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My new favourite thing
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 3:23 pm
by tuck
Sky channel 208 (Pulse) most nights at midnight is showing something called Roller Derby. It's probably the most amazing thing I've ever seen. Basically, a bunch of birds on roller skates race around an oval track and barge into each other. Somehow they score points along the way and eventually there's a winner. I'm sure there's probably some rules but I honestly don't want to know what they are; it would detract from the spectacle. They've all got hilarious names like Sami Automatic, Denise Lightning and (my personal fave) Shanita Stretcher. The commentator says things like "Welcome to Roller Derby; the most amazing sport anywhere in the entire world. What's Roller Derby all about? BEER! The bar's still open folks." What other sporting events do you hear that kind of thing at? There's
roller Derby teams all over the USA and even
some in England. I so want to party with these girls. In fact, it's my new mission in life.
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 3:27 pm
by kins83
Sounds like you're not respecting these women for the true athletes that they clearly are...
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 3:31 pm
by datura
are there any fights?
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 3:36 pm
by dr ddd
haha!
a mate of mine in vancouver does this - they are truly mental ladies and really quite scary in real life!
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 3:43 pm
by the wiggle baron
dr ddd wrote:
a mate of mine in vancouver does this
Tuck wrote:I so want to party with these girls. In fact, it's my new mission in life.
Bingo.
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 3:46 pm
by datura
dr ddd wrote:haha!
a mate of mine in vancouver does this - they are truly mental ladies and really quite scary in real life!
dooo eeeeeeet!!
dara the destroyer!
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 3:51 pm
by tuck
Believe me I have nothing but the utmost respect for these girls. Anyone who's prepared to change their name to Betty Rumble and don a pair of roller skates in the pursuit of adrenalin-fuelled sporting thrills scores big points in my book. There's not really any fights; it's pretty intense stuff but it's not like ice hockey.
I play with a
samba band so I was thinking gigs doing half time entertainment at Roller Derby competitions would probably be my dream occupation right now.
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 3:58 pm
by dr ddd
datura wrote:dr ddd wrote:haha!
a mate of mine in vancouver does this - they are truly mental ladies and really quite scary in real life!
dooo eeeeeeet!!
dara the destroyer!
nah i got my eyes on the ice hockey
hmmmm yum yum
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 4:00 pm
by dr ddd
for the record - they really do know how to party - and the mate is really a mate of my best mate - Suzy Shameless is the name
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 4:04 pm
by datura
dr ddd wrote:for the record - they really do know how to party - and the mate is really a mate of my best mate - Suzy Shameless is the name
so she's your best mate's mate, mate?
Thanks for clearing that up
lol at Suzy Shameless
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 4:11 pm
by tuck
Suzy Shameless. Excellent. It's worth watching for the names alone. Frieda Killigan. Genius.
Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 9:57 am
by ch3
dr ddd wrote:haha!
a mate of mine in vancouver does this - they are truly mental ladies and really quite scary in real life!
Hah, my mate in London does it too, they are called London Rollergirls
http://www.londonrollergirls.com/ Dunno if you've heard of her, she is a part of Psycho Cyborgs, quite heavy body modymodification act (too much for me, that's for sure)
Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 1:40 pm
by soldjaaa_chik
I dont really see these girls as attractive.
http://www.tragiccityrollers.com/
Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 1:40 pm
by soldjaaa_chik
click on "the girls" and then "profile"
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 1:13 pm
by tuck
How dare you?!?
As well as physical prowess and kick-ass attitude...
these girls have inner beauty.
Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 1:19 pm
by kamala
if you want to party with some i know a few. but they live in los angeles.
p.s. roller skates ftw
Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 1:22 pm
by ashley
inline skates are so much better
Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 1:24 pm
by frebentos
Ashley wrote:inline skates are so much better
WHAT!
Quads EVERY time....
Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 1:27 pm
by frebentos
hahah Mutiny on the Mountie...Im there!!
Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 1:34 pm
by tuck
kamala wrote:if you want to party with some i know a few. but they live in los angeles.
Sweet. The California Women's Roller Derby Championship was last month. Gutted I missed it.
p.s. roller skates ftw
Agreed. In-lines just don't cut it.