Last September I decided to take up Roller Derby. I don’t remember why exactly, I was mainly just looking for a way to get some good exercise in the gardening off season.
I cannot express in words exactly how terrible I was at skating. Let’s just say that in the beginning there was much more down time than up time. Although it was very difficult (and still is) I have persevered.
I practiced for over 10 weeks before trying out and making our local team Sonoma County Roller Derby. I have been on the team since January 1st and have been steadily improving. This is not a sport to be taken lightly. Our team practices together 3 nights a week. We work very hard and so far this season we are undefeated. It is now finally time for me to skate in my first Bout.
On April 26th we will be having our first home Bout of the season and I will be skating. I am extremely very nervous about making a fool of myself. Family friends and coworkers have all been invited. Honestly, I’m really not sure that I am ready for this quite yet. We have two teams The Wine Country Home Wreckers and the North Bay Bruisers. I will be playing as a Homewrecker. This is usually the travel team sent to wreck other home teams around the state.
This week one of our local papers is running a cover story about our team.
http://www.bohemian.com/bohemian/04.16.08/cover-rollerderby-0816.html
The cover photo is Susie Roundwheels. She is amazing! It's hard to believe that Susie is 52 years old. She hits like a ton of bricks.
6 comments:
I am very impressed with anyone who does roller derby. Do you wear a tooth guard? Good luck on your first bout!!
That's awesome! I love it. Good luck!
Waahhooo! I so wish I could come and watch you wreck da house. I'm so proud of you.
Hi,
I was searching the internet for school gardening lessons and I came across your blog. I like what you said about trying to live sustainably and growing your own food. I'm trying to teach my First Grade class about gardening and concern for the earth through a gardening club, but the community is poor and the school (and myself)is lacking money. I hope I'm not being terribly rude and bold, but if you are interested or know anyone who could help with donations, you could go to Adoptaclassroom.com and make a small tax-deductable donation to help me teach my kids the joy of gardening! If you are by any chance willing to, you can email me at haffnerpamela@hotmail.com.
Well, this is a long shot. But regardless, good luck to you and take care.
pamela
Welcome to the Roller Derby cult :)
I'm glad it's making a comeback, unfortunately I'm too fragile :) so I just watch. (yeh call me a wimp)
Your blog keeps getting better and better! Your older articles are not as good as newer ones you have a lot more creativity and originality now keep it up!
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