Alright, let’s talk about some wild shit. My amazing roller derby team, the Santa Cruz Boardwalk Bombshells traveled to the East Coast Derby Extravaganza last month, and I was invited to come along for my first trip as a D1 Chartered skater as a relief jammer. After a crazy travel mixup and a bunch of […]
For those of you who know me in my regular life, you know that I’m always doing something active. Whether it’s derby at least twice per week, lifting 2-3 days a week, or some other yoga or Zumba type class… one of my favorite pastimes is moving. When I was thinking about this trip, one […]
When you’re planning to leave home for an undetermined amount of time, on your own, to another continent… you tend to search out a few things that are going to be familiar amongst the deluge of new-ness that is about to become your entire existence. Also, if you have an addiction, you definitely try to […]
When I transferred to Garden State Rollergirls, I never imagined that a year and a half after I did, I would be leaving again. When I joined the team I was in a bad place, derby wise. I simply wasn’t happy – I thought I was a crap skater and a waste of time, and […]