All the Rage jamming for Western Mass Destruction. Photo by Andrew Hart; April 6, 2019.
All the Rage, #5 (they/them/theirs; she/hers) has been skating with PVRD since 2012. They play with the WMDs, QMCs, and UF.
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Bazooka Joe jamming for the Dirty Dozen. Photo by Blocky Horror; September 16, 2017.
Bazooka Joe #49 (he/him/his) was the first ever men’s derby player as the cofounder of PVRD with Pink Panzer. He played for 11 seasons, from 2006 to 2017, and never missed a bout. Within PVRD, he went by his human name, Jake.
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Blocky Horror blocking for United Front. Photo by Andrew Hart, April 6, 2019.
Blocky Horror #13 (they/them/theirs) is, to our knowledge, the first trans or non-binary captain of (arguably) the first all-/no-gender roller derby team. They started skating in January 2017, and now play for the WMDs, QMCs, and UF.
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Ketchum between jams. Photo by Paulette Griswold/Novella Photography; 7/16/2016
Ketchum, formerly Rollin Redshirt, #1955 (he/him/his) is a now-retired skater who skated with the Dirty Dozen since the beginning. He’s a lifelong fan of roller derby and started skating when he was 51.
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Pink Panzer warming up before a United Front bout. Photo by Novella Photography; May 16, 2015.
Pink Panzer #88 (she/her/hers) was a cofounder of PVRD, with Bazooka Joe. She skated from 2006 to 2018, playing on every PVRD team at some point. She also began coaching PVRD’s junior program in 2013 and continues to this day.
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Transit Authority signaling an Official Review. Photo by Jason Frost; August, 17, 2019
Transit Authority (she/her/hers; ey/em/eirs) has been involved with derby in some way or another since she was about 13. Her name was inspired by the MBTA, as she loves transit, is transgender, and generally officiates rather than plays roller derby. She was part of PVRD’s junior derby program, left for some time, and returned as an adult.
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