Just a quickie, since I’m late for school: on weekend went to the local roller derby for the first time, an event called Skate Highway One. The local Richter City women took on the Pirate City crew from Auckland. City-vs-city rivalry at its peak!
It was hella fun. Seeing the local team skate out to a thunderous welcome from the home crowd – yeah, it felt good. And the skating was intense and furious and competitive. Wicked fun, even though Auckland smashed Wellington – the Aucklanders were consistently bigger, stronger, smarter and more skilled than Richter City, and it showed. The locals showed a lot of heart by continuing to skate their guts out right to the end, though, and the crowd loved them for it.
I’m definitely going back.
The photo shows one of the winning banners. Heaps more photos of the bout here.
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Hm, I think maybe it’s also important to note that the Pirates are more experienced than us (rather than more skilled?) – they’d just finished their third or fourth season and we’d just finished our first.
That SufferJet poster deservedly won best in show!
If you turn the photo slightly to the left, you can almost see me…
R: I didn’t know you were there! I agree about the poster, but my bias is showing, they’re all friends of mine…
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Hm, I think maybe it’s also important to note that the Pirates are more experienced than us (rather than more skilled?) – they’d just finished their third or fourth season and we’d just finished our first.