I'm a jammer, who's recently started pivoting more and am finding I quite enjoy it.

I'm looking for role models and skaters who primarily skate/roster as pivots who I can follow for inspiration in my own gameplay. (I will also accept reccs for skaters who are amazing pivots in addition to other positions they skate in).

brand new bonts, just got them mounted from a roller skate shop and i see the boot is already like pulling from the sole. never worn before. is this normal or should i contact the shop i bought these from or bont? thanks!

LFG!!!!!! I'm manifesting a European victory this year, but I'm also a shameless Toulouse fangirl and willl root for them at every opportunity. Let's chat picks/predictions/vibes if you're lucky enough to be there!

ETA: It seems that Toulouse has a less-than-steller rep, which I am inordinately bummed to hear about. Le sigh. That being said, I'm still hoping for a Euro victory; if not Toulouse, I hope Paris takes it. French derby is my favourite flavour of derby, so I'm still all in for the Frenchies.

Go sports!

I had a silly middle-of-the-night-idea a few weeks back, and decided to make derby inspired mittens, to celebrate Globals in Malmö. I call them my “pack is queer” mittens.

Is anyone here going to be there? Are you bringing your knitting?

My quadstars finally came in so I slapped on my new derby skates (from my suregrip boardwalks) and immediately tried to stand and landed my my cheeks! 😂 I kind of expected that anyways, but man I feel like I’m learning to skate all over again! I also loosened my trucks 20 times and still feel like they are not loose enough.

And of course suregrip makes super comfy skates with no break in time and my quadstars are STIFF. My feet are definitely upset about it.. but I was still able to do most of my skill drills albeit very wobbly…and skating backwards felt so much easier??? Anyways I spent a lot of time hugging the ground yesterday, hoping today is even just a tiny bit better 😮‍💨

Join us, learn about the name change and get your questions answered!

I am hosting 2 town hall meetings with a few members of the Name Change Committee about the process to change the name of the WFTDA to explicitly include trans men and nonbinary athletes during champs weekend. Please pass these links to your league and attend if you are interested.

This will include a brief presentation on the work done so far and then a Q&A session. If you have questions but can't attend you can still fill out the registration form and ask them there and the videos will be distributed to WFTDA leagues later.

Thursday, October 15, 2026 - https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Sc5YamzRTj21jk5WKf6Tiw
5:00 PM Central European Time / 12:00 PM GMT-3 (Rio) / 11:00 AM US Eastern / 8:00 AM US Pacific

Sunday, October 18, 2026
- https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_BMOAM6UbS-y7HZvj5LZTPA
9:00 AM Central European Time / 6:00 PM AEDT (Sydney)

I need some better fitting gear and I’m looking for recommendations other than sucker punch.
I need xs gear so it’s been a bit harder to find 😄

This is not me, I am not a photographer. I don’t even know this guy but…yikes.

Had an amazing time at my first tournament. Played in 4 games. 3 in the bracket, and 1 in the shenanijams bout. Got MVP for one of my games, scoring 100+ points in the game with 4 20+pt jams.

My kids' team has 3 jammer caps, 1 frogmouth and 2 derby beast. The derby beast ones do not stay on anyone's helmet. 5 jammers trying to share one helmet cover.... It's mayhem. Are any of the jersey companies selling a helmet cover that will actually stay on?

There’s a major B level tournament happening right now, and all everyone can talk about is how the majority of teams here are fielding all A or mostly A rosters. The team that won last year is the worst offender and will probably win again this year. Why do teams do this (just to win?) and how can we regulate? I’m not talking about A level skaters who are skating down for the entire season because they want a break/to have fun. I’m talking about teams with skaters who have dedicated A/B rosters all year long and then replace their B skaters at a B tournament with their A skaters just to get the W. My team is only fielding B skaters and are actually down players and really struggling and I feel like getting penalized just for following the rules. Is it insane to ask organizers to regulate a little more?

I'm part of a leadership team for a small league. We have a couple members who barely show up. When they do, they try to pressure our members into joining their other activities for other groups. Social media groups and other hobbies. They do this passive-aggressive comments in chats and posts. They say we need to show up for them.

Has anyone else dealt with something like this? How did you handle it? I've tried ignoring it. But they're not backing off.

Spooky season isn’t over on the track! 🎃🛼
Come play or spectate at our Halloween Mixer on Sunday, November 8th!

⏰ A/B Game: Vampires vs. Werewolves 🧛‍♂️🐺
(Arrive @ 9:00 AM | Game @ 9:50 AM)
⏰ B/C Game: Zombies vs. Sea Monsters 🧟‍♂️🐙
(Arrive by 10:50 AM | Game @ 11:40 AM)

📍 Skateworld of Vandalia
💵 $10 to play | $5 to watch

Skaters: follow this link to fill out the interest form!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScpwWOWz5fjkngEyLuYOxIOyEXkAnhX8DilOXt0Kl726JVJ3Q/viewform?pli=1

Payable to Venmo or PayPal with a note for what the payment is for! 💸💜

I made the B team this year and just played in my first game today! It was just a Halloween mashup, but it was a lot of fun. A couple of close friends came to watch and one of them came with a gift to celebrate. It was... an ice pack 😂 Hilarious and practical!

I'm riding good vibes today, just wanted to share :)

I just started doing the fresh meat program for my local league, and I skated 25 laps in 5 minutes!!! Yippee there's really nothing else to say im just proud of myself and wanted to get glazed. q:

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content warning: SA

It took me almost a full year of derby to make the connection: I was assaulted while on a run (14 years ago), guy ran up and slammed me into the ground from behind… and now I have chosen a recreational sport where people run up and slam me from behind lol.

The traumatic event itself took so much therapy and time to heal from. For several years, people couldn’t pass me (even at like a grocery store or something) without me hyperventilating, but I’ve been very stable mentally, somatically, etc for a while.

In derby, I’ve never actually felt the triggers in my body when I’m hit, it’s never spiraled me out or anything, and it was never front of mind until, well, I realized the strange irony of it all. But I’ve done enough trauma informed bodywork to know it’s certainly all still in there. At practice recently, my coach said they could tell I was holding back. A bit slow, a bit timid. A version of me comes out in games that’s a lot more intense but in practice, I do notice I sometimes feel hesitant and startled with much slower reaction times. I’ve even noticed I disassociate during drills, or lose focus. 1v1 is, frankly, SO FUCKING HARD for me. I’ve always chalked it up to just being, well, a C player, but I’m starting to wonder if there is lingering somatic trauma in the being-hit-from-behind of it all that I’m not addressing.

Anyone had to resolve some body stuff internally (or physically) and saw it benefit them on the track?

Tl;dr Have SA trauma from an assault that involved being hit from behind - I think it’s showing its face during derby practices. Any similar experiences out there, or resources to check out?

Yo delete me if not appropriate to the sub but what’s your experience with cross league dating and does it throw off the vibe completely at bouts if things go bad? Any horrible cautionary tales? Dreamy happily ever afters?

Got crush on someone in a league 2ish hrs away and we see each other every month or so during the season but I don’t wanna be a fucking creep and ruin their safe recreational space (or mine)

This isn't my first time in tournament leadership, but I'm always trying to dial in my gear load out.

I'm most interested in what ya'll bring, but in the pursuit of that I'll explain what I'm bringing;

- Laptop, portable monitor, mouse(backup mouse and all cords) This is for everything from schedules to displaying score board and white board.

- note books and note taking materials

- Loops

- Rec/down time fillers, some reto handhelds, MP3 player, noise cancelling headphones

- comfy chair

- flash light

- tea and kettle

What do you bring that I'm forgetting?

In what world is a team based in Fort Collins, CO based in the NA South?

Is this something WFTDA chose? Did they ask for it to try to take advantage of the weaker NA region? Why do we even have regions anymore?

I'm a new jammer, and I'm trying to develop my edgework and juking. I see a lot of jammer-focused drills that require a partner. Any good solo drills to help with agility and edges outside of practice?