Meet the 2014 Fresh Meat
We gathered our newest crop of Fresh Meat to ask them one simple question… Why did you join roller derby? Here are their responses.
“Cause I wanted to. I needed something different in my life.”
– Julia McNacamee
“I thought it was really kick ass that there was a roller derby team here and I always wanted to try it.”
-Erica Wood
“I always really loved skating. It seemed to be an athletic sport I could participate in and be good at.”
– Shannon Milczewski
“It’s extreme, I’ve never really done anything like this before.”
– Brenna Anderson
“I have a high stress job, just moved to the area and wanted to make friends. I came to open skate and saw Cherry Lifesaver, she gave me a flier, and was hooked ever since.”
– Domi Waldron
“Wanted to be part of a team, make friends, and it is bad ass.”
-lulia Ionescu
Skater of the Month: Lolita LeBruise
Q: what got you interested in derby?
A: When I moved upstate from NYC I was looking for a soccer league but saw a flyer for Roller Derby. I got hooked immediately
Q: how did you pick your derby name?
A: I picked Lolita LeBruise after the Puerto Rican Independence activist, Lolita LeBron. She has courage in the face of all kinds of obstacles!!
Q: if you were stranded on a desert island, what three items would you bring with you?
A: A kindle loaded with as many books as possible (plus a solar powered battery), a pen and a notebook
Q: what is your best derby memory?
A: There are so many but my best derby memory is the first time my wife (Puff) and I showed up at practice and met Pinky and Rxy for the first time. We could barely stand up on our skates!
Q: whats your biggest fear?
A: Going blind
Q: whats your favorite position and why?
A: Recently it has become blocker 3..I’m not sure why yet!
Q:if you were an animal what would you be?
A: I’d be a Raptor of some sort…or a Cheetah…or a horse. I can’t choose
Q: what is your day job?
A: I’m a professor of philosophy and assistant dean of the college. I work at Bard College. Super nerd is my day job
Q: what kind of music are you into?
A: Right now I’m listening to a lot of old Hector Lavoe and Florence and the Machine and Mumford and Sons.
Q: if you had to eat one food for the rest of your life what would it be?
A: Chocolate!!!!
