Let’s Get Physical // First Trip To The Physiotherapist
Picture: IDontSpeakVogue.com You might remember that I was fearing shinsplints. Well, I went to the doctor last week. She said it wasn’t shinsplints but might be the start of overload, and thought it...
View ArticleLet’s Get Physical // Part 2
Picture: IDontSpeakVogue.com // Killah Illah’s new tattoo So after going to the physiotherapist a few times, and about 2 weeks of (boring) rest, he allowed me to train again! “You build it up slowly,...
View ArticleShit Just Got Real // Shoulder Checking & Bootie Blocking
Picture by Danielle Tempelaars Sooo little update about my precious legs! It becomes clearer and clearer why my shins were painful. Guess what? It was my posture. Bending my knees, not pointing my...
View ArticleBack On The Track // Groovy Hip Whips
Picture: IDontSpeakVogue.com Last sunday another amazing Fresh Meat-training took place! It was really exciting because these past few trainings we’re learning more and more about the real deal....
View ArticleOff The Wheels // NSO Workshop
Picture: Track Queens A surprising thing about a roller-derby, is the number of people on the track during a bout. You have of course the 10 skaters, up to 10 refs, the paramedics but also about 10ish...
View ArticleLet’s Roll! // RCR Rookie Bootcamp
Picture: IDontSpeakVogue.com So Sunday-morning I just got back from my ski-holidays, but only a few hours later I had to go to the Rockcity Rollers Rookie Bootcamp. This was a bootcamp for all freshies...
View ArticleNailbiting Bout Day Part 2 // Rockcity Rollers vs. Brussels Derby Pixies
Picture: IDontSpeakVogue.com First of all, I had a pretty tough weekend, a very active one. Which was great! Went bootcamping with ex-soldiers in the woods, went to see a bout and after that had...
View ArticleNew Crew Member Reporting // Cassette Culture
Picture: The Daily Omnivore So I few weeks ago, one of my fellow Freshies attended me on the fact that Cassette Culture, an online magazine, was looking for new crew members. “We believe that passion...
View ArticleTerrifying Derby Night // WFTDA Minimum Skills Test
Picture: Pinterest.com Can’t believe I’m typing this but.. I friggin’ made it through! I passed the Minimum Skills Test and am now no longer Fresh Meat. You may call me Smoky Bacon for the following...
View ArticleSmoky Bacon Part 1 // To The Next Level
Picture: IDontSpeakVogue.com Very, very busy weekend. But I was lucky to have a few hours of rest inbetween appointments and trainings. Even got to finish the 7th season of How I Met Your Mother!...
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