Flat track roller derby is a full contact sport played on quad-style roller skates that centers the experiences and empowers people who face discrimination based on their gender (e.g., women [cis, trans, inter], non-binary, and trans masc individuals) in sports. Due to its radical inclusivity, roller derby is one of the fastest growing sports worldwide. Learn more about it here.
We run beginner courses starting every autumn. No prior knowledge is required, we teach you all the necessary skills, from how to skate to how the game works. All individuals who are 18 or older and experience marginalization based on their gender (e.g., women [cis, trans and intersex], non-binary and trans masc individuals) can join our team as skaters. Beyond that, we welcome all individuals who share our values to join our league as an official (skating or non-skating) or volunteer. We organize Newbie Days where you can try out roller derby before signing up for our Newbie Class.
Contact us or follow us on Facebook or Instagram to get updates on the next Newbie Day.
We train on-skates three times a week including off-skates training (strength, agility, fitness) once a week. Our practice time is split between the A-Team (Sunday afternoon and Wednesday evening) and the B-Team (Sunday afternoon and Thursday evening). Our practices take place at different training facilities, all located in Graz.
Skaters need quad skates and protective gear (wrist guards, elbow pads, knee pads, mouth guards, and helmet).
We can lend you all of the above for our Newbie Day, where you can try out skating. We have sponsorship deals with rollerderbyhouse.eu and suckerpunchskateshop.com where you can order equipment at a reduced rate when you join us. We are happy to help new members with advice on their first time purchase, so they can benefit from our experience. Sometimes our skaters also have used gear to sell. Ask us about it!
There are many things you can do: the derby community not only consists of skaters! Our league is always happy to welcome individuals interested in roller derby and help them find their place within the derby world. Some examples of things you can do are coaching/team staff, officiating, help to organize our events or support us as a fan. Contact us and we will get you started!
As with many roller derby teams, our name is a wordplay on something representative for our hometown. We are located in Graz/Austria, which is infamously known for its fine dust pollution due to its geographical basin location. Of course we are not happy about the pollution and don’t mean to celebrate it with our name, but rather understand it as a snide remark on the situation.
Our team cheer is “Eat my Dust!”.