Roller derby!

After tubing, I had organized a trip with the Girl Group (my online friend group) to go watch the roller derby! This was awesome! Michael and I went to see the derby movie "Whip It" when it was in theaters and I fell in love with derby then! I'm even more in love with this sport after watching it in person! It was so cool and these girls were hardcore! This league is a flat floor league, though, so it's a little different than the movies.

Everyone I went with wanted to stand in the beer garden, but it was really hard to see in there because of all of the people in that area. Well, since I couldn't drink and really wanted to watch the bout, I left everyone so I could go sit near the floor. As you may be able to tell, I am sitting right next to the court! This is the suicide section! Skaters push and get pushed when going around the court. Sometimes, the girls get pushed so hard that they fall into the crowd! They even had a sign on the floor where I was sitting stating that you were sitting in this area at your own risk! It was awesome!

The theme of this bout was "Black and Blue Hawaii". If you came dressed up in Hawaiian attire or as Elvis, you were entered into a drawing to win tickets to the next bout. Of course, my group got into this! :) We also gave ourselves black eyes (with eye makeup, of course)! This was a real hit and we were actually asked several times if we had been in fights! hahaha!

Michael and me at the bout. He is wearing a Hawaiian shirt under his jacket. :)

A lot of people asked me if I bought my jewelry just for this event...I told them that I used to live at the beach and that is what kind of jewelry we wore! Hahaha! I guess seashell earrings, necklaces, and bracelets do look kind of odd up here in Alaska! Unfortunately, it is way too cold up here, so I had to wear jeans under my grass skirt! Boo to that!

We had several other girls show up for this event, but these were all of the girls that were dressed up! From Left to Right: Amy, me, Jill, Kate, and Kristen. The next bout theme is "Brawl of the Wild". We are totally hoping to wear some animal prints! Rarrr!!! :) We may even have bloody noses, in addition to our black eyes!