So just like David, I saw Whip It! with Drew Barrymoore and Ellen Page about a year ago and have been fascinated and when I found out that Houston had a Roller Derby League I was psyched to finally get a chance to see this action upclose!
I grew up in Long Beah, MS so . . . yeah . . . I watched my share of wrestling and Roller Derby on tv! Don't judge! ;)
Josh and I have been trying to get to a game for almost a year now!
IT WAS PRETTY AWESOME! The girls are crazy intense and the action was not as brutal as what I recalled on television, but it was very exciting! There was a skater on the Northside Fury team who was the shizzzznit! She skated the position of Jammer and scored like a jazillion points! BREW-TAL Betty, you rocked! I'm a fan.
Their home "rink" is Champions Roller World. It is your typical Roller Skating Rink with the quirky old-school charm of what a skating rink should have: Disco Balls hanging overhead the center of the rink, token-only arcade video games, an air-hockey machine, concessions and laminated tables and booths. I totally expected to hear YMCA blaring from the speakers! We were reminded to BYOC(hair) and BYOB(eer) which was A-OKAY! with us!! It was pretty cool to be able to place our soccer chairs on the side line for front row seats to all of the action!
We had a great time! The venue was clean and bright, but you know those sneaky teenagers will manage to find all the dark nooks and crannies to make out at ;P we did, JK!!!
It was only a short few miles off of I45. Not bad at all, we would definitely come back again to cheer on the ladies of NS Fury! The staff was very nice, unfortunately we had just eaten so we did not try any of the concessions and the only thing lacking was free wifi :/
Thanks again for a great game ladies! read more