Rollergirl name: Sweet Pea
Story behind your name: My grandmother called me Sweet Pea, before she pased away. I dedicated my name to her, because she meant the world to me and so does Roller Derby.
Where you’re from: Pennsylvania, but I live in Utah now.
Your team: Harlequins Junior Roller Derby. Hopefully, I’ll try out for Junction City or Wasatch!
Your favorite player: Skull Candi
Your best derby memory (or something you’re looking forward to if you’ve never been to a bout): My teammates, honestly. They make the experience great. I have so much fun with them, they’re like my sisters.
Song that best reminds you of roller derby: Peaches - “Boys Wanna Be Her”
Submitted By: stirofechoes
Rollergirl name : Hey Squirrel Hey #1108
Story behind your name: When I lived in GA I got the name squirrel because of the fact of every song that has the word “girl” I change to “squirrel”. So I rolled with that and went along the lines of “hey girl hey”
Where you’re from: Florida
Your team (or Favorite team): South Florida Roller Girls
Your favorite player: Meow mix your face up (New Jax)
Your best derby memory (or something you’re looking forward to if you’ve never been to a bout): My first 30 point jam! I was actually subbing for my old team (which was extremely awkward for me) and I had come really far since I left, they wern’t expecting it at all. Everyone that I thought was upset with me cheered and told me how surprised they were, it was great!
Song that best reminds you of roller derby: The typical rink chicken dance song, we all get wayyyyy to into it
Submitted By: sillylittlesquirrel
Rollergirl name: SKETCHY BOMBER
Story behind your name: When I first started roller derby my coach told me, “You’re really sketchy on your skates and I can’t tell if your good or bad. But you throw your hits like a bomber!”
Where you’re from: Paxton, Florida
Your team: Sintral Florida Derby Demons
Your favorite player: Suzy Hotrod from Gotham City and Calkin Balls from magic city misfits
Your best derby memory: The only bout my parents have been able to come to I was sent to the box more than anyone else. The announcer made a comment about how I needed to quit cheating. The crowd starting cheering for me and I stood out of the box and took a bow.
Song that best reminds you of roller derby: “Baby Got Back”
Submitted By: sketchybomber
Rollergirl name (if you don’t have one, make one up): Melody Malice 247
Story behind your name: I’m a muso and I like to sound fierce.
Where you’re from: Adelaide, Australia.
Your team (or Favorite team): Murder City Roller Girls, I’m a T-Ref at the moment because I’m too young to be a derby girl.
Your favorite player: Radical Edward (Adelaide Roller Derby, the Salty Dolls).
Your best derby memory (or something you’re looking forward to if you’ve never been to a bout): the moment that I realised the meaning behind the quote ‘roller derby saved by soul’
Song that best reminds you of roller derby: any rock’n’roll stuff - the first bout I watched featured bands playing that kind of stuff.
Submitted By: melody-malice
Rollergirl name: Panama
Story behind your name: My family is from Panama City, Panama & it’s always been my fathers nickname amongst his american friends
Where you’re from: Lexington, Kentucky
Your team: Rollergirls of Central Kentucky (R.O.C.K.)
Your favorite player: White Flight & Justice Feelgood Marshall
Your best derby memory: succesfully jumping the apex in a bootcamp hosted by Justice Feelgood Marshall
Song that best reminds you of roller derby: Van Halen - Panama (of course) &
Submitted By: derbydisiac
Rollergirl name (if you don’t have one, make one up):> Bruiser Friendly #333
Story behind your name:> Play on ‘User Friendly’ by Marilyn Manson, came up with it while listening to the song at a DDD bout in Dallas. 333 is my anniversary date.
Where you’re from:> Arkansas
Your team (or Favorite team):> River Valley Roller Girls
Your favorite player:> Dilliverance (retired NWA skater)
Your best derby memory (or something you’re looking forward to if you’ve never been to a bout): the moment I realized I had succeeded at starting a roller derby league in my hometown, road trips with my team and acting like a kid at afterparties and after-afterparties
Song that best reminds you of roller derby: ‘Sexy Back’-Justin Timberlake
Submitted By: dez333
Rollergirl name (if you don’t have one, make one up): Ribcage Rosie #7
Story behind your name: I never met my grandmother, but I heard she was a pretty crazy lady! My mother said she was just like me, and I have always felt connected to her. Her nickname was Rosie J
Where you’re from: San Juan Bautista CA
Your team (or Favorite team):South County Derby Girls
Your favorite player: Our team captain Lucy Stars… she is an amazing skater, and she isn’t afraid to yell at you at tell you to hurry the fuck up!
Your best derby memory (or something you’re looking forward to if you’ve never been to a bout): My best derby memory was when we all traveled together to a game in Chico. We had so much fun together.
Song that best reminds you of roller derby: Move- Ludacris!
Submitted By: curvyj
Rollergirl name (if you don’t have one, make one up): Ganja Ninja (#420)
Story behind your name: i like my ganj, and i’m really, REALLY clumsy.
Where you’re from: Syracuse, New York, US
Your team (or Favorite team): Central New York Roller Derby
Your favorite player: Suzy Hotrod
Your best derby memory (or something you’re looking forward to if you’ve never been to a bout): winning MVP at our home team championship last season.
Song that best reminds you of roller derby: ‘Boys Wanna Be Her’ - Peaches
Submitted By: andthedayturnedintonight
Rollergirl name: Luna Grimm
Story behind your name: I’ve always been in love with classic fairy tales and my grandmother’s last name is Luna. It’s a nice nod to both.
Where you’re from: Lubbock, Texas
Your team: West Texas Roller Dollz
Your favorite player: Re-AnimateHer
Your best derby memory: The whole team making caramel apples all day for a fundraiser while being trapped by a blizzard. It was a blast :D
Song that best reminds you of roller derby: My Favorite Game by The Cardigans
Submitted By: raicodoll
Rollergirl name (if you don’t have one, make one up): Drakillya (# 8100D) —- If/when I get on a team.
Story behind your name: I love love love the book Dracula and basically vampires in general (Not Twilight though.. More of Vampire Chronicles) and I figured it was really cute, clever, and I made it up on my own! :)
Where you’re from: Dallas, TX
Your team (or Favorite team): A tie between Lone Star Assassins and the Deadly Kennedys (Both from ACRD)
Your favorite player: The Dixie Witch! :D
Your best derby memory (or something you’re looking forward to if you’ve never been to a bout): My favorite memories (I have 2) would have to be after I went to my first bout and talked to all the skaters. I was in awe! My second one is my first day of fresh meat practice! I was nervous, but all the ladies on the team made me feel at home and helped me out even though I looked like a deer learning to walk!
Song that best reminds you of roller derby: Bad Reputation by Joan Jett is the first that comes to mind, but I know there are others!
Submitted By: drakillya
Rollergirl name (if you don’t have one, make one up): Pinned Up Doll
Story behind your name: I broke my ankle 4 weeks into my first time playing and enned up with pins and a plate. So when I came back.. i got my name
Where you’re from: Denver, Colorado
Your team (or Favorite team): Rocky Mountain Roller Punks (juniorr team to Rocky Mountain Roller Girls
Your favorite player: Psych Babble
Your best derby memory (or something you’re looking forward to if you’ve never been to a bout): Everything about the sisterhood of a team.
Song that best reminds you of roller derby: Anything dubstep. (for my team at least)
Submitted By: really-life-really
Love Duuub! :)
Rollergirl name (if you don’t have one, make one up): Name to be, hopefully Shudder Out.
Story behind your name: Shudder- it’s a tremble out of fear, and well, I think that explains it!
Where you’re from: Portland, OR. Home of the Rose City Rollers!
Your team (or Favorite team): I just moved up, but I’m currently part of the Junior team- the Rosebuds.
Your favorite player: Oh man… I love everyone. But Napoleon Blownapart just took a 35 point Jam on Saturday!
Your best derby memory (or something you’re looking forward to if you’ve never been to a bout): The first time I ever Jammed during a scrimmage, I took lead jammer and that feeling has stuck with me. I can officially say I have fallen in love with Jamming.
Song that best reminds you of roller derby: Rebel Girl- Bikini Kill. SO MUCH ENERGY!
Submitted By: colossalsquid94
Rollergirl name (if you don’t have one, make one up): Frosty Peaches
Story behind your name: When I first started derby I was with my boyfriend of a few years. He used to call me “Peaches” because my mom lives in Georgia. He passed away about 6 months after joining derby (from a drug overdose) and I wanted to keep that nickname. I thought of “Frosty” because I am up north in Canada and it gave it a bit of a different spin. Now I am known by “Frosty” much more than I am known by “Peaches”, which is actually pretty awesome. Years later, I don’t need to hang on to the memory of being called “Peaches” as much as I once did.
Where you’re from: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Your team (or Favorite team): I am captain of one of our home teams - Valkyries Wrath
Your favorite player: Razorslut (a legacy with the LA Derby Dolls). She has been a friend of mine since before derby, and has always been there for me through thick and thin, derby and non-derby. She is a very generous person and well loved by many people. Smarty Pants from Texas is the other favourite. She was one of the first “big name” skaters I ever met, and she made me feel good as a skater, even though I was absolutely terrible. I still look to her for lots of decisions I make in derby. WWSPD? What would Smarty Pants Do?
Your best derby memory (or something you’re looking forward to if you’ve never been to a bout): That’s a big question! Skating wise I guess it is that I went from literally not being able to stand up in skates, to being a captain of a team.
Specific memory - going into a game I found out there was a girl on the other team that was afraid of me. That’s funny because I don’t think I am scary. But in the game, she came in to hit me, and I popped my hip into her, so she went flying instead, and then I turned around and blew her a kiss while she was laying on the floor. ahahaha that is so unlike me, but it was kind of amazing!
But the best memories I have are from starting my own derby store: Peach Jam Skates, which has been up and running for over a year now. It’s amazing to dedicate your life to something you love, even though it can be very stressful!
Song that best reminds you of roller derby: Move Bitch - by Ludacris!
Submitted By: peachjamskates
Rollergirl name (if you don’t have one, make one up): Alley Gaga (or Buxom Brown) im still toggling between the two.
Story behind your name: I love lady gaga and alley is one of my many nick names -or- buxom bc im am ;D and brown bc i am ;D AND it sounds like a 007 villain or a 70s porn star.
Where you’re from: Miami born, Memphis raised. Your team (or Favorite team): Memphis Roller Derby’s Angel of Death!!Your favorite player: Brooken Bones, she’s my mentor and shes a badass.Your best derby memory (or something you’re looking forward to if you’ve never been to a bout): completing my 25 in 5 so i can skate with the big girls!Song that best reminds you of roller derby: Metallica’s enter sandman. when i was a kid speed skating at the rink they would always play it during fast skate. it gets my blood pumping!
Submitted By: alleygaga
Rollergirl name (if you don’t have one, make one up): Paper Jam
Story behind your name: I work in an office, I like jamming, and it’s just a tiny bit violent!
Where you’re from: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Your team (or Favorite team): I’m skating with the GTA Rollergirls, home of the Derby Debutantes and the Chrome Mollys!
Your favorite player: Rogue Runner, who plays for the Dolly Rockit Rollers. I saw her at the World Cup and she was a total inspiration.
Your best derby memory (or something you’re looking forward to if you’ve never been to a bout): My best derby memory so far was my first time jamming in a scrimmage. I ended up getting a power jam, and from then I was addicted to jamming.
Song that best reminds you of roller derby: War Pigs by Black Sabbath. Not so much the lyrics, but the sound and the attitude are so derby to me.
Submitted By: Paper Jam (cassiopeiaburrell@yahoo.ca)
