Get To Know The Roller Girls

Here are your final two starting Roller Girls. Casper's A'Salt Creek Roller Girls take on the High City Derby Divas Tomorrow, Saturday April 16th, at the fairgrounds industrial building at 7pm, with doors at 6. You can still pick up tickets at Sonic Rainbow, Our Studios (150 N. Nichols) and from your favorite Roller Girl. And now, we meet Beauty And the Beatdown and Tsunami Bomber...enjoy, and good luck ladies!

Beauty And the Beatdown #10

Height: 5’ 7”

Date Joined: Derby itself: March 13, 2009 ACRG: October 5, 2010

Position: Blocker

Favorite Target Zone: Shoulders, upper body

Likes: High contact and extreme sports, Funny movies, hanging out with friends and my family

Dislikes: Liars, Cheaters, Bad Refereeing, rap and Justin Beiber.

Injuries: I have had a torn knee, broken tailbone, broke my wrist and hand twice, concussion, torn rotator cuff and separated shoulder

Why Roller Derby? It’s a great sport and really gives girls a chance to kick a** and belong somewhere. I love how it’s like a giant family and you make the closest friends. It’s for girls who weren’t tall enough or fast enough for other sports to join and be apart of a team. We have girls of every shape and size. It’s an amazing experience.

Words of Wisdom: Be true to yourself and don’t let others tell you that you can’t do something that you love doing.

Tsunami Bomber #B52

Height: 5’4

Started Derby:January 2010

Position: Blocker

Target Zone: I don’t have a specific target zone, but I do have a goal each Jam and that’s to see some skates in the air.

Likes: Skates, Blood and Rock ‘n’ Roll

Dislikes: Going to the Penalty Box, Fox News, onions and lawn flamingoes

Injuries: Fractured tail bone in 2 places, torn Left PCL, Torn Left Miniscus, sprained left ankle

Why Derby: Why not?! It is one of the most non-discriminative sports for women. As long as you don’t have a pre-existing heart or bone condition and you’re a little fearless, pretty much anyone can play. It’s a great work out and an extremely healthy way to vent daily frustrations. The amazing sense of camaraderie that is present throughout the sport as a whole is reason enough to play. Lastly, but not least, playing derby has unspeakably awesome effects on the self esteem; it’s the best decision I’ve ever made.

Words of Wisdom: “A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.” -Eleanor Roosevelt