This document profiles several members of the Providence Roller Derby (PRD) league, including founding members Rhoda Perdition and DaSilva Bullet, retired skater Shirley Trample, and current PRD President Craisy Dukes. It includes photos and quotes from various skaters about their experiences with PRD and roller derby.

1. Do These Skates Make My
Butt Look Fast
The Women of Providence Roller Derby

2. Rhoda
Perdition
aka Alison Blackwell
Founding Member of PRD
Photo courtesy of Ellie Leonardsmith

3. DaSilva Bullet
aka Jessica DaSilva
Founding PRD Member
Photo courtesy of flickr user MamasBoyMEdia

4. Shirley Trample
aka Karen Pace
Retired PRD Skater
Photo courtesy of flickr user Julietta Vendetta

5. Craisy Dukes
aka Ashley Holt
PRD President
Photo courtesy of flickr user MamasBoyMEdia

6. “We’re only as good as
our practice space.”
Photo courtesy of flickr user MamasBoyMEdia

7. “It just feels
very very
alive.”
Photos courtesy of flickr user MamasBoyMEdia

8. “That rain
though –
It’s tragic.”
Photos courtesy of flickr user MamasBoyMEdia

9. “And the
energy
just sort of
like went up
into the
atmosphere.”
Photo courtesy of flickr user MamasBoyMEdia