We watched Whip It last night. What a great movie! If you haven’t seen it, and you like to see women kicking each other’s asses, watch it. It’s so fucking rad. Juliette Lewis is still hot.
I totally want to try roller derby. I got invited to try outs a couple years ago for the Cincinnati Rollergirls, but didn’t think I’d be into it. After watching that movie, I am starting to think roller derby is even more kick ass than bike racing. I am going to go check out their practice and see what it’s all about.
February 8th, 2010 at 12:24 pm
Awesome. Shame I’ll have to wait for it on DVD here in time-forgotten Germany.
I’ll look for it though.
February 8th, 2010 at 5:05 pm
did you mean licking?
February 8th, 2010 at 5:17 pm
it’s on dvd yo.
February 8th, 2010 at 5:50 pm
Ladies roller derby back in the day was bad ass. Big chunky chicks kicking ass left and right.
Everything since has been pretty bitches pretending to kick ass left and right.
This any diff ??
February 8th, 2010 at 6:16 pm
These girls look pretty fucking big to me. i’d get my ass kicked. looking into it for next year tho. might be fun to try and throw some bitches down. the outfits are kickass kind of.
February 8th, 2010 at 7:20 pm
from what i can tell, roller derby around here is lame. buncha fat outta shape hipster chicks “lookin cool.” the same chicks/crowd who pose on their “fixies” and have no idea what riding a bike is about, beyond it being a fashion statement. More kick ass than bike racing..come on..ain’t no way
February 8th, 2010 at 7:29 pm
yea, but that movie sure made it look cool. nice to know your perspective on it though.
February 8th, 2010 at 7:42 pm
Hey judi.
Go for it.
February 8th, 2010 at 7:42 pm
There are two leagues in Austin. One is flat track, and one is banked track (banked track rules!) There’s plenty of hipster in the scene, but these girls take what they do very seriously, and work very hard at it. I’ve had very good friends who’ve skated, and they’d beat the shit out of luky for that quip. Sure some of it is show, but most of it is full contact sport. It’s a lot of fun to watch, and I’m glad I’m not out there with them. Women of all shapes and sizes, kicking ass. All the TV coverage has made it seem a lot more glitzy and hipster than it is. Go see some matches in person. Movies don’t do it justice.
February 8th, 2010 at 7:55 pm
anyone see avatar?
February 9th, 2010 at 10:02 am
@el jefe – two teams here too. they used to be one team, but now there’s bad blood between them, so they split. one is flat track and one is banked. i’m going to check out a practice soon.
February 9th, 2010 at 12:09 pm
Each league here has about 4-6 teams, and it was a split. Half of the original league wanted to stay flat track, and half wanted to go banked. The banked track league had a TV show a few years ago. The city rents them out part of the fancy new convention center.
Banked Track: http://www.txrd.com/
Flat Track: http://txrollergirls.com/
February 9th, 2010 at 4:57 pm
come on. wanna wrastle?? hahaha
http://gallery.txrd.com/v/2009seasonbouts/october10thchampionshipboutcherrybombsvshellcats/pennysmith/
February 9th, 2010 at 5:39 pm
omg those are some scary women.
February 9th, 2010 at 6:43 pm
I’ve seen blood, broken bones, and black eyes at the matches. It’s full contact. Kinda’ like Keirin racing without the bikes…
February 9th, 2010 at 10:41 pm
Fuck the Texas rodeo, they ain’t got shit on the Derby!
February 10th, 2010 at 9:38 am
Now that I’ve taken the time to click through some of the photos linked by Luky above (see drunkcyclist.com/…#comment-36365), it make me think Ellen Page was completely miscast in this film. She is way too slight, insubstantial, waify and hipster for this role. It needs more of a Kristen Johnston / Kirstie Alley / Jennifer Hudson presence in my opinion. Not big and sloppy, but poised and powerful. Strength over cute-in-a-thriftstore-sweater.
February 10th, 2010 at 10:57 am
@big jonny – you HAVE to rent Whip It. ellen page did some awesome skating. she did her own tricks too, unlike drew barrymore. but yea, you are right. these girls are big and brutal. one local girl here that i know who skates for the ky team, she’s tiny. so who the hell knows. if i got slammed by one of the bigger girls, that could be it for me. still, i’ll try anything once.
February 12th, 2010 at 11:14 am
Two flat track leagues in Chicago — Windy City Rollers and the more DYI Chicago Outfit. Very good stuff. They still have the funny nicknames, but without the pro wrestling bullshit of the old bank track UHF-TV bouts. This is what American sport could have been about if we won the revolution.