I realize most of you have probably already seen these photos on Facebook or Insta-Gram, but I am still so excited and in awe of Saturday night’s bout. We played a Dallas team – Bombshell Brigade – and had no idea what to expect. My team started out in a frenzy, but once we regrouped, played so well! And I had the multiple chances to jam?!?! Dang those girls from Dallas were BIG hitters! At one point I was even air born! [photos a little further down!] Hearing the audience “OHHH!!!” all at once was pretty awesome. As if they all felt my left hip as it crashed onto the track…Youch. 🙂 Hearing the crowd’s reactions was such an incredibly surreal feeling.*
learning, and there are SO many ladies who are just…better. They’ve
been doing it longer. And we want to win, right? So I was incredibly
lucky in this game. The opposing players were so much taller and larger
than us [and I recently learned they are ex-all stars], I was actually an asset because of my stature. This is why I am
still, 3 days later, excited about this bout. I got to play! I got
to jam! 😀
play clean.
Aren’t they amazing?
During game 2, I sat in the crowd photographing the All-Star bout. The following photos are some of my favorite action shots from the All-Star vs Arch Rivals. And for all you camera nerds out there, I messed around with my manual settings. By turning the ISO up and changing with the aperture, the quality became a bit grainier, but overall I was pretty impressed with the minimal blurriness.
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With the help of my amazing teammates, and some advice from the veterans, I did my best jamming to date. They even voted me “best jammer” of the game. I am still incredibly stoked and flattered.
Especially because Kiki [who won best BLOCKER!] made the “trophy” – which was a bottle of beer! YUM. [Most of us will go the week of a bout without consuming alcohol – so this was a much coveted prize!]
Don’t let my gush session confuse you, I need plenty of work! This experience showed me that I CAN be effective, if I just work harder. There is always room for improvement. Everywhere. Especially….ENDURANCE. [I am a broken record.]
**Also gotta send a shout out to our amazing league mates that, at the VERY last minute, ironed our numbers onto these black shirts. We didn’t realize our pink jerseys looked too much like our visiting team’s red ones. Lesson learned!
Do you live in the Houston area??
Visit the Houston Roller Derby site OR blog
for bout information. The games are pretty awesome!
Google a roller derby league
near you!
This sport is growing and you can definitely help. 🙂
*Friend, I hope you don’t
consider this some kind of gloat session. This post is that of a rookie who is overly
excited because she finally played well, if only for a while…before her endurance ran out. haha 🙂
You are the coolest person I know.
no YOU are. let's have a roller derby road trip in your van. haha!
Yay for blog shout outs! What a fun game. You were fab! Wish I'd saved my trophy beer to drink with you, but I was too excited. 🙂
i saved the bottle! it's with my gold cork necklace. hahaha 😀
Grrrrl!!! I saw you take that hit that flew you through the air and I couldn't believe my eyes!!!! That pic should be framed and on your wall 🙂 You all played great, it was an intense game. Ps. Thanks for the link to Reigruche Studio – Love the jewelry! – Lili
yes! i am waiting for him to put it on his website so i can buy it. haha
yay! i'm glad you like her jewelry! super talented lady. 🙂
Very cool! I know pretty much nothing about roller derbying… seems fairly intense. =) Great job!
if you get the chance, watch whip it. it's bank track, but teaches you a bit about derby. 🙂
and thanks!
Congrats!!!! I know how you feel when the crowd Ohhhh!'s at the same time. Sometimes I think my hits look worse than they feel.
I played in a bout a couple of weeks ago as a jammer and felt really good about it; that kinda high lasts for weeks.
I love reading your derby posts!
What awesome photos, bet it was an adrenelin buzz and a half!
amazing pics
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That's so awesome!! I know how hard you've been working. Maybe it's a good thing I never tried out for Dallas Derby. I would've had to feel your wrath! hehe <3
These pics just make me want to get into roller derby so badly! I dreamed about it last night and posted about it this morning and then reading this post just now just cemented it for me! It sounds like you had an amazing time, good on you!
Vixie
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so freaking awesome.