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[dr greg]

When I was a kid, there used to be a TV show called Roller Game, and teams of skaters would beat eachother up on a banked track..it proved very popular over here: I went and saw The LA T-Birds with Ralphie Valladares and Shirley Hardman et al, at our local indoor stadium kinda thing when they made one of their tours downunder. It seemed to be big deal in the States from our distant viewpoint. Why did it die? What happened to it, did that WWF rubbish kill it off? What are the cultural reasons for its fall from grace, Wiki doesn't explain.

 

[Miss Neecerie]

When I was a kid, there used to be a TV show called Roller Game, and teams of skaters would beat eachother up on a banked track..it proved very popular over here: I went and saw The LA T-Birds with Ralphie Valladares and Shirley Hardman et al, at our local indoor stadium kinda thing when they made one of their tours downunder. It seemed to be big deal in the States from our distant viewpoint. Why did it die? What happened to it, did that WWF rubbish kill it off? What are the cultural reasons for its fall from grace, Wiki doesn't explain.

HAHAH.....Roller Derby...is back....there are leagues all over the states again...mostly with cute but rough and tumble girls fighting it out in revealing shorts and shirts...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roller_Derby

 

[LizzieMaine]

Oh yes, it's definitely coming back. I was just talking to a friend last night who's in the process of joining a roller-derby team, and her major concern at the moment is coming up with an intimidating name. From what she tells me, the whole thing is being done very much along pro-wrassling lines, with lots of flash and glitz and show-biz.

I'd consider joining too, but I lost my skate key when I was seven, and it still hasn't turned up...

 

[Fleur De Guerre]

It's got going here too, I really wanted to join the local Roller Derby team, but then I saw photos of the injuries...

 

[Girl Friday]

We've got roller derby. Assassination City Roller Derby: http://www.acderby.com/

 

[scotrace]

Assassination City? Is that... are you.... serious? Surely not...

 

[Dr. Shocker]

we have one team starting in Ventura County Derby Dolls (Double D)

 

[Chanfan]

Indeed, in Seattle, it's the Rat City Roller Girls. I have a friend who was a ref for them.

And they certainly do the joke/pun names. My friend's stage name was "Skid Vicious".

I've always wanted to go see a game.

 

[Etienne]

When I was a kid, there used to be a TV show called Roller Game, and teams of skaters would beat eachother up on a banked track..it proved very popular over here: I went and saw The LA T-Birds with Ralphie Valladares and Shirley Hardman et al, at our local indoor stadium kinda thing when they made one of their tours downunder. It seemed to be big deal in the States from our distant viewpoint. Why did it die? What happened to it, did that WWF rubbish kill it off? What are the cultural reasons for its fall from grace, Wiki doesn't explain.

Wow, I remember that, too! For some reason, the name "Tuffie Brasue" rings a bell! Whenever my sisters and I want to describe a female is who really a hard woman, we'll say that she's a reall "Tuffie Brasue!

 

[Haley]

There are also some men roller derby teams that are starting up on the west coast. It will never get as big as women but it is still just as entertaining to watch. It goes at a faster pace.

 

[lolly_loisides]

Did it ever go away? There has been a roller derby league in Sydney for years.....
http://www.westernsydneyrollers.com/index.html

 

[Phineas Lamour]

My brother's wife is on a team here. There are quite a few in central Florida.