Made it out to catch Charleston’s very own roller derby team, the Lowcountry Highrollers in a match against the Greenville Derby Dames this afternoon.
It was my first roller derby experience, and it didn’t disappoint. The action wasn’t quite as continuous as I expected, but was still fun to watch and pretty fast paced. Plenty of shoving and take-downs. Before the match started they did a slow speed demonstration to show the rules to the audience (very helpful for newbies like me). It still took me a little bit before I really figured out what was going on and what to watch for.
The crowd that showed up to watch was larger than I expected, which I suppose is a good thing. What’s up with all the little kids sporting mohawks though?
I picked a spot up front in what’s known as the “suicide seats”, named because apparently there’s a good chance you might end up with a roller derby girl wiping out or sliding into those seats and who ever is in them. No such luck this evening though.
The derby track
Getting ready to start off a roundjam
Zooming around the bend
Score card girls
In the penalty box
Not quite sure why these guys were dressed like this.
The final score
Post match congratulations
