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Tuesday, November 19, 2013

2013 WFTDA Championship Tournament

8-10 November 2013.  U.S. Cellular Arena. Milwaukee, MI.

Some photo highlights of the WFTDA Championship tournament (with pointers to all the photos on flickr and facebook).

8 November 2013.

01: Atlanta vs London
02: Rocky Mountain vs Angel City
03: Ohio vs Rat City
04: Philly vs Windy City

9 November 2013.

05: Texas vs Atlanta
06: Denver vs Angel City 
07: Gotham Girls vs Ohio
08: Bay Area vs Windy City
09: Texas vs Denver (Semifinal)
10: Gotham Girls vs Bay Area (Semifinal)

10 November 2013.

D2 3rd: Blue Ridge vs Sac City (D2 3rd)
D2 1st: Santa Cruz vs Jet City (D2 Champs)
11: Denver vs Bay Area D1 (D1 3rd)
12: Texas vs Gotham Girls (D1 Champs)
Medal Ceremony

The entire collection of photos is here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nocklebeast/collections/72157637605926034/

01: Atlanta vs London

8 November 2013. U.S. Cellular Arena. Milwaukee, WI.

DNN! Atlanta denies London
WFTDA's recap!
the bout on youtube!
Photos on flickr
Photos on facebook

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02: Rocky Mountain vs Angel City

After the first bout I had a little mishap with one of my cameras.  I shot the rest of the tournament with a black and white camera.

Angel City flies over Rocky Mountain! DNN!
WFTDA's bout recap!
The bout on youtube!
All the photos on flickr!
All the photos on facebook!

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03: Ohio vs Rat City

DNN! "Ohio Traps Rat City
WFTDA's recap!
the bout on youtube?
All the photos on flickr!
All the photos on facebook!
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04: Philly vs Windy City

DNN! Windy Storms Philly!
WFTDA's bout recap!
the bout on youtube!
All the photos on flickr!
All the photos on facebook!

This next photo is a good example of what I mean when I see a bout differently than your average fan, when I have a camera in front of my face.  Yeah, I'm paying attention, but it's a different way of paying attention. I'm mostly just trying to get the shot! I don't pay that much attention to the score. And when I pay attention to the clock, it's that 30 second timer between jams.  Do I have enough time to move to where I want to be to get the shot for the next jam?

In this shot, I get the anticipation of Windy City's bench winning the game, and I miss the fact that the game clock runs out before the jam clock. 


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LET'S PLAY SOME DERBY!
LET'S PLAY SOME DERBY!



flash attack!
flash attack!

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05: Texas vs Atlanta

Texas Texacutes Atlanta: Derby News Networks narrative evaluation!
WFTDA's recap!
the bout on youtube!
All the photos on flickr!
All the photos on facebook!

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She's haussome!

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The U.S. Cellular Arena as a venue for, yeah, that's right, roller derby!
The U.S. Cellular Arena as a venue for, yeah, that's right, roller derby!

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06: Denver vs Angel City 

 DNN! Denver Dodges Angel City
WFTDA's recap!
the bout on youtube!
All the photos on flickr!
All the photos on facebook!

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07: Gotham Girls vs Ohio

Derby News Network, Gotham flattens Ohio
WFTDA's recap:
the bout on youtube?
All the photos on flickr!
All the photos on faceboook!

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08: Bay Area vs Windy City


Derby News Network!  Bay Area blows by Windy City
WFTDA! Recap!
the bout on youtube!
All the photos on flickr!
All the photos on facebook!

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waitaholdit! with an appropriate crop, I think I can make something of this!
waitaholdit! with an appropriate crop, I think I can make something of this!

09: Texas vs Denver (Semifinal)

DNN! Texas boxes Denver!
WFTDA's bout recap!
the bout on youtube!
All the photos on flickr!
All the photos on  facebook!

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Nobody puts Baby in a corner
Nobody puts Baby in a corner 

Fifi! Nomenon!
Fifi! Nomenon!

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10: Gotham Girls vs Bay Area (Semifinal)

DNN's narrative evaluation is here:WFTDA's recap is here:
the bout on youtube?
All the photos on flickr!
All the photos on facebook!

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D2 3rd: Blue Ridge vs Sac City (D2 3rd)

WFTDA's narrative evaluation:
DNN's recap:
All the photos on flickr!
All the photos on facebook!
the bout on youtube!

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D2 1st: Santa Cruz vs Jet City (D2 Champs)

the bout on youtube!
All the photos on facebook!
All the photos on flickr!
Jet City wins in a nailbiter. 195-194.
The Santa Cruz Sentinel has the narrative evaluation.
And Junior contributed most of the photos to a very nice web-gallery of the bout.
WFTDA has a recap.
Derby News Network has a narrative evaluation!

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this is not the wig I fell in love with

11: Denver vs Bay Area D1 (D1 3rd)

DNN's narrative evaluation!
WFTDA's bout recap!
the bout on youtube!
All the photos on flickr!
All the photos on facebook!

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Akers protests the refs calling off the last jam

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12: Texas vs Gotham Girls (D1 Champs)


This was just really good fucking derby What do the kids call this? OFF THE HOOK?!? And a lot of fun to shoot.  Special thanks to the Texas fans in turn two giving me a magic marker high! 
Texas gives Gotham a strong challenge, but Gotham wins the WFTDA championship again. 199-173.
Derby News Network has a narrative evaluation here!
WFTDA has a bout recap here!

The bout on youtube!
All the photos on flickr!http://www.flickr.com/photos/nocklebeast/sets/72157637618010276/
All the photos on facebook!

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She can't drive 55!
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Babyface Assassin!
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She is Haassome!
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Champions! Yet Again!
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Medal Ceremony

All the photos on flickr!
All the photos on facebook!

there's fast glass, and there's FAST GLASS. Gratuitous f1.2 trophy bokeh.

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Santa Cruz!

Santa Cruz!

Santa Cruz!

Put a 28mm lens on the camera.  You're just going to get different shots than the others with such a wide-angle lens!

Bloody Mary is MVP!
Bloody Mary, MVP!

The Right Stuff!
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The Right Stuff!
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Gettin' the shot!
gettin' the shot!

oh! the shots you'll take with a 28mm lens!

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