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Fight to the Finish: WRD Home Team Championship
This Saturday, masses of people packed into the warehouse known as the Derby Depot for the WRD Home Team Championship bout. … read more
WRD Home Teams Bout 06.20
The first part of Saturday’s Double Header featured the two home teams of Wasatch Roller Derby: the Hot Wheelers and the Black Diamond Divas. … read more
Red Rockettes 2015 Summer Bout
The Red Rockettes had their Summer Bout on a rare Saturday, the second half of a double-header that also featured the Wasatch Roller Derby Home Teams. Due to the unusual time some of the ranks were filled by members of Ladies of the Lake. I … read more
HVDD Sirens of Steel vs Rolling Rebellion
Lindon shook Saturday night as two of the Happy Valley Derby Darlin Home teams squared off in the Shove Shack oval. … read more
Hot Wheelers vs. Black Diamond Divas: The Saga Continues
The brave souls who ventured out last Saturday and faced the crazy-weird monsoon-type weather we’ve been experiencing lately were privileged to the quad driven, counter-clockwise action of Wasatch Derby League. … read more
Wasatch Roller Derby: Junior Rollers
Wasatch Junior Roller derby is made up of some of the most dedicated young men and women I have ever seen. The Junior Rollers are taught by some of the top players in Utah Roller Derby. The amount of skill and technique these players have rivals that of the competitive teams on WRD. … read more
SLC Roller Derby Transforms: WRD Shakeups
Shouting and whistles echo through the warehouse, christening the “Derby Depot.” I walk by the oval-shaped track where nearly two dozen skaters practice to the rhythm of blasting music. … read more
HVDD: Rollin Rebellion vs Daughters of Anarchy 04.11
The last time I crossed the Salt Lake County line into Utah County—way, way down south—the ladies of the Happy Valley Derby Darlins were still operating and playing out of an old Food4Less Building. They had turned some very large number of square feet of an abandoned grocery store into their new HQ, the Shove Shack. … read more
Red Rockettes: Black Hearts vs. Cherry Bombs
The Red Rockettes are Utah’s only strictly recreational roller derby league. Being around roller derby in Salt Lake City, I have heard different questions and statements about this group of skaters. Some spectators think they’re just your average recreational team. … read more