Hey y’all! Here’s my $.02 for the evening:
Great crowd! It was wall-to-wall people. I guess everyone else was jonesing to see some derby as badly as I was. Both teams started off skating really strong. Smarty was working her ass off–I think there were very few jams where she wasn’t jamming or blocking. Sacralicious was skating like hell’s afire (Pinto insisted that her eyes were glowing like Darth Maul.) I think she’s gotten even faster since last year, if such a thing is possible. Cathy Lix spent a lot of time jamming–and a lot of time getting slapped around by the pack. It was definitely “welcome to derby” time! Punky did a great job blocking, as did Karma. Karma got into several fights and pulled a few penalties. Definitely a side of her we hadn’t seen before! The All-Scars looked great, too–the blockers were tight, especially Knottie Knoxville, Varuca Assault, and Purr Anna. Rocky showed off some really nice footwork–she was stepping through spots in the pack and keeping to her feet even better than before. Chola was as entertaining as ever, as only she can be. She came out especially strong in the second half.
The fourth quarter got pretty messy. The ASA had pulled away and I think there was some frustration going on and some old grudges being worked out.
We got to see lots of those match ups that we love–Rocky vs Smarty. Chola vs Sac, Smarty vs Chola. There was also a really great leap by Smarty over two fallen skaters that I seem to have been the only person in Turn 4 to see. Miss Conduct was on the Penalty Wheel, which is always enjoyable. The Red Coats (Masterblader and Wes) did well, from what I could hear of them. Sound was really tricky with the noise of the crowd.
Random trivia, for those who care–production had to shorten up the track by taking out two sections to make it fit into Palmer Events Center. Wonder if that was weird to skate on–seems like you rhythm would be a little off.
Representing in Turn 4–myself, Pinto, Dirty Sanchez, Hexx, Skunk, Grandpa, Sword, WarriorPixie, Mustang Sally, Betty Taroll, Maya, Luchador, Mr Knox, and a thousand other people that I am not remembering right now.
It’s so good to have derby back–I feel so much better!!!

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