Bay Area Derby

Bay Area Derby
League logo
Metro area San Francisco, CA
Country United States
Founded 2004
Teams All Stars (A Team)
Team Gold (B team)
Berkeley Resistance
Oakland Outlaws
Richmond Wrecking Belles
San Francisco Shevil Dead
Track type(s) Flat
Venue Craneway Pavilion
Fort Mason
Oakland Convention Center
Dry Ice Hockey Arena, 2004-2008
Affiliations WFTDA
Org. type Non-profit
Website bayareaderby.com

Bay Area Derby, formerly B.ay A.rea D.erby Girls,[1] is an all-female flat-track roller derby league based in the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California.[2] Bay Area Derby (BAD) was founded in 2004 and is a founding member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA).[3] BAD is a skater-owned and -operated 501(c)(3) non-profit league. The league is composed of four teams for intra-league play, and an all-star travel team that competes nationally. As of 2016, BAD is currently ranked in the top 20 overall in WFTDA.[4]

Teams

Richmond Wrecking Belles v. San Francisco ShEvil Dead 2008

Home Teams Compete locally.


Travel Team Competes internationally.


BAD has a "Swim Team" aka "Free Agent Pool," composed of skaters coming back after a long-term absence, skaters who have not yet been drafted to a home team, and skaters who are in the process of transferring to the league from another league or Reckless Rollers.

History

Former Bay Area league logo

BAD formed in August, 2004, and practice was during open skate at Golden Skate Roller Rink in San Ramon, California. BAD later moved to The Bladium in Alameda, California, in early 2005, and Dry Ice Hockey Arena in Oakland, California later in 2005. BAD signed the lease at their current practice space, a warehouse in West Oakland, California, on April 1, 2010.

BAD's first bout, "Thirst for Blood," was held at Dry Ice Hockey Arena on Saturday, October 22, 2005. It featured the Oakland Outlaws vs the San Francisco ShEvil Dead. Final Score: ShEvil Dead 59, Outlaws 50.[5][6]

In January 2016, the league announced it had changed its name from B.ay A.rea D.erby Girls to Bay Area Derby in an effort to better reflect the diversity of its members.[7][8]

WFTDA competition

2006 map showing the first 30 WFTDA member leagues

The BAD All-Stars were founded in January, 2006 by the BAD coaching committee to represent the league at the 2006 Dust Devil National Flat Track Derby Tournament in Tucson, Arizona on February 24–26, 2006. Hosted by Tucson Roller Derby, this tournament was the BAD All-Stars' first inter-league tournament as well as the first WFTDA-sanctioned inter-league roller derby tournament. Original Roster:

BAD came in as a relative unknown to the tournament, but started strong and beat the Windy City Rollers and Dallas Derby Devils, and tied Arizona Roller Derby's Tent City Terrors (eventual 3rd-place finishers) in the tournament's first day round-robin seeding event. BAD moved on to day 2 but fell to the Carolina Rollergirls.[9]

Since the formation of the All Stars team, Bay Area has qualified for WFTDA Playoffs and/or WFTDA Championships every season, only missing the championship tournament in 2009, 2011 and 2016.

Rankings

Season Final ranking[10] Playoffs Championship
2006 9[11] — 9[12]
2007 13[13] R2[14] R1[15]
2008 N/A[16] 2[17] R1[18]
2009 6 W[19] 5 W[20] DNQ
2010 3 W[21] 3 W[22] R1[23]
2011 6 W[24] 6 W[25] DNQ
2012 3 W[26] 3 W[27] R2[28]
2013 2 WFTDA[29] 1 D1[30] 3 D1[31]
2014 3 WFTDA[32] 1 D1[33] 3 D1[34]
2015 9 WFTDA[35] 2 D1[36] R2 D1[37]
2016 4 D1[38] DNQ

Community Involvement

BAD provides an environment for women of all athletic abilities to compete with like-minded women and push themselves to a higher athletic ability. BAD started a recreational league in 2010, Reckless Rollers, which is composed of derby skaters in training, BAD alumni, and league members.[39]

From 2006-09, and 2013 – on, BAD BAD provides equipment and skating lessons to an economically-disadvantaged grade school in Richmond, CA as the "Skater Tots" program, for 8 weeks out of the school year, essentially, being the "gym class" for a trimester.[40] In 2011, BAD was involved with beer booths at both the San Francisco Pride and Oakland Pride parades, the latter with Mayor Jean Quan. In addition, BAD made appearances at the Piedmont Fourth of July Parade[41] and Beats 4 Boobs[42]

BAD has also partnered with the San Francisco Breast Cancer Emergency Fund, SF Cheer, The Girl Scouts of NorCal, Rocket Dog Rescue, The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, and Alameda County Food Bank.

Media

2011
Skater 26 a short documentary on roller derby featured athletes from all four home teams, with Chantilly Mace and Miss Moxxxie as the featured participants.[43][44]

2009
August 30, 2009: "What Would Brian Boitano Make" Food Network,[45][46]
November 16, 2009: BAD appeared in the video for "Felt Chewed Up" by Slug and Murs on the album "Felt 3: A Tribute to Rosie Perez". Directed by Alexander Tarrant & Justin Metros[47]

2008
October: "The Hot 20 Under 40" issue of 7x7 Magazine[48]

References

  1. ↑ "Bay Area Derby blog".
  2. ↑ "Bay Area Derby homepage".
  3. ↑ Joulwan, Melissa. Rollergirl: Totally True Tales from the Track. Simon and Schuster. p. 267. ISBN 9781416538554. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  4. ↑ "WFTDA".
  5. ↑ "Thirst for Blood". Inside Bay Area.
  6. ↑ Hix, Lisa. "Clubland". SF Gate. SF Gate.
  7. ↑ Deadwards, Lisa (26 April 2016). "The Big O Preview: Part 1 WFTDA". Derby Central. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  8. ↑ "We're Still BAD". Bay Area Derby. 13 January 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  9. ↑ "Dust Devil". Flat Track Stats.
  10. ↑ "Current Rankings", WFTDA
  11. ↑ "12/8/2006 WFTDA National Rankings", WFTDA [version of 23 February 2007]
  12. ↑ "February 2006 Dust Devil Invitational Rankings", WFTDA [version of 23 February 2007]
  13. ↑ "Current WFTDA Rankings", Derby News Network, October 2007
  14. ↑ "Dust Devil 2007", Flat Track Stats
  15. ↑ "Texas Shootout 2007", Flat Track Stats
  16. ↑ "Regional Rankings", [version as of 2 February 2009]
  17. ↑ "Battle Royale", Flat Track Stats
  18. ↑ "Northwest Knockdown Tournament Results", Northwest Knockdown [version of 25 March 2016]
  19. ↑ "Current Rankings". WFTDA. Archived from the original on 30 April 2010. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  20. ↑ "Derby on the rocks 2009 Western Regionals", WFTDA
  21. ↑ "Current Rankings". WFTDA. Archived from the original on 2 March 2011. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  22. ↑ "Rollin’ on the River 2010 West Region Playoffs", WFTDA
  23. ↑ "Uproar on the Lakeshore", WFTDA
  24. ↑ "Current Rankings". WFTDA. Archived from the original on 25 January 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  25. ↑ "Bridgetown Brawl WFTDA 2011 West Region Playoffs", WFTDA
  26. ↑ "Current Rankings". WFTDA. Archived from the original on 20 March 2013. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  27. ↑ "Bay of Reckoning", WFTDA
  28. ↑ "Grits and Glory", WFTDA
  29. ↑ "Rankings: December 31, 2013". WFTDA. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  30. ↑ "D1 Playoffs: Salem", WFTDA
  31. ↑ "November 8-10, 2013: Milwaukee, Wisconsin - Women's Flat Track Derby Association". wftda.org. WFTDA. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  32. ↑ "Rankings: December 31, 2014 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  33. ↑ "Sept. 26-28 – Salt Lake City, Utah, USA - Women's Flat Track Derby Association". wftda.org. WFTDA. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  34. ↑ "Oct. 31 - Nov. 2: Nashville, Tennessee, USA - Women's Flat Track Derby Association". wftda.com. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  35. ↑ "Rankings: December 31, 2015 – WFTDA". wftda.com. WFTDA. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  36. ↑ "September 4-6, 2015 - Women's Flat Track Derby Association". wftda.org. WFTDA. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  37. ↑ "November 6-8, 2015 - Women's Flat Track Derby Association". wftda.com. Retrieved 2016-08-02.
  38. ↑ "D1M 3rd – Montréal heads to champs over Bay Area, 178-166". Derby Central. 4 September 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  39. ↑ "Reckless Rollers".
  40. ↑ "Skater Tots". Bay Area Derby.
  41. ↑ "Ronada-Ramona Neighbors Win For Parade Float".
  42. ↑ "Beats for Boobs 2010".
  43. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hud0r8fPtPg
  44. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Skater-26/218528821503250
  45. ↑ "What Would Brian Boitano Make - Derby Girls".
  46. ↑ "What Would Brian Boitano Make--Brian Feeds Bacon to Derby Girls".
  47. ↑ "Felt Chewed Up".
  48. ↑ "2008 Hot 20 Under 40: 7x7 Magazine".
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