Look at your Facebook profile…now back to this post…now back to your profile…now back to this post. Sadly, your Facebook profile isn’t nearly as awesome as the commercial in this post. Look down…

 
“The tickets are now diamonds”…BRILLIANT!

Generally, I appreciate shiny things and good smells, but I’d rather at look at my own man with those two tickets to that thing I like. Especially, if that thing happens to be the March 6th, Minnesota RollerGirls bout. That’s right…Real. Live. Roller Derby! A smarmy, hot man on a horse selling nice smells, is all good and fine (actually, pretty damn funny), but hip checkin’ chics on skates crusin’ around a flat-track at dizzying speeds is some serious kick-assery. Roller Derby just isn’t old school pushing and shoving in tight shirts and hot-pants. It’s where fast, fun and flare meet strict rules, forceful determination, tactical decisions, skating savvy and the finesse of a fall.

 
Many a weary mother either in denial or the dark about derby, may have gotten a good lashing from begging daughters who came home from Barrymore’s Whip It, wanting skates, bruises and more black-eyeliner. Modern roller derby however, has become a sport that spans over 400 leagues world-wide. The Minnesota RollerGirls are unpaid, amateur skaters who belong to a governing body known as The Women’s Flat Track Derby Association. The skaters not only own the league themselves, but represent a cross section of their community and are involved in numerous charitable events and promotions. The recent “Rock the Cause: Gillter Ball 3″ event to raise money for Big Brothers Big Sisters, is just one of many ways The Minnesota RollerGirls give back to the community in the Twin Cities. To catch derby bouts and events near your own hometown, check out the WFTDA link and guys, if your feeling left out…get off your horse and on some wheels. Men’s derby is quickly becoming more and more popular, legit and wicked fast fun.