Roller Skating on Myrtle Ave - Sundays in September

The DOT's Summer Streets is coming to Myrtle Ave. for the month of September.

The Myrtle Ave Partnership is putting together a number of creative activities in the street, which will be closed to traffic from 11am-7pm. One activity will be a ROLLER SKATING RINK in the street.

Robin Lester, our own Scooch Dynamite, who runs the Clinton Hill Blog may be the official sponsor of the rink, and needs some "staff" to enforce safety and promote the event, particularly for Sept 6th.

Spread the word, and be sure to contact Robin through CHB to let her know if you're interested in working this event on 9/6.

As an FYI, I'm looking into getting SASC formally involved with this event, so we may need additional volunteers to show up and represent.

spring has sprung

and it's almost summer!

the girls are meeting at 3pm on sunday, at the row of three benches near the tennis courts in fort greene park. 

be there.

xoxomess

SASC in the News!

Local website Brooklyn Based did a great feature on roller skating in Brooklyn. Check it out.

Field Trip to Coney Island

We have some new girls who want to skate, and a date has been set. We're all heading down to Coney Island to check out the new(ish) Lola Staar's Dreamland Roller Rink.

When: Sunday August 24

Where: The Childs Building, 3052 W. 21st St. at the boardwalk

Time: 2:00pm

http://www.dreamlandrollerrink.com

Hope to see you there!

Mermaid Parade 2008

the rest of the pics are here.

the premiere skate of sasc-bay area

miss mess and christyboots:

(and kevin, for good measure... mens' auxiliary, you know)

Rollerskating Mermaid Costume Instructions

For those of you interested in the Mermaid Parade, here is how Helena Handbasket made her awesome costume last year:

I got the shiny fabric and the tulle from the fabric store and I also got pillow stuffing material, I think it's called batting. I took my mini skirt from American Apparel and sewed the shiny material over the skirt, a little bit longer. I tucked the material into the waist band and just stitched it on the inside so that you can't see any of the skirt. I think I had just one seam on the side.
So, thats the skirt part.

Next, I took the fabric and made a tail fin piece just like you would make a stuffed animal or something. I took the shiny fabric and doubled it up inside out so as to make two sides of the tail fin. I drew the fin on the fabric (inside), cut it out and sewed the edges up then stuffed it with the stuffing. I connected the tail fin and the skirt with the shiny fabric by just draping it, then just sewed the tulle onto the back of the skirt waist, you can be more creative, of course.

For the top, you can use a corset, a bikini top or some shells!!

Also, she sewed some kind of wrist band onto the fin that she could wear as a bracelet to hold the fin up to keep it from dragging and/or tripping over her skates.

Mermaid Parade Registration

It's that time of year again! The Coney Island Mermaid Parade is on Saturday June 21st and SASC will be there in full force.

If you are interested in skating with us, you can register as an individual "on foot" here (registration costs $10 per person). Email us (link is to the right) after you've registered so we can get a final headcount and coordinate a meet up point on the day of the parade. You MUST be on roller skates to march with SASC.

The name of your entry should be your name or skate name, and the description can be "member of Sweet Action Skate Club."

For those of you who weren't there last year, our one and only Kristin (aka Helena Handbasket) made a sweet mermaid-on-skates costume, and I'm trying to get design specs from her for anyone who is interested in making something similar. If you don't come as a mermaid, please do try to wear something sea-themed, or sea-colored.

GGRD on TV!

I know this is a Sweet Action blog, so I'll try not to talk about Gotham Girls too much, but I am tremendously excited--I just appeared on an NBC spot:



I'm the one whose name appears to be "Fresh Meat."


And while I'm talking about GGRD, there are a few upcoming events you should check out:

2008 Derbytaunt and Season Kick-off Fundraiser:
Dames of Derby - Film Noir Style Dance Party
Sunday, April 13
Location: Southpaw (125 5th Ave. - Park Slope, Brooklyn)
Doors: 7:30/Fresh Meat Induction 9:30
Tickets: $14 Adv./$18 Day Of
Tickets available online at http://www.spsounds.com/index.html
*Drink specials (TBA) and GGRD prizes all night long!

Unfortunately, although I'm Fresh Meat, I will not be there. Alas, my job is sending me to London. Go and find out what team I'm on before I do!

And for all you derby fans out there, here is the first bout:

LIU-Brooklyn’s Schwartz Athletic Center
1 University Plaza (corner Flatbush and DeKalb Aves)
B/M/Q/R @ DeKalb Ave or 2/3/4/5 to Nevins St. or A/C/G to Hoyt-Schermerhorn. Use the DeKalb Ave. entrance (off Flatbush Ave.) Alcohol prohibited.
Doors: 6:30pm, Whistle: 7:30pm
General Admission - $19.75 in advance, $23 at door
VIP - $29.75 (adv. only - incl. reserved front row seat, goodies, + more!)
Buy online: www.gothamgirlsrollerderby.com/merch or through www.brownpapertickets.com
More info available on the GGRD Hotline: (646) 405-9803

After the game, join us at Manitoba's (99 Ave. B near 6th Street in Manhattan) to toast victory or drown defeat with your most favorite derby divas. More info at manitobas.com.

It should be amazing. The GGRD All-Stars will be facing off against the Liberty Belles from Philadelphia. The all-star team is, as you might suspect, phenomenal. There's also going to be a 30 minute demo bout with the newly formed, not-yet-named GGRD B-team skating against the Stepford Sabotage from CT.

I can't wait until it gets a tiny bit warmer and I can start skating outside again with all you lovely ladies.

Cheers,
Gogo

Down & Derby

Fri 3/28 (10PM) at Studio B 259 Banker St. , Brooklyn, NY (Map)

Raid American Apparel for your retro '70s gear, then strap on some rollerskates, imbibe at an hourlong open bar and...hope for the best.

FUN meets Down & Derby Get your ass there early for Bass Ale Open Bar from 10pm-11pm, then stay, skate, drink, dance, fall on your ass, and party till 4am. Disco Tunes provided by your resident skate guards (aka resident dj's) Rok One & Eamon Harkin With Special guests: JACQUES RENAULT (RUNAWAY / 205 TUESDAYS) Hosted by the naughty, but nice JUNE D Visuals provided by our good friend Justin "MC This" Hammond Dress Code: Guys - Knee High tube socks, neon tank tops, headbands, wristbands, fros, and flattops Ladies - Thighs of steel on two-inch wheels with striped short shorts to seal the deal $3 Skate Rental, or bring your own (skate rental is limited) http://www.scion.com/ http://www.myopenbar.com/ http://www.myspace.com/down_and_derby

Cost: 7.00

Official Site: http://www.downandderby.org/

Spring into Action

Ladies,

It has been some time since I posted, or skated for that matter. Due to health issues, I was unable to lace up. Now that the warm weather is coming and my bones won't break, just by looking at them funny, I'm excited to get back out there. This new rink in Coney Island has me all a flutter.

Skate on, pretty ladies.

XO
Jaime Lee Hurt'us (tigerbaby)

Coney Island This Weekend!

Come join us at Lolaa Star's dream rink on Coney Island this Saturday at 6 PM.

Here are the details

Coney Island Dreamland Rink

I'll be there representing GGRD and Sweet Action (haven't figured out how I'm going to pull that one off yet, but rest assured, I'll be skating my tail off!).

Anyone else coming?

B.A.D. Girls Tryouts=total bust

So the Bay Area Roller Derby Girls held tryouts today, and I went. And while it wasn't a complete disaster, I totally got my ass kicked and then did not make the league. Which is okay, because it was still super fun and I got to meet a bunch of cool skate girls, most of whom were totally into a West Coast SASC.

And now I present to you some gratuitous and not-very-impressive photos of my bruises and scratches. I am not including any photos of my face, which hurts a lot worse than it looks - I took a hit in my cheekbone from another girl's helmet during a body-check stand off. That I obvs totally lost.





Two ways in which I know that Roller Derby is not for me:

1. Even though I'm competitive in real life, when it comes to skating, I'd rather just roll around, and not have to worry about being the strongest or the fastest. (If I were the strongest/fastest, of course, I'd probably feel differently.)

2. I do not like being hit. Or hitting other people, for that matter. Fancy that.

GGRD Tryouts

I forgot to add this to my last post--I was at the GGRD bout last night, and they announced that tryouts would be taking place on November 19th. I couldn't find an official posting to that effect on the site, but I wanted to share that with any interested parties.

If you're interested in trying out, T-Rex posted a great description of last year's tryouts. It was probably posted in Jan/Feb 2007.

New Bike Lane on 9th Ave

I've been kind of out of touch, for which I apologize. I spend three or so days every week commuting out to Westchester for Suburbia Roller Derby practice, which seems to take up all my free time.

I read this article today, which described a new 7 block bike path on 9th avenue that will be completed over the next month. Once it's done, I think it'll still be nice enough to go out and skate.

Is anyone still skating on a regular schedule? My practice schedule got all mucked up because we lost our rink, but I tend to skate on my own in Brooklyn on Sundays. I'd love to go up to skate with the skate dancers in Central Park sometime.