Tag: May Q. Holla
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Calling Off the Jam
This weekend my league is holding try-outs for subpool, the tiny team of no-longer-rookies who practice with the team skaters and sub on bouts in hopes of getting drafted to a team. It only happens about twice a year. It’s the first time there have been try-outs since I came back to derby last winter.…
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moving up
Whenever someone from my non-derby life starts to ask me questions about my derby life, I inevitably immediately disappoint them. Quick aside: I feel the need to explain that once you join roller derby your life splits right in two. You have the life you know, the one with your friends and family and loved…
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Next Bout! (featuring ME!!)
Saturday, June 27, 2009 — Beginning at 3 p.m. Double your derby! Double your fun! L.A. Derby Dolls host TWO bouts in ONE day of all-girl banked track roller derby action! Buy Tickets Online Now!! The day explodes at 3 p.m. with an exciting exhibition of LADDs newest skaters, known as the Baby Doll Brawl,…
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bam.
Oh, like you don’t do this on your weekends? I’m working on my Roller Derby Debut entry. But until that’s finished, there’s this. Pamie Creates a Pile-Up from Glark on Vimeo. I’m the girl in the blue helmet, rounding up the back, slamming to the rail causing my teammate (sorry, Kiss M’Grits, I stepped in…
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Taken.
About sixteen seconds after you finish your first derby practice you start to think about your derby name. It becomes pretty much an obsession. Every name you hear gets twisted into a violent and/or sexy pun. It might seem silly, but it becomes an all-consuming task, because you are essentially naming your alter ego. Your…
