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Our Story
Maui Roller Girls (MRG) are Maui’s first all-women’s flat track roller derby league, started in February 2008 by “Killah Kelly.” The team began practicing with four girls, and soon grew to 20+ girls skating anywhere they could on the island. From open skate nights, to street skating, basketball courts to the National Guard Armory Puunene Parking Lot, the Maui Roller Girls were in search of a place to call home. Finally one year later, they’ve found a home with the Central Maui Boys and Girls Club of Maui Outdoor Basketball Court in Kahului. |
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Mission Statement
The Maui Roller Girls (MRG) is an all-women’s flat track roller derby league based in Maui, Hawaii. Our organization is committed to creating an environment that empowers the wahine of Maui to play and promote the sport of Roller Derby. We strive to develop our athleticism and support our community. We shall uphold our own rules and standards as well as those of the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association. |
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Little Derby History
Roller Derby began in the 1930’s starting as a race and later turning into a full contact sport. Overtime the sport became popular and more widely known in the 1970s and 80s where bouts were wrestle type games with outcomes that were fixed and tracks that were sloped or “banked.”
Roller derby was reborn in the year 2000. This new game of roller derby is 100% real and has become extremely strategic and requires athleticism. The game itself remains fast and fierce however the track has become flat. A flat track is economical, requires more from the skater as they must use their own physical strength to get speed and momentum, and a flat track allows the fans to experience the game on the level that the action takes place.
In 2004, the Women’s Flat Track Derby Alliance (WFTDA) was formed to “promote and foster the sport of women’s flat track derby by facilitating the development of athletic ability, sportswomanship, and goodwill among member leagues.” The governing philosophy of the WFTDA is “By the skaters, for the skaters.” Leagues such as the Maui Roller Girls are skater owned and operated.
Derby originally came to Hawaii in 1956 with the Honolulu Warriors who played at the Old Civic Center, while the franchise movied to Chicago in 1972 many in Hawaii still remember the days of roller derby on our islands. They talk about the excitement and share the joy for the game. In almost a surreal tone there has been a curiosity about derby and its return to Hawaii.
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