I love skating, and it was at age seven that I broke my wrist during a bad fall. Landing on your bottom also hurts something awful, especially if it is right on your coccyx.

Roller Derby, an American sport that emerged in the 1920′s, is making a comeback. There is even a Dublin Roller Girls group. It is the subject of the film “Whip It“, starring Ellen Page and Drew Barrymore (actress and director).

Rollerskating is great fun and doesn’t feel like you are doing exercise, much more interesting  than pounding the treadmill in a packed gym.

Roller Derby with some WWF theatrics thrown in.

In its modern day incarnation.