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Q&A with WFTDA Executive Director Double H

Get to know Double H a little more as we talk about how she got her start in roller derby, why coaching juniors fills her with hope, and the goals she hopes to achieve in this new role.
A Purple tinted photo of the back of a roller derby official wearing a striped shirt with the text "Artichoke-her" on the back. The official is wearing a white helmet with her curly, brown hair in a pony tail. The overlay in white text reads "HOW TO BECOME A ROLLER DERBY OFFICIAL"

how to become a roller derby official

Roller derby is a unique and challenging sport to officiate. The best way to start is by doing.

borderless teams belong

Fiveonfive stands in support of Black Diaspora Roller Derby and Team Indigenous Rising. We are responsible for decolonizing our sport and intervening when we see racist attitudes. Discrimination and exclusion do not belong in the sport of roller derby. These athletes have every right to compete as a team. Borderless Teams belong in roller derby. […]

return to play

Returning to derby was surreal in a lot of ways. In my mind, we’d both paused and could pick back up right where we’d left off. In reality, though, a lot had changed in the three years without roller derby.

finally, having the opportunity to coach at RollerCon!

It’s that time of year when Rollercon tickets are cheapest, and rooms are filling up! Even though Rollercon isn’t for six months, all the commotion has got me reflecting on my coaching experience from last year.

fiveonfive coach at RollerCon

ROLLERCON IS BACK and we hope you’re as stoked as we are, because this year we are sponsoring an EPIC coach, Glittoris #1337 of Denver Roller Derby’s Mile High Club fame.

back on track

Like many in the roller derby community following the COVID-19 pandemic, fiveonfive media is moving in a new direction as we all get “back on track”.

New Orleans JRDA League

The Crescent City Crushers may be young but the spirit and strength of New Orleans still runs through their veins and here in NOLA we skate through hell and high water….. even if it has to be 10 feet of distance.
fall 2019 | issue 45

issue 45 | fall 2019

in this issue… Welcome to the 45th issue of fiveonfive! We are amped for Champs! After a whirlwind of fantastic derby events, we are looking forward to the final games of 2019 and an opportunity to see how all the hard work, trust on the track, and wicked strategy shakes out in Montréal. Turn to […]

helmet check and care

Take time throughout your derby season to look over the first-on, last-off piece of safety equipment that usually gets overlooked.

all in

a pair of roller skating businesswomen launched an exciting new fitness group in a bid to empower people of any age to don some quads, get active and have fun
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