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The NRDL began with two teams, the Los Angeles Aztecs and the San Francisco Bay Bombers, skating in exhibition matches in mid-1995. Potential investors were sought to fund the founding teams plus two more, the L.A. Thunderbirds and the New York Chiefs, in an enterprise to be promoted as Roller Derby 2000, but nothing materialized.
Roller derby is a roller skating contact sport played on an oval track by two teams of five skaters. It is played by approximately 1,250 amateur leagues [note 1] worldwide, though it is most popular in the United States. [2] A 60-minute roller derby game, or bout, is a series of two-minute timed jams.
USA Roller Derby represents the United States in international roller derby, in events such as the Roller Derby World Cup. The team's first international competition was the 2011 Roller Derby World Cup , where it finished in first place after defeating Team Canada in the final. [ 1 ]
Live online coverage of the event was broadcast on the Derby News Network. [5] The 2014 Roller Derby World Cup took place December 4 through 7, 2014, in Dallas, Texas. [6] Team USA repeated their victory, this time defeating Team England in the final 219–105. For the 2014 event, the complete live online coverage was broadcast by Blood and ...
North Star Roller Derby supports two interleague travel teams. The WFTDA Charter team, the Supernovas, bout to maintain eligibility for WFTDA rankings and tournaments. The B-team, the Northern Lights, competes against other B-level teams in bouts and tournaments that maintain and support athletic development although they do not count for rankings.
Omaha returned to Division 2 Playoffs in 2014 in Duluth, Minnesota as the seventh seed, but finished in ninth place, winning their final game 184–138 over Tucson Roller Derby. [13] Omaha missed Playoffs in 2015, but served as the host league for a Division 1 Playoff at the Ralston Arena in October of the year.
Oklahoma City Roller Derby (OKCRD) was founded by eight local women in March 2006 as the "Tornado Alley Rollergirls". [7] More skaters joined in April, and the league grew rapidly. [ 8 ] By the end of the year, the league already had four teams comprising a total of around 40 skaters, and was bouting regularly. [ 9 ]
Arizona Derby Dames (AZDD) is an amateur roller derby league based in the Phoenix, Arizona metropolitan area, established in 2005. The league currently plays RDCL ruleset. The Arizona Derby Dames are one of the only banked track roller derby leagues in the world, and a unique experience that can only be seen in Phoenix and a small handful of other cit