by NY Firestorm Roller Derby | Nov 29, 2015 | Blog
Today’s skater is a hit on the track, BethamphetaMEAN: “I started skating in February of 2012. I had been watching my local roller derby team play for a few years and i remember thinking how badly I wanted to turn 18 and finally be able to join them. When...
by NY Firestorm Roller Derby | Nov 25, 2015 | Blog
Put together your meat hooks to welcome our today’s skater, Bonecrush-her: “I found roller derby in June of 2008. My best friend had been telling me about it for a while, saying it was something that would be right up my alley. Mainly because she knows a...
by NY Firestorm Roller Derby | Nov 22, 2015 | Blog
Today’s featured skater is your’s truly, Ragna Rök! “Ever since I was young, I was an athlete- years of karate, track and field, and weight lifting; but after college, I lost the sense of a team. In 2014, I became an NSO for an upstate league, seeing...
by NY Firestorm Roller Derby | Nov 18, 2015 | Blog
Our skater of the day is one of our resident giants, Joygantor! “At 22 years old, I first got involved with roller derby June 2014, my sister had been skating for years and I finally wanted to check it out. Ever since I started going to events, the people made...
by NY Firestorm Roller Derby | Nov 15, 2015 | Blog
Today’s skater is nothing short of a calamity on the track and one of our on-skate coaches, Criss Catastrophe! “I started in 2007 as a bit of joke. I didn’t have any intentions to actually play roller derby, mostly because I was a big crybaby. I was...