Photos: Atlanta Roller Derby returns from pandemic hiatus

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Photos: Atlanta Roller Derby returns from pandemic hiatus

After a two-year break due to the pandemic, Atlanta Roller Derby skaters are back in action.

033022 Mableton: Atlanta Roller Derby jammer Anna Benbrook, aka "Gucci Maim", gets past blockers for points during team practice at their training facility on Wednesday, March 30, 2022, in Mableton. “Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com”

033022 Mableton: Atlanta Roller Derby jammer Nicole Webb, known as Square Ruthless, discusses her sport next to a memorial for her mother Mary Tuite who skated as Quadratic Abrasion during team practice at their training facility on Wednesday, March 30, 2022, in Mableton. Tuite introduced her daughter Webb, who weighs 80 pounds but plays like 180 pounds, to the game they enjoyed together. Webb says the Atlanta Roller Derby are "a island of misfit toys. You have to be a little strange to play full contact sports. We wear less padding than football players and hit harder"! “Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com”

033022 Mableton: Atlanta Roller Derby jammer Anna Benbrook, aka "Gucci Maim", discusses the league and it's changes since the pandemic during team practice at their training facility on Wednesday, March 30, 2022, in Mableton. “Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com”

033022 Mableton: Atlanta Roller Derby jammer Anna Benbrook, aka "Gucci Maim" , adjusts the bearings and wheels on her skates before team practice at their training facility on Wednesday, March 30, 2022, in Mableton. “Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com”

033022 Mableton: Atlanta Roller Derby team members get physical while mixing it up during practice at their training facility on Wednesday, March 30, 2022, in Mableton. “Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com”

January 25, 2020 Atlanta: Toxi Shocks jammer coach Kate Robinson sports the team green to inspire her players and fans during their pre-pandemic Atlanta Roller Derby game at the Yaarab Shrine Center on Saturday, January 25, 2020, in Atlanta. Curtis Compton ccompton@ajc.com

January 25, 2020 Atlanta: Atlanta Roller Derby fans stack up empty beer cans during a pre-pandemic game at the Yaarab Shrine Center on Saturday, January 25, 2020, in Atlanta. At the conclusion of games the player that wins the blocker MVP award slides throught the cans in a winners tradition. Curtis Compton ccompton@ajc.com

January 25, 2020 Atlanta: Competing in her first ever match No Flux Given, Amanda Vezendy (left), a jammer with the Atlanta Roller Derby Jukes of Hazard, puts a move on a visiting Clarksville Roller Derby blocker to pass her by for a point during their pre-pandemic Atlanta Roller Derby game at the Yaarab Shrine Center on Saturday, January 25, 2020, in Atlanta. Curtis Compton ccompton@ajc.com

January 25, 2020 Atlanta: Sara Bellum takes the floor as a jammer for the Toxic Shock during a pre-pandemic Atlanta Roller Derby game at the Yaarab Shrine Center on Saturday, January 25, 2020, in Atlanta. Curtis Compton ccompton@ajc.com

January 25, 2020 Atlanta: Toxic Shock jammers Sara Bellum (left) and Nicole Webb, also known as Square Ruthless (right), wait on the bench for their turn to compete in a pre-pandemic Atlanta Roller Derby game at the Yaarab Shrine Center on Saturday, January 25, 2020, in Atlanta. Webb, who weighs 80 pounds but plays like 180 pounds, says the Atlanta Roller Derby are "a island of misfit toys. You have to be a little strange to play full contact sports. We wear less padding than football players and hit harder"! Curtis Compton ccompton@ajc.com

January 25, 2020 Atlanta: Nicole Webb, known as Square Ruthless with the Toxic Shocks, has her green game face on for her pre-pandemic Atlanta Roller Derby game against Apocalypstix at the Yaarab Shrine Center on Saturday, January 25, 2020, in Atlanta. Webb, who weighs 80 pounds but plays like 180 pounds says the Atlanta Roller Derby are "a island of misfit toys. You have to be a little strange to play full contact sports. We wear less padding than football players and hit harder"! Curtis Compton ccompton@ajc.com

January 25, 2020 Atlanta: Samantha Flowers, aka Thumper, sends beer cans stacked up by fans flying in a tradition for receiving the blocker MVP award for her team the Jukes of Hazard during their pre-pandemic Atlanta Roller Derby game at the Yaarab Shrine Center on Saturday, January 25, 2020, in Atlanta. Curtis Compton ccompton@ajc.com

January 25, 2020 Atlanta: Toxic Shocks blocker Madditude Adjustment goes airborne after knocking Apocalypstix jammer Thrash Ketchum to the floor with a powerful hit during their pre-pandemic Atlanta Roller Derby game at the Yaarab Shrine Center on Saturday, January 25, 2020, in Atlanta. Curtis Compton ccompton@ajc.com

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033022 Mableton: Atlanta Roller Derby jammer Anna Benbrook, aka "Gucci Maim", gets past blockers for points during team practice at their training facility on Wednesday, March 30, 2022, in Mableton. “Curtis Compton / Curtis.Compton@ajc.com”

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