When: 5-7 PM, September 22
Where: Thunderbird Community Centre, 2311 Cassiar St., Vancouver
What: 2 hours of roller skating skills and roller derby drills, all levels welcome
How much: $7

Stop! In the name of love
Before you break your parts
Stop! In the name of love
Before you break your parts
Do it over
Do it over

In roller derby, as in life, knowing when and how to stop is essential. Especially if you can do it with flair.

This session we’re going to take a close look at various stops and falls. We’ll cover the basics (knee falls, baseball slides, snow plow, t-stops) for those of you who are beginners, but we’ve got some twists planned for the advanced skaters. We might even take a look at hockey stops or power slides. Maybe.

What you’ll learn at Raw Meat Vancouver Roller Skating:

We’ll cover stops, falls, agility drills, skating form, roller skating in proximity with others, a few fun tricks, and some (non-contact) roller derby strategy drills.

What to bring:

You must have roller skates, and all safety gear: knee pads, elbow pads, wrist guards, helmet, and mouth guard. The venue also requires everyone to use white or light-coloured, non-marking toe stoppers. If your knee pads are black, please cover them with white, non-marking hockey tape. Vertical strips of tape work best.

The rules:

Raw Meat has two rules: 1. Be Safe, 2. Don’t be an asshat. All sessions are non-contact.