Just a Regular Badass
June 11, 2009
"I'm going to f#%*@ do this!!" were the words that came from my mouth the first time I watched rollerderby.
A week or two later and I was at my first practice with a brand new league, Red Dirt Rebellion Rollergirls, testing my skills on the ol' quads. It was only the second practice the league had held in the Summer of 07'. As you may imagine, if you know me, I was absolutely horrible on my skates. I'm clumsy, tall, awkward and I have huge feet. How's this gonna work? Soon I learned that it's much more than what the eyes can see, this old sport called rollerderby.
Shortly after the creation of RDRR, we were taking up space in our own warehouse which, ironically, housed a local WWE type wrestling match every week which people often associate with rollerderby.
-Not to go off track (literally), I assure you when I get hit and when I get knocked down, it IS NOT fake. It is not the rollerderby your mom used to watch on television. It induces pain most people won't put themselves through, and it is very much the real thing.-
Now....where was I? Oh....our first warehouse. This is where Stevie Hits finally appeared. Several months of practicing and almost giving up brought me to a day where everything I was taught came together. I could actually hit and get hit without falling on my ass...well...just not every time. ;P That was it, I was hooked.
Little did I know how far we would come in just one year. I'm not sure if I mentioned it, but Red Dirt Rebellion had a very big goal, a very big expensive goal. We were going to build a banked track, the seventh one in the US of A to be exact. Tons of fundraisers and sponsors and skaters and a once in a lifetime opportunity for a movie being made..later, we magically had the money for our track.
I worked my fingers to the bone. I laughed, I cried, I screamed, I skipped work, skipped parties, friends, family, to help get that thing built. We had a deadline to meet, and Drew had a movie to make. I could write a book about the Summer of 08'. Twenty-seven years of life and I never felt what I felt the day we dropped the track off in Detroit, just hours after finishing it. Emotions were high in every degree. I never felt so accomplished, so tired, so jealous, so sore, so excited, and so exhausted in my life. I had 17 bruises on my legs, a hole in my thumb and bolts in my pocket when I got home. That was a year ago.
Here we are now, thousands and thousands of dollars later getting ready for a national tournament, and more importantly, our 1st bout on OUR track. Two years of skating, of fighting, of fundraisers, of fishnets upon fishnets, bruises upon bruises, skaters upon skaters (because believe me - we go through em') and here we are.
Is a knee injury gonna stop me now?! My heart says "HELL NO" it's not, but we'll see...If not this one than the next, we've only just begun.
We made it Oklahoma and fellow banked track leagues, we made it and we ain't going nowhere but up.
I just have to say it, just once....
"WE TOLD YOU SO!!!!" :P
Written by Me, Stevie Hits, #911
Red Dirt Rebellion Rollergirl,
Board Member, Team Captain
www.reddirtrebellion.com
"I'm going to f#%*@ do this!!" were the words that came from my mouth the first time I watched rollerderby.
A week or two later and I was at my first practice with a brand new league, Red Dirt Rebellion Rollergirls, testing my skills on the ol' quads. It was only the second practice the league had held in the Summer of 07'. As you may imagine, if you know me, I was absolutely horrible on my skates. I'm clumsy, tall, awkward and I have huge feet. How's this gonna work? Soon I learned that it's much more than what the eyes can see, this old sport called rollerderby.
Shortly after the creation of RDRR, we were taking up space in our own warehouse which, ironically, housed a local WWE type wrestling match every week which people often associate with rollerderby.
-Not to go off track (literally), I assure you when I get hit and when I get knocked down, it IS NOT fake. It is not the rollerderby your mom used to watch on television. It induces pain most people won't put themselves through, and it is very much the real thing.-
Now....where was I? Oh....our first warehouse. This is where Stevie Hits finally appeared. Several months of practicing and almost giving up brought me to a day where everything I was taught came together. I could actually hit and get hit without falling on my ass...well...just not every time. ;P That was it, I was hooked.
Little did I know how far we would come in just one year. I'm not sure if I mentioned it, but Red Dirt Rebellion had a very big goal, a very big expensive goal. We were going to build a banked track, the seventh one in the US of A to be exact. Tons of fundraisers and sponsors and skaters and a once in a lifetime opportunity for a movie being made..later, we magically had the money for our track.
I worked my fingers to the bone. I laughed, I cried, I screamed, I skipped work, skipped parties, friends, family, to help get that thing built. We had a deadline to meet, and Drew had a movie to make. I could write a book about the Summer of 08'. Twenty-seven years of life and I never felt what I felt the day we dropped the track off in Detroit, just hours after finishing it. Emotions were high in every degree. I never felt so accomplished, so tired, so jealous, so sore, so excited, and so exhausted in my life. I had 17 bruises on my legs, a hole in my thumb and bolts in my pocket when I got home. That was a year ago.
Here we are now, thousands and thousands of dollars later getting ready for a national tournament, and more importantly, our 1st bout on OUR track. Two years of skating, of fighting, of fundraisers, of fishnets upon fishnets, bruises upon bruises, skaters upon skaters (because believe me - we go through em') and here we are.
Is a knee injury gonna stop me now?! My heart says "HELL NO" it's not, but we'll see...If not this one than the next, we've only just begun.
We made it Oklahoma and fellow banked track leagues, we made it and we ain't going nowhere but up.
I just have to say it, just once....
"WE TOLD YOU SO!!!!" :P
Written by Me, Stevie Hits, #911
Red Dirt Rebellion Rollergirl,
Board Member, Team Captain
www.reddirtrebellion.com
Tags: rebellion
5 Comments
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Comment by Vanessa on June 11, 2009 at 1:57pm - You girls worked so hard! I'm excited to be on your team Stevie!!!! Wooooo July 11th!
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Comment by Jondi Soper on June 16, 2009 at 9:42am - This is a very inspiring post to read for a newbie derby girl like myself who is so frustrated that I have considered quitting, but somewhere inside the little voice won't let me!
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Comment by Emily Murray on June 16, 2009 at 12:57pm - HELL FUCKING YEAH we worked hard! And fundraised our ASSES off, like you've never seen in your entire life. We are so badass it ain't even funny ;P
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Comment by Bitchy Kitten on June 16, 2009 at 7:23pm - I like the post it really sums up the whole reasons why we do this. I remember when it was up and thinking holy shit now there are two!!! This one being a amped on roids version of LA's track. And I will say that I was blown away by how hard you all worked out there in OKC. I love seeing these pics and I am sure I will go nuts seeing it on the big screen this oct. C u in austin. BK
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Comment by Psychogenesis on June 17, 2009 at 9:49am - HOLY FUCKIN SHIT!!!!! can you believe that was a year ago this week that we were all stressed out and in the middle of the mad rush to get the track done and off to Detroit! I am soooooo glad its this year and not last! I love you!
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