-My first Beast of the East tournament in beautiful Montreal. It's possible we are no longer welcome at the Hilton Gardens.

-Seeing the hardworking and focused ladies of Tri-City fast track themselves through the apprentice program.

-2011 Brewhaha and ECDX and feeling like maybe I could oh-so-briefly hang with the titans.

- Inaugural World Cup of Roller Derby. Mind-blowing. I was lucky to be there and felt like a thief of some talented person's time to be able to participate.