The New York Shock Exchange (NYSE) is a men's roller derby league, based in New York City. The league consists of four teams, two interleague teams and three intra-league teams.
The league was founded by Gotham Girls Roller Derby coach Jonathan R in 2006. He organized a bout against from Pioneer Valley Roller Derby and quickly gathered a team which won 109-51 in April 2007.[1] Later in the year, both leagues were founder members of the Men's Derby Coalition (MDC).[2] They went on to win their first 23 bouts, including the 2010 MDC Championships, before finally succumbing to the St Louis GateKeepers at the Spring Roll tournament in early 2011.[3] In late 2010, National Public Radio described the Shock Exchange squad as "quite possibly the strongest men's roller derby team in the country".[4]
During 2011, the Shock Exchange organized its bouts as doubleheaders with the women's league, the Long Island Roller Rebels, in Old Bethpage, New York.[1] The Men's Derby Coalition became the Men's Roller Derby Association (MRDA), and Shock Exchange hosted the 2011 MRDA Championships at the venue,[3][5] successfully defending their title.[6]
In 2012, a New York Shock Exchange travel team played in the first modern intercontinental men's roller derby game as part of its "Shock the UK" tour of England.[7]
In 2015, the New York Shock Exchange made a history again by becoming the first men's roller derby league to send a travel team from the US to Australia and play in multiple games as part of its "Shock Down Under" tour. [8]
References
- ^ a b Thomas Gerbasi, "Stocks Falling? Not on this New York Shock Exchange Archived 2011-10-23 at the Wayback Machine", Gotham Girls Roller Derby, 9 August 2011
- ^ Chelsey Pollock, "Flamboyant, full-contact -- and dead serious", Hampshire Gazette, 9 August 2009
- ^ a b Justice Feelgood Marshall, "Preview: MRDA Championships Archived 2011-10-28 at the Wayback Machine", Derby News Network, 21 October 2011
- ^ Jed Kim, "Skating To An Arena Near You: Men's Roller Derby", National Public Radio, 12 September 2010
- ^ Courtney Donahue, "Roller derby teams battle at the airstrip", Brooklyn Daily
- ^ "NEW YORK WINS 2011 MRDA CHAMPIONSHIPS!", New York Shock Exchange
- ^ "NYSE shocks the UK! | Blood & Thunder Roller Derby Magazine". bloodandthundermag.com. Archived from the original on 2013-05-03.
- ^ "NYSE Visit Australia". Men's Roller Derby Information. Archived from the original on January 19, 2015.
