by brrd-admin | Jun 3, 2011 | General, Interviews
Q:Where did your derby name come from? “Travis Sickle” comes from a play on Robert DeNiro’s character in Taxi Driver; he was “Travis Bickle” in that movie. I remember needing a derby name a week prior to volunteering at the beginning of...
by brrd-admin | May 27, 2011 | Hazmat, home teams, Interviews, The Burning River All-Stars, The Hellbombers
Q:What prompted you to get into derby? I knew nothing about derby, but the concept of derby appeared intriguing to me. Therefore, I decided to check out the wRECk (recreational) derby league. The funny thing is that I had never seen a game and didn’t know the...
by brrd-admin | May 20, 2011 | home teams, Interviews, The Hard Knockers
Bad Mooney Rising Q:What prompted you to get into derby? About last year at this time I noticed some Facebook posts from an old friend about roller derby. She had recently joined the Sandusky league and she just seemed so excited about it. I had actually never even...
by brrd-admin | May 13, 2011 | Cleveland Steamers, home teams, Interviews
Skater Name: Girl Gone Wilder What your fellow skaters call you? (AKA): Wilder or GG Q:What prompted you to get into Derby? I first saw derby when I watched a series on A&E about a league in Austin, Texas. Loved it. Then when I moved to Cleveland in 2006, a...
by brrd-admin | May 6, 2011 | Interviews, The Burning River All-Stars, travel teams
Skater Name: Hidden Ajennda AKA: Ajennda, Jennda Q:Would you say that you’ve gotten anything unexpected out of derby? Right now I have some unexpectedly sore muscles from a recent All-Stars practice (thanks RE!). Seriously, I really didn’t expect to find...
by brrd-admin | Apr 29, 2011 | Interviews, The Pyromaniacs
Aphrobitey-first class of the BRRG’s PyroManiacs!Skater Name: Aphrobitey AKA: Bitey Q:What sports did you do before derby? I played CYO sports very poorly in grade school and I joined the reserve tennis team after not making the high school volleyball team. I...