Happy Holidays, Everyone! This Saturday is the last Raw Meat session of 2014, so let’s go out with a bang! Grab your skates and join us for festive fun. We’ll skate hard, and play harder. Whether you celebrate Hanukah, Yalda, Festivus, Christmas or Newtonmas, nothing says celebration like goofing around on eight wheels! Remember, this […]
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December 13: Mincemeat!
Dashing round the track Like a roller derby girl O’er the floor we go, Racing all the way Skates on newbies shine, Barely broken in, What fun it is to skate and sing, A derby song tonight. Oh, wristguards smell, wristguards smell, Stinking all the way, Oh, what fun it is to roll, Like a […]
December 6: Ode to the Roller Derby World Cup
Dashing round the curve In the last jam of the night. O’er the track they go Awesome all the way. Stars on jammers shine Making many points What fun it is to skate and win The derby cup tonight! Derby smells, derby smells, Derby all the way. Oh! what fun it is to skate In […]
November 29: Meme-tacular Raw Meat
You get a skating session and You get a skating session… Everyone gets a skating session! We’ll be double-rainbowing it all the way this Saturday at Thunderbird. Leek-spin your way to East Van and join us for 2 hours of skating that’ll rate over 9000. Thankfully honey-badger won’t be coaching… he don’t give a damn. […]
Raw Meat Roller Skating Nov. 22: Low Down and Dirty
That’s what she said. No, really. That’s what Percy Riot said about this Saturday’s session of Raw Meat. She’s guest coaching, and she’s planning to work on agility, speed, skating form, and the true meaning of getting lower. As for the dirty part, well, I guess you’ll just have to come out and skate this […]
November 15: Vote First, Skate Later
Here’s your friendly Raw Meat PSA: This Saturday, vote in your municipal election! Your mayor and council, school board and parks board decide on the future of your city, what property tax you will pay, how your children’s schools will be run, what transit you can access, and what recreational facilities get build (hello derby […]
One weird tip for becoming a better roller skater
It’s simple really: spend more time on skates! What’s that you say? It’s too dark and wet to roller skate outside? There’s a simple solution to that one, too. Get your skates on, and come on out to Raw Meat Roller Skating this Saturday (and every Saturday, 5-7 PM at 2311 Cassiar St.)! We’ll go […]
November 1: Fall Back (into roller skating!)
Ah, the evening of the most refreshing night of the year. What better way to celebrate the extra hour of sleep we’ll get, than by working up a good sweat? Lots of sleep is the best recovery for a hard workout! Because we’ll be turning back the clocks, it seems fitting to spend some time […]
Oct. 25: She was sad it was too wet to roller skate outside, but what she did next will amaze you!
Or possibly not, because what she did was pretty logical, really. She came to skate with Raw Meat Roller Skating, of course! We practice in a nice, warm, dry gym, every Saturday from 5 to 7 PM, at Thunderbird Community Centre, 2311 Cassiar St. Come join us! At Raw Meat, you’ll learn the basics of […]
No Session Oct. 11! Join us on Oct. 18!
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Raw Meat Roller Skatingwill be taking a break for the Thanksgiving weekend. There will be no session on Oct. 11. Instead, use the quality family/friend time to badger your nearest and dearest into buying skates and coming with you to Raw Meat on Oct. 18, to work off all that gravy. On […]