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Black Derby Collective Presents: Black Trackblazers

In 2007, Scarbie Doll #5150 began her derby career in Atlanta, Georgia before transferring to Angel City in 2009. Scarbie is most famously known for creating the Black Roller Derby Network (BRDN), a Facebook page started in 2011, whose membership is over 1,200 worldwide.

The BRDN has given Black derby participants, from skaters, officials, photographers, & announcers, a place to connect & seek refuge among one another, especially for skaters who are the only Black skaters on their teams. In 2008 Scarbie gathered 4 other Black skaters to take the first Family Photo. The longstanding tradition of the “Family Photo” is where Black people, skaters, officials, photographers, & sometimes fans, at an any roller derby event gather together to take a group photo.

In 2015, Scarbie produced the first all-Black game at Rollercon, Bitch Please vs Side Eye. This game preceded borderless teams & helped sparked a movement of racially marginalized diasporic skaters creating their own spaces for themselves.

Scarbie has remained active in the roller derby community through her retirement by announcing, attending tournaments, an admin for the BRDN, & advocating for Black skaters when they fear retaliation. Since hanging up her skates she has become a caregiver for her mother, continues to raise her son, wrote a book you can buy on Kindle, The Graveyards on Sunset: Outrageous Hotel Stories from the Third Shift. Applying her diplomatic & advocacy experience from roller derby, Scarbie became the Vice President of an African-American Parent Advisory Committee at her son’s school district; focusing on ensuring Black students were treated fairly, internal biases among teachers were addressed & curriculum was culturally acceptable. In 2021, she received an award from the school district for her contributions.

@scarbiedoll the Black derby community is indebted to you for letting us know we weren’t alone, creating literal space to bring us together from all over the world, and creating traditions we continue to this day. You’ve helped birth an entire movement of BIPOC skaters creating their own teams & spaces for themselves.

💜💛🖤

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It's the return of Mr Monday Night!! Come out to @alchemy.row and jam out with yours truly for a night of music comedy poetry and maybe even more!! #beer #food #cocktails #wine #livemusic #comedy #poetry #OpenMic

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We'd like to wish this Virgo a very happy birthday!!! Scarbie Doll, we love the energy you bring on and off the track! We hope all your B-day wishes come true!!

#WastelandRollerDerby #skaterbirthday #skaters #virgoseason #virgo

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#latergram My heart is still smiling from the joy I felt skating at BIPOC Bowl in Denver.
I got the chance to skate and hang out with some of my favorite people!

Thank you @mackmaane and crew for creating a safe space for BIPOC skaters. It felt so good to be in an environment where I’m not accused of being too rough/aggressive/competitive/strong. I loved skating with and against some of the strongest derby skaters on earth! I got knocked on my ass a few times and it was awesome! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I can’t wait for the next BIPOC Bowl!!! #rollerderby
📸: @algreenjr1 @richvosslerphotography @moodeous

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Some after party and after after party pics from our last night in Denver! A perfect way to cap off a glorious , love filled, skate heavy weekend. I miss so many people right now 💕🖤💕 #haveskateswilltravel

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2019 was a super fun year for roller derby! 🛼🛼

Looking forward to this new season with my new league!!! #rollerderby

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HEY COACHES!

The MVP calendars are built and we're ready to start scheduling. So now is a GREAT time to put in on and off skates classes you want to lead! If you're a returning coach, you'll get an email soon.

If you're a new coach, here's how to get scheduled at RollerCon:

General info about volunteering at RC:
https://rollercon.com/help-wanted/

More about leading On and Off Skates sessions: https://rollercon.com/help-wanted/coaches-seminar-leaders/

Skip all that and go straight to submitting classes:
http://tinyurl.com/submit-classes

Check the links in our bio!

#rollercon
#rollerconbts
#rollercontrainingcamp
#quadskating
#rollerskating

Photos by Liz Marchiondo, Shred Mean, Purple Turtle, and derbygeekfarms.

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12 DAYS OF ROLLERCON!
Day 6: Learn new tricks! RollerCon features the very best coaches in our community. Start (or end) your day with stretching, yoga and dance sessions that have ranged from k-pop to double dutch. Learn to play derby better, skate faster, fly your airs over the spine, pick up the newest dance moves, or - if you're new - start your personal roller skating journey from day one with the very best foundation coaches in the world. Our wide skill range of on-skates classes run all day indoors on rinks, derby tracks and the @triple8quad skatepark, all in lovely cool A/C. After you've skated your tooties off, rest your feet in classroom sessions with topics that range from better napping to business seminars, from makeup clinics to serious panel discussions of the most crucial topics in our community - and everything in between.

Venice Beach Dance Class photo by Liz Marchiando, Gal of Bae spine air by Tristan King, and Double Dutch with Scarbie Doll by Liz, too. @scarbiedoll @evryozofenergy @tkcanshoot @galofbae

RollerCon pass prices are on sale now and they'll never be cheaper than you can get them during the 12 Days of RollerCon, thru Dec 23rd. Prices go up at noon on Dec 24th and every 1st of the month after, so get yours now! Link in bio.

#rollercon #rollerskating #skateconvention #danceskate #12daysofrollercon #skateeverydamnday #skateeverything

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Today was a rough day but I am thankful that I had my family with me to get through it. My uncle will be missed beyond measure but he’ll live on through us all.

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YAY📚another excited kiddo! So glad to see that the book is bringing joy to these children. Until next time friends….

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#rollercon #portrait #209photographer #turlockphotographer #scarbidoll #russellrenophotography #russellreno

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