OHRG Presents: Meet the Rookies

Take a peek at the latest crop of up and coming Ohio Roller Girls.

Special thanks to Choco Ison and Amy Spears for the video work.

Meet the Rookies: Ohio Roller Girls Transcript

Nicole: My name is Nicole.

Stephanie: I’m Stephanie and I started July 09.

Angel: Angel, I started two months ago.

Rose: (signing) I’m Roulette Rose. I started last year.

Derby Skaters Come From All Walks of Life

Angel: I am a third year law student. I have a job at a law firm and I sell Mary Kay.

Rose: (signing) I can’t hear my teammates so I have to work extra hard to keep up with what everyone’s doing.

Choco Ison (off screen): What do you do when you aren’t turning left and hitting people?

Stephanie: I’m a nurse.

A Lot Goes Into Running a Roller Derby League

Nicole: I actually lived in Boston Mass. and I was involved with the derby team there. So, um I practiced with the girls, got to know a lot of them. Helped with promotion and I refereed and I did stats. I did everything I could because I knew I was going to try out and then I moved before try outs. So, here I am. The good city of Columbus gets me now.

Challenge Yourself With a Team

Stephanie: My biggest challenge is that generally I am a little bit of a timid person and I really need to get over that. If you are going to hit people and get hit and I’m working on that.

Rose: (signing) I talked about trying out and someone told me I couldn’t do it, so I went and tried out anyways

Roller Derby Yields Many Different Benefits

Stephanie: My big sis Hellvetica, um, she herself has been incredibly supportive and despite the face make-up that she wears on game day she’s actually very sweet.

Nicole: I wanted to meet a group of girls in a new city and have some fun. So, why the hell not, right?