tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41842511547834893182010-03-11T15:09:10.705-05:00Derby Luv is a roller derby blog written by Rollergirl Nia Capps. Includes everything from Roller Derby to Roller Skates, from training to bouts, from music to clothes. Anything and everything roller derby.Billnoreply@blogger.comBlogger343125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4184251154783489318.post-57407918647581118452010-02-09T12:30:00.003-05:002010-02-09T12:38:15.119-05:00

Well, if you aren't facebook friends with me, you may not have heard, but a mini-nia is on the way. I am added to the list of pregnant rollergirls and rollergirl mommies-to-be out there. I'm not due until September, so it's no hurry.But I had told you I was founding LOCO Roller Derby along with my former leaguemate Vansterdamn and we added Switch Hit Her to the board. Well, our first skate night,

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LOCO Roller Derby http://locorollerderby.com/ is launched and open. We are getting 1 or 2 emails a day from new and former skaters that want to come out and try it and that want to join.So far it's about half and half, new skaters that need to learn how to skate, and former skaters and derby skaters that want to get back in skating shape and learn to play roller derby.Well, I was never a

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So I just read this article in five on five, written by a cardiologist that is involved with the Rose City Rollers of Portland, OR. http://fiveonfivemag.com/issues/6#vitamin-dMy family had recently gotten interested in Vitamin D (and I'll tell you what else in a second) because doses of Vitamin D can also help patients with MS symptoms, and we have discussed how Canadians have longer life

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Frozen peas for bruised knees, also called by me sometimes, Green Peas for Bruised Knees. It's complete!Here's what I edited from the pattern in the book:Yarn color. I went for a fresh pea color (but it's called guacamole) instead of darker frozen peas color. And the length of the holding strap. I am a big girl and know a lot of big girls, so instead of stopping at 17 1/2 inches, I knitted until

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Hey Derbyluvvers!So check it./RDworkoutChallenge.odsI made myself a tracking sheet for the 8 week Roller Derby Workout Challenge. I'm sharing with all the other participants and challengers so we can all track it. Hope it helps everyone reach their goals. Enter your own version of info, your own fit test exercises - maybe some skate tests like #laps in 5 min, #laps in 20 mins, skills test type

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Well, I didn't get my Christmas stocking stuffer Roller Derby Workout DVD, so I just went and splurged on myself and ordered it. The new workout area I set up in my basement with P90X workouts printed up, a couple chairs to hold my towel and water, my new mat for floorwork and strap to use for body weight exercises for the upper body is awesome and I have a laptop and portable DVD I can use to

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So here we are Derby luvvers! It's Two Thousand and Ten, a new decade of roller derby commences this year, and a new year means that right now, teams across Canada and the US that play mainly in spring - fall time lines (hockey towns everywhere) are finalizing season dates and season event schedules, trying to confirm who in the rookie pool might be ready to join a team, and trying to prevent

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Let's review 2009: Call it my year in review of Derby Luv.This year, I've been injured. Twice.I did go back to roller derby. I played (albeit as an extra in very few jams) in my first winning game, got a happy rollergirl picture of myself all smiley and skating and some good shots of me taking down three opposing blockers at a time.  That was an Awesome Night!I've wrote up some games, talked

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OMG! I have been away too long! So the last bout of the season in November, I was on a cane and still limping, but I ran the penalty box for my team. What a game - holy cow. It came down to the last jam, the Thames had been winning but the Vicious Dishes had fought back and we were up 70 to 68 only. And wouldn't you know it, an error resulted in a jammer penalty, and our jammer had to spend the

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Well, here it comes. Last game of the FCDG (Forest City Derby Girls)' Thames Fatales is Saturday. We play the Vicious Dishes of Tri-City (TCRG) from Kitchener-Waterloo ON. Advance tickets are still available (limited) so get them now! Any FCDG rollergirl can help, or visit ticketscene.ca! I had to notify my team captain today that my hopefulness did not equal fast-healing super powers. I am not

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Well, derby luvvers, Nia Capps is agonizing.I'll be posting to Raven's derby hurts yahoo group today. Last night at practice, something went awry and I think I have a sprained MCL in my right knee.So here's what happened.We were drilling last night with types of blocking like swarming, walls, waterfalling, etc. Basically, it is a 2 on 1 drill. 2 blockers attempt to force the jammer to cut but

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It will be the last game of London, Ontario's Forest City Derby Girls for the 2009 season. The Thames Fatales (that includes me, Nia Capps, Blocker, #74 on the line up) take on the Tri City Champs from Kitchener-Waterloo 2009 Season, the Vicious Dishes! It's a sort of re-match from the bout this summer when Tri-City Thunder beat the Thames Fatales on the Tri-City home turf, and the Thames look

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That's right, it's DERBUY. A new site was sent over from WetSpot of the MN Rollergirls, called DERBUY. You can buy and sell roller derby gear, new and used, (meant for used items) that you have stored in your derby closet.From wheels to boots and apparel to art, looks like it will be a good site, once more of us post our stuff. I use my gear until it's threadbare, but I might have some stuff to

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I had always wondered when a league would think to do this.I Love it. What a great merch idea!http://rollerderbyworkout.com/  also available at Sin City Skates.Rat City's Off-Skate offering:http://sincityskates.com/images/merch/media/getsome_athletics.jpg

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Hey Derby luvvers!I just wanted to give you all a notice that if in the last few months - actually, the last 7 months, if you've sent an email or contact form to me at info at derbyluv.com, I didn't get it.So I wasn't ignoring you, I didn't mean to not post your news/events, I totally like to hear good and bad criticism of the site, so please; If you have contacted me in the past and I did not

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November 7, 2009 will be the last game of the season for my team (FCDG's Thames Fatales). The first game fully on roster for me, (not just as alternate like last time) and we're going against the fast, wall-maker blockers and jammers of TCRG (Tri-City Roller Girls (Kitchener-Waterloo, ON). (Tickets are available in advance - check the website!)At the Bounce This! game last month, I was so nervous

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What is your team's reputation? How do you know? What builds it?Your fans, sponsors and opposing teams build your reputation with the video, pictures, write-ups, reviews they put up. Your league members build it by what they post on faceboo, myspace, twitter, ping, and the rest of the social networking sites. Your referees and visiting referees and volunteers build it based on what they say about

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So I didn't do a write-up on the Forest City Derby Girls website on the last two games, because I didn't get any photos from them, but I did post here. So if you're paying attention, you'll remember on July 6 weekend we all took the purple 70s-era party bus to Ottawa and pretty much had our asses handed to us by RVRG, and they trounced us.We had fun anyway, and we came home and we reviewed, and

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If I wasn't already into roller derby, I would be now!Whip It! was awesome. Ok, so I am a little too damn old and fat to identify with a 17 year old skinny girl, or even such a thin Drew, or even such a skinny and tough broad looking Juliette Lewis.I am too jaded for the sappy moments, and never had any "My mom didn't accept me moments" to identify with, but WHIP IT! was great anyway.Why? Bliss'

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Leagues across North America are getting their skates on, teams together, and are promoting WHIP IT! and roller derby to the masses. I envision larger recruitment pools, even for small-market leagues, and the possibility of more junior derby if the leagues out there have folks willing to teach the younger girls that will be attracted to the teeanage-push of the movie, with Ellen Page escaping her

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Guess what, guess what! I found out tonight that my offer to help the FCDG Thames Fatales at the BOUNCE THIS! bout on Saturday Oct 3 here in London, versus the Ottawa Rideau Valley Rollergirls (who beat us in July) was accepted!I am on the roster!Back in Black baby!  WEEEEIAHHHWWWEEEEEEEESQUEEEEEE (note: spelling was made up by Switch hit Her, Vansterdamn, (night)Mare and Ashley in the car on the

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On Saturday, I headed out on a mini-road trip with my derby teammates Vansterdamn, Switch Hit Her, and NightMare (her name she wants, but not sure yet, Mare)The ride consisted of tons of L7 and Peaches tunes, with Vansterdamn and I serenading the car with "Boys wanna be her, Girls wanna be her, Boys wanna be her" and cheers I am working on for the Fatales, like," 2, 4, 6, 8, who do we appreciate?

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I'm promoting it because I'm in it, and cause it's my team! Get your hands on a badass 2010 derby calendar now, and get a load of the Forest City Derby Girls and some wonderful photography by Adam Gaverluk. Available from Weezi, or from me or any other FCDG rollergirl. $20 each, order today! Featured Images by Adam GaverlukOh, and also, tickets to the October 3rd bout here in London, ON are now

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I am probably the last person in roller derby world that should always talk about roller derby. I'm the first one to say I suck, first one to say I'm too old, too big, too slow... the first person around me to say, I don' t know if I should be playing roller derby. I don't track stats on teams, and I love new teams as much as I adore the top seeds in the WFTDA annual championships. I've never

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I started a new Yahoo! group for injured derby players:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/derbyhurts/

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