New life for old boots at the Museum of Liverpool
How long did you skate in your first pair of skates? Jade (our very own Metal Alchemist) managed nearly ten years on her trusty Riedell R3s. Ten! That must be a record. If you’ve...
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“Believe in yourself and work really hard!” Becky Ruckus on being selected for the Team England training squad
To say we’re proud is an understatement. Our very own Becky Ruckus has been working hard and inspiring her team mates for a number of years now, but her achievement of making it onto...
These Girls Can
Over the past few months you may have noticed a new campaign taking off. It’s called This Girl Can. All of a sudden it was all over the TV and the internet…and we loved...
Returning to Skating – Mint Collision
We hear a lot about people returning to skating for various reasons; Life took over and they had to take a derby break, they’ve been injured and are (very bravely!) returning, and one of...
Fresh Meat Perspectives: Kate
This season, we hope to offer fresh perspectives from all skating levels, training tips and advice, and point of view posts from individual skaters here on the LRB blog. Our first in this series...
My first bout: Gnarly Davidson
The date, 7 July 2012. The event, the Liverpool Roller Birds’ ‘Great British Skate Off’, aka one of our favourite roller derby events of the year … so far! At the ‘Skate Off’, the LRB...
Tinkerhell Fighting Crime With Science
When our very own Liverpool Roller Bird and super jammer Tinkerhell is not causing havoc for blockers on the track, she is fighting crime with science. Tink’s name may be cute but as a...