The Windy City Rollers » Val Capone http://www.windycityrollers.com Women's Flat Track Competitive Roller Derby in Chicago, Illinois Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:05:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 In the Media: Tour de Pain http://www.windycityrollers.com/in-the-media-tour-de-pain/ http://www.windycityrollers.com/in-the-media-tour-de-pain/#comments Wed, 19 May 2010 03:50:32 +0000 Babe Froman http://www.windycityrollers.com/?p=2003 This week The Windy City Rollers gear up for the final bout of their regular season with the help of Metromix and blogger fans Peter Coffinail and ChiIL Mama.

Metromix

Windy City Rollers

The Manic Attackers take on Hell’s Belles, and the Double Crossers face the Fury at this professional women’s roller derby league competition. The Revelettes go-go troupe performs. Doors open at 5 p.m. The first 300 attendees receive a keychain.

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Peter Coffinail

Tour de Pain: A Stroll Through the Roller Derby Community

Flying around somewhere in the ozone is the thought that women’s sports isn’t going to play second fiddle to a man’s world any more... In the capable hands of the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association or WFTDA, Roller Derby in the United States is on the rise and fulfilling the role as a validated women’s sport.

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ChiIL Mama

Windy City Rollers Fun: Sagezilla and Du-Jay Go VIP for May Day

The kids had fun with the masked manic, and Mya Ssault still gamely smiled and posed for pixs after getting smashed in the face.

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Windy City Times

Stegoscorus part of Rollers' scene

Watching the way women literally throw themselves into this sport, and what they put into running this league, has totally altered my sense of what people are capable of, both physically and as members of our communities.

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Chicago Now

Roller Derby Girls take a Polar Plunge for the Special Olympics!

The whole place carried an amazingly positive vibe, what with all the various costumes of fellow plungers, the loud booty shake inducing music blasting from randomly placed speakers and the various folks that were cheering us on.

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Gapers Block

The Derby Dame's Roller Derby Primer: Gameplay

This week, I'll show you how the game is played, what all the whistles mean, and the legal ways derby girls can bash into one another.

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Chicago Now

Post-match interview with Julia Rosenwinkel and Val Capone

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Windy City Times

Megan Matteson Rolls on as Zoe Trocious

As a fellow Manic, Mo Vengeance, has [said] it before: what other sport can you think of where there are two balls in play at once? Roller derby is athletically challenging, but it's also mentally challenging and a true team sport.

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Gapers Block

The Derby Dame's Roller Derby Primer

There's a lot more to roller derby than just tough ladies skating in tight circles. Read further for a quick primer in roller derby game play.

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NBC 5 Chicago

"You Love Roller Derby. You Just Don't Know It Yet"

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Chicago Now

Roller Derby Diary: Where Roller Girls Get Their Nicknames

I first met Val at the WCR season opener a couple weeks ago and I was so taken by her, I asked her if she'd like to drop in from time to time and share some of her experiences as a 'roller girl.'  Never being one to back down from a challenge, Val agreed and makes her debut today with her take on where she came up with her 'derby name'

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Hoy!

Guerreras de la pista

A primera vista, las Windy City Rollers pueden parecer un grupo de chicas rudas y que pueden atemorizar a cualquiera con nombres de batalla como "Ruth Enasia", "Blazing Inferno", "Rose Feratu", "Bring 2 Hell", "Ska Face", o "Kola Loka", pero detrás de esa fachada hay hermanas, hijas y madres que encuentran en la pista un lugar para expresarse y divertirse.

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