New York Shock Exchange
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| Metro area | New York |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Teams |
Travel Team Dow Jones Average (B-team) Coney Island Freakshow (intraleague) Greenwich Villains (intraleague) Union Squares (intraleague) |
| Track type(s) | Flat |
| Venue | Skate Safe America, Old Bethpage, New York |
| Affiliations | MRDA |
| Website |
www |
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 USA to Australia and play in multiple games as part of its "Shock Down Under" tour. [8]
References
- 1 2 Thomas Gerbasi, "Stocks Falling? Not on this New York Shock Exchange", Gotham Girls Roller Derby, 9 August 2011
- ↑ Chelsey Pollock, "Flamboyant, full-contact -- and dead serious", Hampshire Gazette, 9 August 2009
- 1 2 Justice Feelgood Marshall, "Preview: MRDA Championships", 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
- ↑ http://bloodandthundermag.com/awesome/2013/05/01/nyse-shocks-the-uk/
- ↑ http://www.mensderby.info/nyse-visit-australia/
| Preceded by New tournament |
Men's Roller Derby Association Championship Winners 2010 – 2011 |
Succeeded by Your Mom Men's Derby |
