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. […]
Lolly Pants
I was the only beginner skater at the make-up lesson after heavy, late summer rain kept us off the track. After off-skate warm ups, Hells Belski got me kitted out and Crab Attack helped me lace up my skates for the first time. The advanced skaters whizzed off, and I […]
Learning to fly part 1: My first experience on quad ...
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
Holy crap, 2017! This past season was an absolute whirlwind for the Spunky household. We welcomed our newest nugget in February and six weeks later, I was back on my skates with the rest of my teammates. After a couple months of training, I was bouting in our May homegame […]
A Very Spunky Season
1 This is typically not my thing, but I figured I would give an update on what I’m doing on the off season! Normally I do nothing. By nothing I mean work, eat, sleep, repeat. And mix in a very little family/fiancé/friend time. This year I am challenging myself to be […]
Making the Most of Off Season
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 […]