Nashville Roller Girls

I've been hearing a lot of great things about the new roller derby leagues that have teams across the US and Canada, but I never got the chance to really look into going to a bout. Football and baseball have games, soccer and tennis have matches, whereas roller derby has bouts.

Two months ago I tried to go to my first bout, but to my shock, it was totally SOLD OUT! What? Turns out, this is a huge phenomena here in Nashville and I cannot believe I didn't get the memo earlier. You see, sold out for the Nashville Roller Girls (NRG) means that over 1000 adoring fans are on hand to cheer on OUR team. Yes, they are my team now, too. They sell out regularly.

I bought tickets early for the April bout against the Ohio Rollergirls. It was an amazing experience. Everyone in the packed arena was totally into it, cheering and shouting at the top of their lungs as NRG ended up pounding the crap out of the Ohio team. Turns out NRG is a really talented team of girls that can hang tough again any team out there. This year they are undefeated! In a league with teams that travel all of North America, this is no simple task.

It sounds cliche, but there is so much positive energy at the roller girl events. It was electric. You will not want to miss out on the next bout. See the flier below for details about the May 1st bout against Arch Rival Rollergirls from St. Louis, MO. I had to buy 16 tickets this time, for all my friends found out I was going and they weren't going to miss out on the fun.

I hope you enjoy the video I put together documenting my first NRG experience.

Nashville Roller Girls from Jake Stein on Vimeo.

You can find out a ton more and buy tickets on the NRG website at http://www.nashvillerollergirls.com/.You can also perv around the site to find the rollergirl(s) you have the hots for and look for her after the bout to get a picture. It will make your friends jealous, so you'll have more to join you at the next bout.



Click on the image below for a flickr site with a lot of great photos of the girls too.