Years Skating
This is my 3rd travel season in roller derby. Have been on roller skates the majority of my life.
DL: What was your previous athletic background, if any?
JB: I played soccer in high school on a state-level competitive team. I did jam skating but never competitively, though it does help quite a bit when it comes to derby.
Derby 3 years, skating in general, my entire life. I was a regular rink rat growing up. My family owned a roller rink in Denver.
DL: What was your previous athletic background, if any?
HJ: I was never very athletic growing up. I was in the marching band in high school, NO JOKE! I did however, speed skate and compete nationally when I was a teenager.
A new facebook community has been formed to generate an anti-bullying movement in roller derby.
"Blockers Not Bullies is a group started to rally against bullying in the sport of roller derby.
Roller derby is supposed to be a safe haven for all the outcasts and misfits of the world, and while it mostly is, there are still a few bullies who manage to find their way in.
We interviewed Team England's Head Coach Ballistic Whistle about the team and more in this first look inside the creation of the historic teams that will meet in Toronto December 1-4 to compete in the first ever Roller Derby World Cup. See the full roster on Derby News Network.
DL: What was it like putting together your country's first team?
"For five days in July the Dutch city of Rotterdam hosted the 13th edition of EuroGames, a sporting and cultural festival aimed at the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) population. It brings together 3,500 athletes from 44 countries gathered to compete in 21 sporting disciplines."
"It's so amazing to be here. This country got it right," said former U.S. Army Lt. Dan Choi, who was discharged last year after violating the "don't ask, don't tell" policy. Choi applied to re-enlist after President Barack Obama signed a law last month repealing the ban.
