(intense music)
(people shouting)
- Every Saturday, Miami Latinas are busting lips
and butts while on wheels.
And you can hype 'em up from the sidelines
or join in on the fun if you're brave enough.
(shouting)
- [Derby Roller] The second you start to understand
what this chaos is, it can be addictive to watch.
- Miami may not be known for its skate scene, but trust me,
this city is all about that Latina-or-die life.
You ready to get a little roughed up Thrillist?
I'm your girl Kat Lazo and you're watching Barrio USA.
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- I'm at the Xtreme Action Park for my first practice
with the Gold Coast Derby Girls, and something tells me
it's about to get ugly.
I literally feel like a 5-year-old.
You gotta use duct tape.
It's an extreme sport.
- Just go down on--
- Ugh! - Oh, OK.
- Is this sport dangerous?
- No, it's not dangerous.
Well, some would say that it could be dangerous.
You definitely could take a tumble,
so we wanna make sure that you're nice and safe.
- Nope! - Nope, back out, five-wheel.
- This is good. (laughing)
I don't know how to go backwards, so--
- There you go trying to swim again.
- You probably have different names.
Something has told me that in roller derby
you don't have regular-shmegular names.
- My derby name is Venom Rose.
- That's beautiful. - Thank you.
- But also intimidates me a lot,
and I am just gonna shift over here.
- Kindly Kills is my name.
- Kindly Kills? - Correct.
- OK, so very polite but also vicious.
- Indeed, indeed.
This has taken on a whole new meaning for me,
in terms of competition.
(women shouting)
And you find yourself pushing yourself to limits
that you never knew you were capable of.
- Like as a Latina, I'm not supposed to be doing this.
Like we're supposed to be dainty.
I'm supposed to be home cooking.
I'm supposed to be taking care of my partner.
And instead, I see so many Latinas here
killing it on the track.
- Love it. - Yes, yes.
Your derby family literally becomes your family
off the track, too.
And so far, it's been something that, regardless of how
rickety and sore I am, I can't walk away from it, I love it.
- I say let's hit the track?
- Let's do it! - OK, here we go.
I'll get there.
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- [Kindly] So here goes.
- [Kat] OK, the objective here is for what?
- [Kindly] The white and the gray star are trying
to get through the pack, the opposing pack.
- Keep going!
I don't know who I'm supposed to, I don't,
I just want someone to go through.
She got through!
- [Venom] Yeah, and she's sneaking by on the outside.
Oh, oh! (clapping) - Yes.
So that's-- - Oh, sick!
- Out, out, out! (whistle blowing)
- [Derby Roller] We're in, we're in.
- [Kat] What I know about derby is like,
ugh, throw elbows, do this, violence.
But it seems like it's a very calculated sport.
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- The second that you start to understand
what this chaos is, it can be addictive to watch.
And then the different personalities, the names,
the showboating, the costumes sometimes, it is terrifying.
- I feel like I need that.
I don't look intimidating at all.
- Yeah, you definitely need some bout makeup.
I'm sure that every girl can tell you their story
of how they came up with their name, but it's fun!
You get to be somebody else.
It's awesome.
(whistle blows) - Oh my god, we gotta go.
- Five seconds! - Oh my god.
All right, well, I'm more excited to just cheer on
these mujeres from the sidelines.
Let's go.
(intense music)
Our Gold Coast crew is going head-to-head
with Xtreme Regime.
(women talking indistinctly)
(intense music)
(whistle blows)
(women talking indistinctly)
- Out, out, out. (cheering)
Go, together, together!
(laughing)
(whistle blows)
(women cheering)
Good job, good job, good job, good job.
- [Kat] I see more users than anybody else.
(laughing)
(women talking indistinctly)
- Man, you laid me out.
- You may not have been on my team, but I still love you!
- Great hit man, she laid me out.
That's hilarious.
I have no front teeth!
- A lot of people are, they have like pent up energy,
and then this place you can just let it go legally.
Like we are geared up, you know the rules,
and you can just go out.
- And I think it becomes an expression of self.
Each and every derby girl has their own same style,
and it's just a way to be yourself
on a totally different realm.
- [Kat] From defying gender norms to crossing borders,
they're making sure that Miami's skate scene
isn't going anywhere.
(upbeat pop music)
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