New York Shock Exchange

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.

Not to be confused with New York Stock Exchange.
New York Shock Exchange
Metro areaNew York
CountryUnited States
Founded2006
TeamsTravel Team
Dow Jones Average (B-team)
Coney Island Freakshow (intraleague)
Greenwich Villains (intraleague)
Union Squares (intraleague)
Track type(s)Flat
VenueSkate Safe America, Old Bethpage, New York
AffiliationsMRDA
Websitewww.nyshockexchange.com
New York Shock Exchange (in black) take on Harm City Homicide (in blue) in August 2011

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
  1. 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
  2. Chelsey Pollock, "Flamboyant, full-contact -- and dead serious", Hampshire Gazette, 9 August 2009
  3. Justice Feelgood Marshall, "Preview: MRDA Championships Archived 2011-10-28 at the Wayback Machine", Derby News Network, 21 October 2011
  4. Jed Kim, "Skating To An Arena Near You: Men's Roller Derby", National Public Radio, 12 September 2010
  5. Courtney Donahue, "Roller derby teams battle at the airstrip", Brooklyn Daily
  6. "NEW YORK WINS 2011 MRDA CHAMPIONSHIPS!", New York Shock Exchange
  7. http://bloodandthundermag.com/awesome/2013/05/01/nyse-shocks-the-uk/
  8. 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
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