HELSINKI ROLLER DERBY
Finland's first roller derby league. Since 2009.
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30 Seconds to Jam

30 Seconds to Jam

HRD’s First Season has reached it’s half time, and before moving on to our Fall Bouts with our lovely, turtle green travel team, it was time for our own home teams, Saturday Fight Fever and Hurtta Lottas, to meet once again on August 19th. As we all well know, the Hurttas won the first home...
WFTDA Apprenticeship: check!

WFTDA Apprenticeship: check!

Helsinki Roller Derby is proud to announce today that it has been accepted as an “Apprentice” affiliate of the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association, the governing body for women’s amateur flat track roller derby. As an Apprentice affiliate of the WFTDA, Helsinki Roller Derby joins the ranks of more than 100 all-female, skater-owned-and-operated leagues worldwide...
Storm is on the way

Storm is on the way

Helsinki Roller Derby played their 3rd game of season #1 against Stuttgart Valley Rollergirlz’s (who were, just FYI, the winners of German Championship 2010) on Saturday the 11th of June. Most of the german players were the most talented skaters in SVRG, so you can imagine Pasila sports hall was filled with storm and stress...
HRD celebrates MayDay in Style

HRD celebrates MayDay in Style

We were proud to present our MayDay in Hell teaser in a previous post, but now we are even happier to present to you the short film fully edited. We are celebrating MayDay in Hell at Pasilan Urheiluhalli with 23 other leagues and this film captures the intensity of HRD’s commitment to roller derby! Big...
Overboard is my boyfriend

Overboard is my boyfriend

Our sponsor, a Finnish skateboard shop Overboard has over topped itself. Not only does Helsinki Roller Derby get very generous discounts, but now Overboard presented us with brand new helmets, totally free of charge. And yes, they came in the lovely HRD color, green. Page Disaster looks like a leprechaun with her red hair and...
The Creatures of the Night

The Creatures of the Night

For several weeks, a lot people here in Helsinki Roller Derby (HRD) have been tossing around ideas about making ourselves a promotion video. Our next event, MayDay in Hell is approching fast, and we were wondering about how we could catch both the medias and the publics attention. I think it’s safe to say that...
The Basket case

The Basket case

Helsinki Roller Derby (HRD) published a short video of our players playing basketball on skates at out practice in the beginning of February. Playing itself was a lot of fun and the video, recorded by HRD referee Reckless Rowley by his helmet camera was just as fun towatch. It did not take long until our...