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About the Cincinnati Rollergirls
THE HISTORY OF CINCINNATI ROLLERGIRLS
The Cincinnati Rollergirls is Cincinnati’s first women’s amateur flat track roller derby team, founded in late 2005 by Christa Zielke and Paula Estes. The team is primarily owned and operated by its skaters, who represent a wide range of ages, backgrounds and occupations.
The skaters, coaches, officials and support staff of the Cincinnati Rollergirls are all volunteers. Skaters buy their own skates, gear and uniforms and also pay monthly dues. All proceeds from ticket and merchandise sales, skater dues and sponsorships go back to the organization to cover the costs of venue and practice space rental, home game production, insurance, travel, tournament fees, marketing and advertising.
As an internationally-ranked member of the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association, CRG fields two competitive squads for inter-league play: the Black Sheep, the varsity or A team; and the Violent Lambs, the JV or B team. After a decade at the Cincinnati Gardens and three seasons at Schmidt Memorial Fieldhouse at Xavier University, CRG now plays its home games at the Cintas Center at Xavier.
The Cincinnati Rollergirls have received many accolades from the community. Former Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory declared June 19, 2010 Cincinnati Rollergirls Day, and the Cincinnati Rollergirls have been voted Cincinnati’s Best Amateur/Semi-Pro Team by CityBeat readers every year since 2011. The team also gives back to the community by volunteering at charity events, making donations to local nonprofit organizations and offering free tickets to organizations such as the Armed Forces Ticket Association and Most Valuable Kids of Greater Cincinnati.
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SKATERS
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Wheezy #43 Wheezy #43
- Derby name: Wheezy (she/her)
- Skater number: 43
- Position(s): Blocker, pivot, relief jammer
- Derby debut year: 2009
- CRG debut year: 2009
- Previous sports/athletic background: Roller derby is my first team sport!
- Gear: Rector Fatboy kneepads, ProDesigned elbow pads, Rollerblade wrist guards, Bont hybrid carbon boots, reactor plate, morph wheels, Ezeefit booties, Donjoy knee brace, Sully shoulder brace, S1 helmet
- Cross-training regimen: Working out at the J with my trainer Donnie!
- Awards: 2009 Rookie of the Year, 2010 Best Lambs Jammer, 2011 Best Sheep Jammer, 2011 Baby Got Back, 2019 Most Athletic, 2020 Best Overall Local Athlete as voted by Cincinnati CityBeat readers
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Train N Pain #79 Train N Pain #79
- Derby name: Train N Pain (she/her)
- Skater number: 79
- How did you choose your derby name? The London Calling album by The Clash has always been one of my favorites and one which I think crystallized in me a very punk-rock spirit that eventually launched me into roller derby. “Train in Vain” is a ghost track on the original album release in ’79.
- Position(s): The tiniest of blockers
- Derby debut year: I started skating in 2013 as fresh meat for Steel City Roller Derby in Pittsburgh, PA.
- CRG debut year: 2017
- Previous sports/athletic background: I played pretty much every sport I could get my hands on growing up but felt the most strongly connected to swimming, soccer and Ultimate Frisbee.
- Gear: Reidell (boots), Sure-Grip (plates), Triple 8 (pads), Sisu (mouthguard), S1 (helmet), and DonJoy (knee brace)
- Cross-training regimen: I like to run. Roller Derby is a lot of contact and pushing and shoving and congestion and hitting. You rely so heavily on your teammates and are constantly pushing and pulling and leaning on each other to serve a common goal. Running is just about you, the clock, and the track/road/trail. So, I think the combination of running and roller derby provides a good balance for me.
- Derby awards: CRG – Grit Award (2017 Season); MVP Blocker – Star Wars Night (2017); MVP Jammer – Star Wars Night (2018); MVP Blocker – Pride Night (2019)
- Fun fact: I have a dog named Archibald who loves belly rubs!
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Sailor Scary #92 Proof Sailor Scary #92 Proof
- Derby name: Sailor Scary (she/her)
- Skater number: 92
- How did you choose your derby name? Sailor Jerry Collins is a transformative member in the tattoo world. I wanted to memorialize it through my name and number.
- Position(s): Blocker, pivot, and jammer when needed!
- Derby debut year: 2008 in Evansville, IN for Rollergirls of Southern Indiana
- CRG debut year: 2012
- Previous sports/athletic background: Soccer goalie and cheer
- Gear: Mota skates, Arius plates, S1 helmet, Smith Scab knee pads, Atom wrist guards, Bones Swiss bearings, wheels depend on the surface.
- Cross-training regimen: Long-distance skating and aggressive park skating.
- Derby awards: A few MVPs, Best Travel Buddy, show girl…I can’t remember them all off the top of my head.
- Fun fact: I love to indoor skydive and going for my skydiving license.
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Emilie Graham #24 Emilie Graham #24
- Derby name: Emilie Graham (she/her)
- Skater number: 24
- How did you choose your derby name? I chose to move away from my original derby name to my given name this year. Jillian Dollaz served me well all these years, but I’m really excited to see my real-life name on my jersey.
- Position(s): Blocker
- Derby debut year: 2013
- CRG debut year: 2013
- Previous sports/athletic background: Softball, swimming, field hockey, rowing
- Gear: Riedell Blue Streak boots, Reactor plates, Atom D-Rods
- Cross-training regimen: Boxing, biking (when the weather warms), circuits
- Fun fact: Cascara tea is made by steeping the dried fruit found around the coffee bean. It’s caffeinated like coffee, but tastes like a smooth, mild cup of black tea. It’s a great way to reduce food waste and one of my absolute favorites!
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Ellie Stab’er #6313 Ellie Stab’er #6313
- Derby name: Ellie Stab’er (she/her)
- Skater number: 6313
- Position: Blocker
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Crystal Whip #154 Crystal Whip #154
- Derby name: Crystal Whip (she/her)
- Skater number: 154
- Position(s): Blocker
- Derby debut year: 2017
- CRG debut year: 2017
- Gear: Riedell Bluestreak/Venus plates/Halo wheels
- Derby awards: Rookie of the Year, Fall 2018; Cherry Choke Award, 2018
- Fun fact: I was a Delta ✈️ flight attendant for 17 years!
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DOOM #8 DOOM #8
- Derby name: DOOM (she/her)
- Number: 8
- How did you choose your derby name? My old nickname/video game tag was originally Mistress Doom. Dropped the Mistress because it was irrelevant. DOOM has stuck and fits ♥️
- Position(s): Any I am asked. Preferably blocking
- Derby debut year: 2008 with the Green Country Roller Girls (Tulsa, OK)
- CRG debut year: 2017
- Previous sports/athletic background: Basketball, softball, volleyball, soccer, track, football, rugby
- Gear: Skates are Motas, not a gear head
- Cross-training regimen: The Navy — training future sailors for bootcamp and helping current sailors stay fit.
- Awards: A few game MVPs here and there. Rookie of the Year for 2009 Green Country Thunderdollz, MVP 2012 SoCal (3-way tie with Trish the Dish and TBone), MVP Blocker San Diego Roller Derby 2014
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Big Red #32 Big Red #32
- Derby name: Big Red (she/her)
- Skater number: 32
- How did you choose your derby name? My coach in softball gave me this name because I could slam into people and they would bounce off of me when I got them out and my hair is red.
- Position(s): Blocker
- Derby debut year: 2016
- CRG debut year: 2018
- Previous sports/athletic background: I played soccer, softball and basketball.
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Kostasaurus #21 Kostasaurus #21
- Derby name: Kostasaurus (they/them)
- Skater number: 21
- How did you choose your derby name? The Kotasaurus is a large vegetarian dinosaur that lived in the early Jurassic period. As a small vegetarian living in the Quaternary period, I strive to block as big as the Kotasaurus.
- Position(s): Anywhere I’m told to go
- Derby debut year: 2014
- CRG debut year: 2017
- Previous sports/athletic background: Competitive figure skating and dance
- Fun fact: I have two angelic cats and they’re tattooed on my leg.
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The Slayer #713 The Slayer #713
- Derby name: The Slayer (she/her)
- Skater number: 713
- How did you choose your derby name? It’s a play on my last name. Also because Buffy is awesome, duh.
- Position(s): Blocker, but I’ll jam for the Lambs if needed
- Derby debut year: 2016
- CRG debut year: 2016 for Nati Lites; 2017 for WFTDA
- Previous sports/athletic background: Basketball many moons ago, and one season of winter drum line
- Gear: S1 helmet, S1 knee pads, Killer 187 elbow pads, Killer 187 hand guards, Sisu mouth guard, Bont boots on reactor plates with a mix of Radar Halo 95/97 wheels, and my lucky orange bandana
- Cross-training regimen: Weight lifting rotating upper body, core, and lower body along with cardio, about 2-3 times a week.
- Fun fact: I played cello for 8 years, and recently purchased one to get back into playing.
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Princess Derby #63 Princess Derby #63
- Derby name: Princess Derby (she/her)
- Skater number: 63
- How did you choose your derby name? My mom (Polly Rocket) gave it to me when I was 6, when she started playing derby.
- Position(s): Anywhere I’m put or people see me most useful
- Derby debut year: 2011 with the Cincinnati Junior Rollergirls
- CRG debut year: 2018
- Previous sports/athletic background: Soccer and track
- Gear: Riedell skates, Reactor plates, S1 helmet, 187 Killer pads, Halo wheels
- Awards: MVP Jammer
- Fun fact: My mom, Polly Rocket, used to skate for CRG. During the 2017 fall season, she retired and gave me her number. I had been skating under her number while I was skating with the juniors.
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Motley Crouton #36 Motley Crouton #36
- Derby name: Motley Crouton
- Skater number: 36
- How did you choose your derby name? It was on the side of a bar in upstate NY advertising for a cover band. My teammates said, “Hey that’s a good derby name! You don’t have one yet!” And thus it just sort of happened.
- Position(s): Blocker
- Derby debut year: 2009
- CRG debut year: 2019
- Previous sports/athletic background: Basketball/track in grade school and high school
- Gear: 187 pads
- Cross-training regimen: Lifting weights
- Derby awards: Got some MVP blocker awards in my previous league
- Fun fact: I analyze DNA tests for a living!
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Jas Hubbard #135 Jas Hubbard #135
- Derby name: Jas Hubbard (she/her)
- Skater number: 135
- How did you choose your derby name? My mom chose it, It’s my real name 😂
- Position(s): Pivot/Jammer
- Derby debut year: 2014 with Bleeding Heartland Rollergirls
- CRG debut year: 2015
- Previous sports/athletic background: I ran track and played basketball from elementary school all through high school.
- Gear: 187 pads
- Cross-training regimen: Eating pizza and lifting heavy things sometimes.
- Derby awards: MVP Jammer, Standout Jammer, Rookie Jammer of the Year and an award for Athleticism
- Fun fact: I had never been on rollerskates until I started learning to play roller derby. And Ellie Stab’er and i have matching tattoos of Alan Jackson.
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Wicked Widget #314 Wicked Widget #314
- Derby name: Wicket Widget (she/her)
- Skater number: 314
- How did you choose your derby name? I’m an engineer. And wicked. And alliteration is fun.
- Position(s): Blocker
- Derby debut year: 2019
- CRG debut year: 2019
- Previous sports/athletic background: Fencing
- Gear: Solaris boots, Powerdyne Reactor Pro Plates, orange Atom Savant wheels (the orange is important), a clean mouthguard
- Cross-training regimen: Powerlifting
- Fun fact: I love all my CRG teammates! They are the best.
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Ursa Maimher #116 Ursa Maimher #116
- Derby name: Ursa Maimher (they/them)
- Skater number: 116
- How did you choose your derby name? It’s an astronomy joke on the constellation Ursa Major, and also Ursa means bear in Latin and that’s pretty tough.
- Position(s): Mostly jammer
- Derby debut year: 2019
- CRG debut year: 2019
- Previous sports/athletic background: Football in middle school
- Gear: Antik skates, 187 pads
- Cross-training regimen: Not enough 😂
- Derby awards: I won MVP Jammer three times in my first season.
- Fun fact: I’m a casual speaker of the Klingon language from Star Trek.
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Nuk’em #86 Nuk’em #86
- Derby name: Nuk’em (she/her)
- Skater number: 86
- How did you choose your derby name? I played Duke Nuk’em a lot as a kid.
- Position(s): Jammer
- Derby debut year: 2006
- CRG debut year: 2009
- Gear: BONT custom boots, Reactor plates, DSG pads, S1 helmet
- Cross-training regimen: Endurance, weights and resistance training at the gym, yoga
- Derby awards: CRG hardest hitter from 2009-2016 & various MVP Jammer/MVP Blocker awards over the years
- Fun fact: I broke the tibia/fibula in my right leg in April 2012. I have since been playing roller derby with a titanium IM rod inside of my leg.
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Lady Macdeath #51 Lady Macdeath #51
- Derby name: Lady Macdeath (they/them)
- Skater number: 51
- How did you choose your derby name? Lady Macbeth is one of my favorite Shakespeare characters. Her most famous scene in Macbeth is in Act 5 Scene 1 which is where my number 51 comes from too!
- Position(s): Blocker, but working up to being a jammer!
- Derby debut year: 2018
- CRG debut year: 2018
- Previous sports/athletic background: Softball when I was a kid, some skateboarding as a teenager and my next sports goal is hockey!
- Gear: Riedell 595, Powerdyne Rival plates, Halo wheels, 187 pads and S1 helmet
- Cross-training regimen: Some sort of strength training every day and cardio 3-5 days a week
- Derby awards: 2019 Cherry Choke Dedication Award
- Fun fact: I worked in a video game store for 10 years!
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Krystonite #10 Krystonite #10
- Derby name: Krystonite (she/her)
- Skater number: 10
- How did you choose your derby name? Because I can make any Super Man weak.
- Derby debut year: January 2017
- CRG debut year: May 2019
- Previous sports/athletic background: High school soccer
- Gear: Bont Hybrid skates
- Cross-training regimen: Soccer training with the fam, and I just started yoga
- Fun fact: “I was attacked by a chicken as a child and now I exact my revenge by eating a lot of nuggets. Turns out revenge is a dish best served with buffalo sauce.”
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Gnarly Manson #49 Gnarly Manson #49
- Derby name: Gnarly Manson (she/her)
- Skater number: 49
- Position(s): Jammer
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Anne Bones #77 Anne Bones #77
- Derby name: Anne Bones (she/her)
- Skater number: 77
- Position(s): Blocker/Jammer
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Baker #42 Baker #42
- Derby name: Baker (she/her)
- Skater number: 42
- Position(s): Blocker
- Derby debut year: 2009
- CRG debut year: 2020
- Previous sports/athletic background: Softball, volleyball, basketball, and broomball
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Damsel #034 Damsel #034
- Derby name: Emily Dement (Damsel)
- Skater number: 034
- How did you choose your derby name? It’s my name.
- Position(s): Blocker/jammer in a pinch
- Derby debut year: 2013
- CRG debut year: 2020
- Previous sports/athletic background: Street football
- Derby awards: MVP Blocker, Fan Favorite, Junior Gumball Award
- Fun fact: I’ve seen Star Wars Return of the Jedi over 50 times. I’m a huge nerd. 🤓
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Fitzkrieg #603 Fitzkrieg #603
- Derby name: Fitzkrieg
- Skater number: 603
- How did you choose your derby name? It’s badass and a play on my last name.
- Derby debut year: 2020
- CRG debut year: 2020
- Previous sports/athletic background: Snowboarding
- Fun fact: I’ve been to the Arctic Circle.
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¡I, Caramba! #23 ¡I, Caramba! #23
- Derby name: ¡I, Caramba! (she/her)
- Skater number: 23
- How did you choose your derby name? I wanted something fun to yell that also played off of my real name.
- Position(s): Blocker
- Derby debut year: 2012
- CRG debut year: 2012
- Previous sports/athletic background: You name the sport, I’ve probably tried it, but I was never the star of the team. The games that stuck with me the longest were soccer, volleyball, softball, and swimming, but derby is quickly making its way to the top of that list. Sports have been part of my life since I was 5, and I’m thankful to still be an active athlete in my 40s!
- Gear: Bont skates (that are well past their prime!), 187 Killer pads, S1 helmet
- Cross-training regimen: Spinning, stretching, and dog walking
- Fun fact: I missed the 2019 CRG season because I was living in Singapore.
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Jackie the Ripper #100 Jackie the Ripper #100
- Derby name: Jackie the Ripper (she/her)
- Skater number: 100
- Derby debut year: 2020
- CRG debut year: 2020
- Previous sports/athletic background: Competitive dance, aerial acrobatics
- Gear: Antik Ar2 skates, Powerdyne Reactor Pro plate, Halo wheels
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Miss Demeanor #007 Miss Demeanor #007
- Derby name: Miss Demeanor (she/her)
- Skater number: 007
- How did you choose your derby name? I am a little bit naughty…I like to get away with murder not commit one….
- Position(s): I am the most confident on the bench.
- Derby debut year: 2018
- CRG debut year: 2019
- Previous sports/athletic background: Drinking beer and yelling at the TV from the couch.
- Gear: In need of washing
- Cross-training regimen: Passive-aggressive eyerolls
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Punky #247 Punky #247
- Derby name: Punky (she/her)
- Skater number: 247
- Position(s):Jammer/Pivot
- Derby debut year: 2010
- CRG debut year: 2020
- Previous sports/athletic background: 7 years of junior roller derby, 2 years in MRDA, junior derby coach
- Gear: S1 helmet and pads, Mota skates and always Anabolix wheels!
- Cross-training regimen: Shredding at the skatepark
- Derby awards: Silver medal with Team USA Junior Roller Derby, North American Qualifier (MRDA Playoffs)
- Fun fact: My favorite things in this world are glitter, elephants, my family, my cat and my skates 🙂
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Reckless Ratchet #03 Reckless Ratchet #03
- Derby name: Reckless Ratchet (she/her)
- Skater number: 03
- How did you choose your derby name? My nickname was Ratchet before derby, I guess it sounded close to my real name. The Reckless part worked well for my first few years of derby. When I didn’t know how to hit a pack safely at full speed. But now I should probably change my name to Calculated Ratchet.
- Position(s): Jammer and pivot on rare occasions
- Derby debut year: 2012
- CRG debut year: I transferred to CRG in the summer of 2019. My first CRG game debut was in January 2020.
- Previous sports/athletic background: I participated in softball, basketball, bowling and skating for fun.
- Gear: Atom elbow and wrist guards, 187 knee pads and gaskets, S1 helmet, Adidas shin guards, Gait chest/back/shoulder protector and Antik skates with Arius plates.
- Cross-training regimen: Running and weight lifting
- Derby awards: MVP jammer at River Valley Riot, Siege of New York, and Battle of the All-Stars
- Fun fact: I’m currently in school studying horticulture.
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Whitlash #40 Whitlash #40
Derby name: Whitlash
Skater number: 40
Derby debut year: 2020
CRG debut year: 2020
Previous sports/athletic background: Pole vaulting, basketball, volleyball
Cross-training regimen: Running, HIIT
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Hits McGee #347 Hits McGee #347
- Derby name: Hits McGee
- Skater number: 347
- How did you choose your derby name? My husband actually came up with it. It’s inspired by a scene from ‘Anchorman’ that I find to be pretty funny. I’ve also been known to use the name when signing up to do karaoke (very poorly).
- Derby debut year: 2019
- CRG debut year: 2019
- Previous sports/athletic background: Aside from one year of soccer in 5th grade…. absolutely no athletic background.
- Gear: Riedell Solaris skates with Reactor Neo plates and Radar Halo 93 wheels.
- Cross-training regimen: I try to go to the gym as much as possible on non-practice days. I always start with cardio, which is typically on the elliptical. I go as hard as I can for 5 minutes to work on my endurance for 27/5. Once I finish cardio, I do a lot of weight training, which is my favorite, and whatever else strikes my fancy; right now it’s box jumps to work on jumping in my skates.
- Fun fact: I own every single Doctor Who Funko POP they’ve ever made. Even the extremely rare ones.
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Bob Ayaga #118 Bob Ayaga #118
- Derby name: Bob Ayaga
- Skater number: 118
- How did you choose your derby name? I got very into Slavic lore about the Baba Yaga after obsessively watching Bartok the Magnificent as a kid.
- Derby debut year: 2018
- CRG debut year: 2018
- Previous sports/athletic background: Marching band is the closest thing to a sport that I had been in prior to derby.
- Gear: Riedell R3 skates, Halo wheels, and 187 pads
- Cross-training regimen: Mostly squats, crunches, and light weights.
- Fun fact: I’ve been published for multiple scientific articles in microbiology.
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Katie Wampus #5 Katie Wampus #5
- Derby name: Katie Wampus (she/her)
- Skater number: 5
- How did you choose your derby name? It’s a play on cattywampus. I love cats and weird words.
- Derby debut year: 2019
- CRG debut year: 2019
- Gear: Halo wheels, TSG knee pads, 187 elbow pads and wrist guards, S1 helmet
- Fun fact: I have an encyclopedic knowledge of The Simpsons (seasons 1-10).
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No No #111 No No #111
- Derby name: No No
- Skater number: 111
- How did you choose your derby name? It was already my nickname.
- Position(s): Pivot, Jammer, Blocker
- Derby debut year: 2018
- CRG debut year: 2020
- Previous sports/athletic background: Discus, train-hopping.
- Gear: Bonts/Antiks, Arius/Reactor, Halos/Prestos
- Cross-training regimen: Using chainsaws, living on the second floor and working at a skating rink
- Derby awards: A dozen assorted Most Valuable Jammers and one Most Valuable Blocker
- Fun fact: In a parallel universe that just spawned I neglected to answer this question.
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Star Flatten’em #71 Star Flatten’em #71
- Derby name: Star Flatten’em (they/them)
- Skater number: 71
- How did you choose your derby name? Because I’m a big ol’ anime nerd
- Derby debut year: 2019
- CRG debut year: 2020
- Previous sports/athletic background: Track and field, cross country
- Gear: 187 elbow/knee pads, Atom wrist guards, Bont Prostar boots, aluminum Bont Tracer plate, Rollerbones DoD wheels
- Cross-training regimen: Lifting 3x/week
- Fun fact: I used to live in the Puget Sound area.
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Noah Pologies #626 Noah Pologies #626
- Derby name: Noah Pologies (she/her)
- Skater number: 626
Staff
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Jeff Sevier Jeff Sevier
- Derby name: Jeff Sevier
- Position: Photographer
- CRG debut year: 2006
- Gear: Nikon, Mac, Puma
- Links: Jeff on Flickr
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Jason Bechtel Jason Bechtel
- Derby name: Jason Bechtel
- Position: Photographer
- CRG debut year: 2006
- Gear: Nikon
- Links: Jase on Flickr
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Miss Print Miss Print
- Derby name: Miss Print (she/her)
- Position(s): Principal owner, retired skater, and co-founder and former assistant coach of the Cincinnati Junior Rollergirls
- Derby debut year: 2006
- CRG debut year: 2006
- Gear: MacBook, iPhone
- Awards: I’ll Be There For You (Most Reliable) nominee 2011; Most Improved nominee 2010; Sweetest Rollergirl nominee 2009 and 2010
- Fun fact: Appeared in 2008 ESPN piece “Roller Derby Revival”
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Grimace Grimace
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Strong Bad Strong Bad
- Derby name: Strong Bad
- Skater number: ♾
- How did you choose your derby name? Because, you know, I am both strong, and I am also bad.
- Position(s): Production Manager
- Derby debut year: 2019
- CRG debut year: 2019
- Previous sports/athletic background: I played deep deep right field when I played T-ball as a kid. Like, waaaaay back there.
- Gear: My pocket protector, cargo shorts and radically feathered hair-do are all I need.
- Cross-training regimen: I’m very into fitness. Fitness whole dang pizza in my mouth.
- Derby awards: I came here for fame, glory, and the adoration of millions of fans.
- Fun fact: A peanut is neither a pea nor a nut, it is in fact, a legume. 🌈 The more you know 🌠
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The rules of flat track roller derby
Invented by sports promoter Leo Seltzer in the 1930s, roller derby thrived in the U.S. until it fizzled out in the 1970s. In the early 2000s, the Texas Rollergirls revived the sport on a flat track instead of the traditional banked track. The ability to play the game on just about any flat surface helped roller derby spread across the world, and what was once a staged spectacle became an unscripted, highly athletic and fiercely competitive sport.
In today’s roller derby, two 15-skater teams play two 30-minute periods. Each period consists of multiple “jams” in which one jammer, three blockers and one pivot from each team face off. The jammers, who wear stars on their helmets, score points for their team by passing blockers from the opposing team. The blockers from each team skate together in a pack and play offense for their own jammer and defense against the opposing jammer at the same time. The pivots, who wear stripes on their helmets, have the special ability to accept the star helmet cover from their jammer, become the new jammer and score points.
During a jam, skaters may legally block opponents with their hips, shoulders and rear. Players can receive 30-second penalties for a variety of illegal actions, including elbowing, tripping, back blocking and cutting the track. Each jam ends after 2 minutes or when the lead jammer – the first jammer to pass through the pack legally – calls off the jam by hitting their hips with their hands. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins. Read the complete rules here.