Whip it!

What to do on an ordinary Saturday, when your brother is in town to visit? Of course: You go watch girls in hot pants and roller skates, pushing themselves out of the lane. Roller Derby, are the two magic words here. In case you’ve never heard of it, you should go and check out the movie Whip it.

We went there pretty early and saw the teams warm up. I’m not sure if what they did to the floor with their roller skates was legal, but the sound they made when they slammed the brakes was pretty mean!

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Then all the teams got to introduce themselves with their funky names. Some of my favorites were Hard’Ass Ice, Red E Krueger and Combat Cupcake. I tried to come up with one for myself but after Missy Schnitzel I knew, I had hit the top! Haha Oh and my favorite referee is in the picture below: Fluke Skywalker, he even has the original Star Wars helmet

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© Jule Helmke

Here you see the girls in action. The jammers (with the star) work to get through the pack. The first time through, the jammers try to beat each other through the  pack to become “lead jammer”.

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© Jule Helmke

I guess you could call it Starlight Express for guys. I’m seriously considering to go to try outs

 

Run Jule, run!

That’s what I did last night. I raaaaan my ass off! I mean, don’t get me wrong, I’m not Sporty Spice. Never was, never will. But I like myself a good challenge! And a challenge that was my friends! It’s a race called Midnattsloppet that takes places every summer for over 30 yeas now. The thought is to run 10km in the middle of the night while listening and being pepped by good music. It’s a unique feeling that you won’t get by running on a treadmill.

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Last year was the first time I participated and this year I was able to drag my brother here to join me I’m so proud we did this and that we made it to the home stretch! And the best thing: I was a little bit better than last year Yay me!

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Step up 2 the streets – real life.

For six years the Dansens Hus (House of Dance) arranged a dance festival called Urban Connection. It’s a two week event full of workshops, exhibitions and dance battles, which for instance takes place in my beautiful Stockholm On the first day a big truck was cruising around Stockholm to let all dancers show off their talent in dance battles.

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My room mate and me went to see the Urban Dance Truck yesterday – two hours in the cold to watch people shake their asses, that’s commitment! When we arrived we could hear the music from far away and had to make our way threw the crowd (good pictures are not taken when you stand in the back haha) to see what was going on. It was a battle of two teams, three against three, who were doing some impro dancing.

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Then one of each team had a solo dance in the middle of the dance floor so the judges could see who’s the best.

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© Jule Helmke

Now it’s time for the show cases! Show case number 1:

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Showcase number 2:

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I can only speak for myself, but I think it was so much fun! Otherwise my saturday had probably turned out quite boring..  You should all look out for events like this! They are free, they are fun and it’s definitely better than sitting at home watching tv