ABOUT DARK SIDE
Dark Side Roller Derby is a flat-track, all gender roller derby team founded in 2014 and located in San Jose, Costa Rica.
We are an autonomous, self-managed, not-for-profit sports organization. Our mission is to promote roller derby in our country, practicing sportsmanship, teamwork, healthy lifestyles, inclusion and diversity. We have a zero-tolerance policy against discrimination and bullying.
Training Schedule
Fridays 6:00pm and Sundays 8:oo am at Polideportivo Aranjuez, San José
If you want to learn more about the team or the sport, contact us! We are always recruiting skaters, referees, NSOs and staff. People ages 13 to 17 require a signed parental permission.
Questions? Want to join us? Interested in sponsoring us? Please email us at darksiderollergirls@gmail.com or contact us on social media.
ROLLER DERBY?
The game of Flat Track Roller Derby is played on a flat, oval track. Play is broken up into two 30-minute periods, and within those periods, into units of play called “Jams,” which last up to two minutes. There are 30 seconds between each Jam.
During a Jam, each team fields up to five Skaters. Four of these Skaters are called “Blockers” (together, the Blockers are called the “Pack”), and one is called a “Jammer.” The Jammer wears a helmet cover with a star on it.
The two Jammers start each Jam behind the Pack, and score a point for every opposing Blocker they lap, each lap. Because they start behind the Pack, they must get through the Pack, then all the way around the track to be eligible to score points on opposing Blockers.
Roller derby is a full-contact sport; however, Skaters cannot use their heads, elbows, forearms, hands, knees, lower legs, or feet to make contact to opponents. Skaters cannot make contact to opponents’ heads, backs, knees, lower legs, or feet.
Play that is unsafe or illegal may result in a Skater being assessed a penalty, which is served by sitting in the Penalty Box for 30 seconds of Jam time.
The team with the most points at the end of the game wins.
