Pikes Peak Derby Dames

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Pikes Peak Derby Dames is a roller derby league in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Pikes Peak Derby Dames is named after Pikes Peak, a mountain near Colorado springs, and was started in 2005 by derby skater Slug-N-Kisses^[1]. Pikes Peak Derby Dames is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association^[2].

1 Organization
2 Members
3 Bouts
4 Charity work
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Organization

Pikes Peak Derby Dames has a governing philosophy of "by the skaters, for the skaters," and is predominantly managed and owned by women^[3]. The organization was inspired when Slug-N-Kisses read an article about the Texas Rollergirls in a Tattoo magazine^[4] The organization started with 23 skaters, and has grown to over 100 skaters.

Colorado City is among the smallest cities to have a roller derby league^[5].

[edit] Members

Members of the organization come from many walks of life, including students, insurance agents, tattoo artists, and hair dressers.

[edit] Bouts

Pikes Peak Derby Dames has a mix of inner-league and inter-league games. For traveling games, they have played leagues in Roseville, California^[6], and Denver, Colorado^[7].

They competed in the second Dust Devil tournament in Tucson, Arizona^[8] Home games are typically played in the Colorado Springs City Auditorium

[edit] Charity work

Pikes Peak Derby Dames performs various fundraisers for charity. In March 2008 they raised money for the Humane Society in a skate-a-thon^[9]. Bad Mojo, a skater, shaved her hair for fundraising for child cancer victems for the St. Baldrick's Foundation.^[10]