Lolly Pants


Hello derby friends, fans, and bakers alike! This is Cruelladahero from Mid-State Sisters of Skate. Are you bored at home and going bananas? I have an amazing banana recipe perfected over the last two years and ready to share with you. No! I’m not sharing the banana bread I made. […]

Cruelladahero’s Banana Bread



I have just ended my fourth season with the Mid-State Sisters of Skate. I am not exactly feeling drained, but I am getting there and I do not want to burn myself out from roller derby. I also did not want to completely pull myself away from derby – I have […]

Spunky Goes to Madison



Let’s be honest, before last June, roller derby was never on my radar. I had no knowledge of the sport, the fact that there was a Stevens Point/Wausau league, or the vast, supportive, and downright badass community that formed around it. I had no idea how the game worked, that […]

A Newby in the World of Derby


Newbie, Rookie, Beginner, Skater Tot- all of these things would definitely describe the beginning of my 2018 season with the Mid State Sisters of Skate. I started skating back in December with the intro to skate class. Despite falling on my ass every other time and trying to keep one foot […]

The Start of a New Skater


My skating career first began when I was five living in the small town of Mosinee in the silver blades ice skating club. Every year I looked forward to winter coming because that meant I got to put my skates back on and learn to moves on the ice. I […]

Never Give Up





Off season is a great time to rest your body and turn to activities that you may not have as much time to do during the season. In our last blog post, Korean Lunchbox told us her strategy to approaching the off season, so I thought I would continue the […]

A Breath of Fresh Air



After six nearly continuous seasons, I have become a HUGE advocate of a decent off season. That is, more than two weeks. The level of play is more intense than ever and the things we ask our bodies to do has increased exponentially. Not that we didn’t play hard seven […]

Turning Right in the Off season