Season 2020 Game 1 recap

The 2020 Bay Area Derby season got off to a bang on February 16th, with an exciting bout overlooking the San Francisco waterfront in the Fort Mason Festival Pavilion. With the bleachers full of fans enjoying food trucks eats and a few cold brews, the San Francisco ShEvil Dead lined [read more...]

Game Recap: San Francisco ShEvil Dead vs. Berkeley Resistance – July 13th, 2019

The Palace of Fine Arts was filled with roller derby fans again on the night of July 13th, with everyone eager to see the Berkeley Resistance take on the San Francisco ShEvil Dead in the third game of the season. After a neck-and-neck battle with the Oakland Outlaws in June, [read more...]

2019 GAME 2 Recap: Oakland Outlaws vs. Berkeley Resistance

The second bout of Bay Area Derby’s 2019 season saw the Berkeley Resistance, armed with a fresh roster of new faces amongst longtime teammates, take on the Oakland Outlaws, the 2018 Champs and season opener winners. With teams this evenly matched, it was anyone’s game. The buzzing energy of the [read more...]

4/20/2019 San Francisco ShEvil Dead v. Oakland Outlaw Game Recap

While winds raged outside the Palace of Fine Arts, crowds gathered inside to witness the opening bout of Bay Area Derby’s 2019 season. It was the newly-zested zombies of San Francisco ShEvil Dead playing against the outstanding Oakland Outlaws (champs of the #20SkateTeen season). Fans feasted on hotdogs and nachos [read more...]

20SkateTeen BOUT 1 recap: San Francisco ShEvil Dead v. Berkeley Resistance

BAD’s opening home bout of the #20SkateTeen season pitted the Berkeley Resistance against the San Francisco ShEvil Dead in a hard-hitting test of endurance and stability, resulting in victory for the zombies, 172-99. [read more...]

GAME 1 RECAP: 3/18 San Francisco ShEvil Dead v. Oakland Outlaws

RECAP BY BAD ASTRAL Bad Astral has been reporting on roller derby in Northern California and beyond since 2009. The Bay Area Derby season opener pitted the San Francisco ShEvil Dead against the Oakland Outlaws in an early evening bout. It was a warm and sunny day in Oakland at [read more...]

6/25 Bout Recap: Richmond Wrecking Belles vs San Francisco Shevil Dead

With both teams having the same number of jammer penalties, the game really came down to the ability to rack up points slowly with consistent lead jammer calls and smart, timely call-offs. [read more...]

6/25 Bout Recaps: Oakland Outlaws vs Berkeley Resistance

In a rematch of the 2015 BAD League Championship game, the Oakland Outlaws faced a depleted Berkeley Resistance squad and came away with a resounding win thanks to their veteran blockers and an overworked Berkeley jammer rotation. At the first whistle, Oakland opened the scoring with #33 Vee putting up 14 [read more...]