The first match of the season for the Arizona Derby Dames was held tonight at the Arizona Veterans Coliseum in Phoenix and we were there for all the action. We’d never been to roller derby, a matter of fact, Caroline had not even seen it on TV. With VIP tickets we took our seats not far from the girls’ new banked track that was promised to deliver faster skating and way more fun than last year’s flat track play. We weren’t disappointed but deciding if I should watch more of the derby or of the audience was at times a difficult choice. As pierced and tattooed as the teams are, their audience ranges from the young and old to the screaming enthusiasts, moms, dads, and their kids, to nerds, Asians, blacks, whites, and Hispanics and all those young men infatuated with their favorite skater such as this derby dame from the team Schoolyard Scrappers, Hate’cha Face.