Uh, you are aware that this is wrestling on roller skates, as in "fixed" -- wink wink???

Whatever blows your skirt up I guess.

It was a great bout!

How do you figure this sport is fixed? The girls I know on the team train pretty hard and are very passionate and competitive. The injuries are real. The scoring and end results are real. The excitement at the bouts is real.
What parts could be predetermined?

Kinda like tolling PDD is fixed and about as exciting as watching paint dry?

I suspect an alpha male hopeful who is concerned with a bunch of tough girls on skates stealing his masculinity.

And with that, I'm done feeding the troll.

Rhetoricguy, thank you for your support of local roller derby. I'm going to attempt to answer this question as I perceive the issue, not on behalf of the league I participate in. I should make you aware of prenotions; I am a feminist, I play roller derby, and I love dressing so called "sexy."
 
On that note, there is a huge discrepancy in the feminist world about whether or not Women's Roller Derby is a feminist sport for many of the same reasons that the Slut Walks are so controversial. 

It is important to acknowledge the history of roller skating and roller derby to see its feminist roots. I found a research paper on the history of derby and women's skating if you'd like more info (http://newyorksociologist.org/08/Storms-08.pdf). Author, Carolyn E. Storms states that in the 1890s Victorian women gained unusual freedom by going to roller skating rinks. She sites this with a Chicago Tribune article published in 1883 which described the freedom and temporary liberation that women experienced while skating. Also, keep in mind this was a time when women's physical activity was seen as unfeminine and discouraged. 

In 1939, Leo Seltzer's created a touring company of all female roller derby teams from New York and Chicago. 

Roller derby hit televisions in 1948 but unfortunately was adapted for television by script and rules: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roller_derby. This, my dear friend, is where the folklore of contemporary derby being "fake" or "fixed" sprung and is completely false of our league and the leagues we bout.

The Third Wave feminism and "DIY" movement has taken hold of the modern roller derby culture creating this space for a sport which has incorporated women of all shapes and sizes to participate whether by skating, NSO, referee, bout production, and/or volunteering for their local league and resisting preexisting patriarchal male institutions. The philosophy is "by skaters, for skaters." The Harbor City Roller Dames are skater owned and operated. You might have heard us say we "pay to play" the real sport of roller derby. Check the HCRD's website for a background and more information (harborcityrollerdames.com). 

So what does this have to do with feminism? Is there even a relation between feminism and roller derby? To answer these questions, I will use my personal experience because the personal is always political, right?!
I had no idea what to expect when I joined our local roller derby team back in the Spring of 2009. What I found was an athletic lifestyle and some of the greatest women I have ever come into contact with in this area. This is feminism at its prime; women organizing and supporting each other. We fight to be recognized as a legitimate sport, which we are, and get fans in the stands so that we can continue to do what we love -- play competitive roller derby. It might be also important to note that my league requires that we wear our team T-shirt and we are told to stick to our team colors but each skater has the freedom to wear what they choose as their 'boutfit." I find this liberating and support whatever my teammates have chosen to wear that night, no matter their shape or size as long as they give it their best on the track, I don't care. 

PS. Please don't give me troubles with grammar and spelling. I did this on my lunch break.

Right on, KiLLah.  When I was growing up in the late 70s, girls just couldn't do sports, despite Title IX changes to school athletics.  Girls at school were offered softball for a couple of weeks in the summer, volleyball in high school only, and some gross laughfest for the boys called 'Powderpuff Football.'  Girls outside of school were offered...well, nothing, actually.  
I am so glad to see some kick ass, nonapologetic women,creating a new type of sexy feminist organization.  You are inspirational.

Laura and I went on Saturday and had a great time!  There is nothing fixed about these bouts - these women are athletes and when you pick up on the strategies involved, it's pretty compelling.  

I'm looking forward to the next home game.  If you haven't seen it, do yourself a favor and make it down there.

You've obviously never seen the bruises and broken bones these girls end up with.

This is a real sport with real contact. It is not staged at all! It's fun for all and good times. If you don't know about it you should not make any judgements until you have experienced it in person with your own eyes or strap on a pair of skates and come to one of the practices and see how staged you feel it is afterward!

I actually greatly enjoy derby, even if I am not allowed to play.  And if you think it is fake I would love to see you explain why in the last six months I have been present for two people breaking legs?

It should be noted I referee a lot of derby and neither of these cases were anyone from the Duluth team.