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Roller derby began in the 30s, died off in the 80s, and was revived in Texas in the early 2000s. It's one of very few full-contact sports for women and is played on quad roller skates. Most modern derby is played on a flat track, though there are some that prefer banked. Most skaters create unique derby names for competition.
It's played like this:
It looks like this:
It gives you bruises like this:
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she is awesome and just got assigned to a team yesterday
He's in fact head Zebra in our local league and one of the best in the country.
His Derby name is HP Shovecraft.
His wife is a skater and hers is JD Slaminger.
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But who is Earnest Heavingway?
TS Helliot would be better.
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That is much better, but I was just doing authors.
That better?
I've had a flood of possible derby name ideas over the past day or so, but I can't decide and they keep coming.
My favorites are
(Prof) Grim Moriarty
Headlock Holmes #221B
Red Light Conflict
Punchausen by Proxy
Manic Pixie Nightmare
Chekhov Shotgun #ACT1
Blue Bomb-her #200X
Comments/suggestions?
Her skating name is Fyodor Destroyevsky
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Pain Austin
of roller derby
Punchausen by Proxy is really good
the rest eeehhhhh
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rudyard krippling
Sockedrates
I just snorted
way to go futore
Mine is The Incredible Bulk
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