Attended my first roller derby event on Sat night - was expecting 'wrestling on wheels' - boy was I wrong. I remember watching roller derby on TV in the 70's (Bay Area Bombers) - this is a whole different thing. I enjoyed the "vibe" of the event...very "high school football game" with many families in attendance. The idea that these are ordinary women out here for the love of the sport, really comes through. I loved the competition - very exciting. Loved the spirit. I'm hooked!
Currently, the milieu includes co-ed, all-women's and all-men's teams representing cities world wide. There are tens of thousands of skaters and hundreds of thousands of followers of roller derby. One over-powering emotion bonds all these participants into the same eclectic family is passion of the sport.
Attended my first roller derby event on Sat night - was expecting 'wrestling on wheels' - boy was I wrong. I remember watching roller derby on TV in the 70's (Bay Area Bombers) - this is a whole different thing. I enjoyed the "vibe" of the event...very "high school football game" with many families in attendance. The idea that these are ordinary women out here for the love of the sport, really comes through. I loved the competition - very exciting. Loved the spirit. I'm hooked!
JeffInDumfries 2 years ago
Currently, the milieu includes co-ed, all-women's and all-men's teams representing cities world wide. There are tens of thousands of skaters and hundreds of thousands of followers of roller derby. One over-powering emotion bonds all these participants into the same eclectic family is passion of the sport.
jdcinsf 2 years ago