]
Fall is almost here. Hot, muggy days have already turned cool and brisk. T-shirts and shorts will make way for hoodies and jeans. Soon, there will be a Halloween isle at CVS, and I have already started my yearly regimen of binge watching horror movies. On most weekends, my friends and I can be found […]
Another year is in the books for Providence Roller Derby as the home season comes to an end, but there’s something new and inspiring starting up this fall. On Sat, Sep 16 at the West Warwick Civic Center, PRD’s Championship Double-Header will feature an opener with the Old Money Honeys vs. the Bay State Brawlers visiting from […]
Ah! It’s that time of year again! I love fall, and not just for the pumpkin spice, warm sweaters, Scituate Art Festival and because I get to set up my Harry Potter-themed classroom! It’s also because fall brings back great sports! And in my house it’s all football, hockey and quidditch, the last of which […]
The summer skate scene is in full swing, with schools out and private and public skate parks in operation. South County continues to be the hotbed of Rhode Island talent, thanks to the draw of top talent that calls the Old Mountain Field Skate Park their home. Over the past two years, more than $10,000 was […]
A common phrase from a skater is that “derby is for everybody.” This is true — there are skaters ranging in age from their early 20s to their late 50s, from all ethnicities, from multiple faiths and cultural backgrounds, and all forms of gender identity. What goes under the radar is that the next breed […]
The weekend of June 3 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, featured the annual BrewHaHa roller derby tournament where (#105) the RI Riveters rallied together to claim two out of three victories. Kicking off Saturday, the Riveters defeated Kalamazoo Kill Stars in a nail-biting 185-175 bout and on Sunday they defeated DuPage Derby Dames 219-148. However it took […]
Battling up from their #107 WFTDA Ranking, Providence’s Rhode Island Riveters are looking to do some serious damage by closing out their travel season with their final away and at-home bouts. On Saturday, May 13, the Riveters faced Les Duchesses of Quebec City in a back and forth nail-biter. What seemed like a clinched win […]