Can you believe there's a derby league HERE?!

What happens when three skaters and a ref from a British derby team coincidentally move at the same time to Shanghai, a city rich in roller discos but devoid of roller derby? China enters the derby age!

by Gypsy Bones, Boulder County BombersAll photos by Duane Sparkman except header photo

Adidas has chosen Chile's Metropolitan Roller Derby as the winners of a $10,000 prize in their All Originals Represent campaign. Behold their video:

Check out I Love Chile for the story. You can follow the league on Facebook. Anyone have any more information about this?

Do you think you've got challenges in your league? Is finding practice space really hard? Are shipping costs for gear getting you down because there's no decent skate shop in your town yet?

Those challenges are nothing next to what the Cai Rollers face. They are the first roller derby league to set up in Egypt, and take all those challenges and many more to the next level.

Check out this fantastic article by Andrew Carpenter in the online Santiago Magazine, about the inaugural season of Metropolitan Roller Derby Chile!

Recently a new roller derby training business popped up on our radar in Argentina. It seems a derby skater, a physical trainer and a nutritionist have paired up to start a serious training business for skaters in Argentina, and beyond. The founders hope to be a force and a resource for all Latin American skaters and leagues. Check it out! (Google Chrome works best if you don't speak/read Spanish and need a translated page).

DL: Tell us who you are, and how you got started in roller derby?

NDS: I'm Niky Dee Stroys-U from Tropic Terrors Derby League in Puerto Rico and I was the founder of roller derby on the Island. I put my first skates on in January 2011 without even knowing that I would like roller derby. After 9 months of practicing, I played my first regulated scrimmage and knew from that moment that I wanted to be a Jammer. Right now I play for Reckless Bandidas mostly as a Pivot but I'm training to become a Jammer for my team.

Time Magazine's World section ran a decent piece on the developing derby community in Colombia, as well as the US, centered on the first Colombian roller derby league - the Rock N Roller Queens.

One skater shares sentiment we can all relate to,

"I used to play soccer," Perdomo, one of the Queens' best skaters, said while taking a breather. "But when I tried roller derby, I really fell in love."

DerbyLife Interview with Punch’er Down Brown (a.k.a Heather Ann Brown),Kokeshi Roller Dolls President

We caught up with Hellvetica Hitster (formerly known as Miriam Massacre), government name: Miriam Omar, founder of Roller Derby Kuala Lumpur.

DL: How did you decide to start RDKL?