How many roller derby teams are there

Harleen Frances Quinzel, M. Marvel; and Jane Foster, now Thor, can change either of those things anytime soon. Like skate names? Check out our Graphic Taxonomy of Skate Names poster here. If you wear Frogmouth jerseys, Angel may have designed them! We recently collaborated with Angel on a collection of Garzig Design masks , which highlight her unique art style and imagery. Read our conversation with Angel below. AO: I've been skating for 11 years.

When we can all skate together again I'm looking forward to joining a scrimmage team ;. AO:I've always drawn since I was little. I had some amazing art teachers who encouraged my skills.

After high school I wanted to get a 'real job' drawing so I got a drafting degree. In my 30s I went back to college to study graphic design. AO: I started Garzig in I went back to school with the goal of designing greeting cards.

I was fascinated with learning about design specs, color theory, and how to transform designs into tangible products. I really geek out to that! It's so metal. FM: If there were one thing you could say to people who didn't know you before this interview, what would you want them to understand? AO: My art is pop culture redesigned with a Latinx flair. AO: Graduating. AO: I have two proud Frogmouth moments! First, designing these masks! I really hope the masses like my art and want to wear it.

The second was designing uniforms for the World Cup. Knowing the teams from around the world would be wearing my designs was mind-blowing. It is a strong color combo. Strong just like Las Mujeres Fuertes. When I was young I practiced drawing skulls from heavy metal album covers.

It really makes me happy when I draw skulls. I Miss Mosh Pits : I love going to concerts and had a lot of shows booked for Then enter stage left Covid Refer to the requirements and regulations in your country.

Start scrimmaging! Starting to play roller derby is the most important thing to getting your league under way. Officials are essential! Make sure to recruit and train both skating and non-skating officials as part of your league. Want to get involved in any of the multitude of opportunities to join the roller derby revolution?

Visit our leagues page to find a league in your area. Leagues are always looking for skaters to join and often offer beginner bootcamps for those new to skating and to roller derby. Derby was the optional thing that could go. Fortunately, my husband recovered. Two summers ago, I had the privilege of talking derby with Jerry for three days straight, that is, as long as Jerry could talk. He was physically fragile, often gasping for air, and carrying an oxygen tank.

When he had the energy, he told me about his work fostering the sport during its first televised decades. Although Jerry largely left the sport behind in , he loved its twenty-first-century reboot, with its legitimate rules and mostly flat-track play, despite his preference for the banked-track version of the game. Interviewing Jerry was moving to me. His stories were often difficult, humble, and humbling. I look forward to telling the rest of the world in years to come about everything I learned from him.

But the moment I remember best from my visit is when Jerry got out an extra pair of roller skates he had in a closet and an old s derby jersey, number 50 from the Midwest Pioneers. It was made from this seemingly indestructible polyester.

He insisted that I try it on. It fit perfectly. I admit I was a little nervous, on wheels in front of him. I skated around the hardwood floor of his living room, trying to interview him and worrying that I might accidentally knock over the television. Jerry spent countless hours of his life watching skaters, and I was entertaining him. He also knew how to put on a good show. When my visit ended, Jerry gave me the Pioneers jersey as a gift. Although we talked on the phone after that, as his breathing allowed, we never saw each other again.

It was also a wake-up call for me personally. I missed hitting other women on skates, being on a team, the ear-splitting ref whistles, the penalty box. I took my gear out of the closet and informed my husband where I was headed.