The Big Easy Rollergirls

On May 26th, The Big Easy Rollergirls went to the Farmer's Market to wash dirty dogs for derby! These devoted, derby animal lovers spent the morning washing canines and collecting donations for the Humane Society.





















Thank you to everyone who came out to support The Big Easy Rollergirls and The Humane Society!
Special thanks to The Farmer's Market for letting us set up. We had a great time!
And thanks to Scott Stuntz of Muttshotz Photography for your wonderful photographs - as always!

On May 25th. The Big Easy Rollergirls celebrated the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) coming to town for their three-day convention, the end of their season party and their first-annual Fleur de Wheel-Lis Awards. Rollergirls and Refs came from all over: Seattle, New York, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, North Carolina – just to name a few.
They all gathered at Generations Hall for some food, drinking and dancing.


Sophie, Royal & Ruffit




Hot Gimps!


Nutty & Wit


Julie & Blaze


Luvinblood


Marquee




Holly & Snatch




Buck






Bruise, Smasher & Nutty











Em, SmasHer & Bea


Galfreaka & Vandal




RUffit, Vandal & Frida


Saucy

The Fleur de Wheel-Lis awards were hosted by the incomparable Nutty McGillicutty. Below are a complete list of the winners





FAN AWARDS

Sonic Boom Award: The speediest Rollergirl: TRIXIE LA FEMME
Apple Pie Award: The Rollergirl who most want to take home to your mother: WIT VICIOUS
Crash-Zone Crush Award: The Rollergirl you most want to land in your lap: SMASHER
Furnished Flesh Award: Favorite Tattooed Rollergirl: IBEATYA AMBER
Chief of Skate: Rollergirl most likely to be President of the United States: BRUISE SPRINGSTEEN
Flair Award: Best Dressed Rollergirl: VANDAL O’RILEY
Nom de Pummel Award: Rollergirl who most lives up to her name: CHEAP THR!LL
Under the Radar Award: Most underrated rollergirl: COONEY COO-COO
Purple Heart Award: Favorite Injured Rollergirl: VICTORIA VON DOOM
Dark Alley Award: Most Intimidating Rollergirl: JAWS
Dorothy Parker is a Liar Award: Favorite Four-Eyed Rollergirl: TRIXIE LA FEMME
Amped-Up Award: Favorite Half-time Band: Liquidrone
Golden Mic Award: Favorite Announcer: Rev. Psych Ward
Tanned Zebra Award: Favorite Ref you love to hate: Henry Roll-ins
Fun Police Award: Cleverest persona in all of Refdom: Diamond Grrrl


Cheap picks up one of her awards


Cooney nabs "Most Under-Rated"

LEAGUE AWARDS

Rocky Award: Hardest Hitter: MACE M DIXON
Blocker of the Year Award: SHAY-BAY
Pivot of the Year Award: SHAY-BAY
Jammer of the Year Award: SOPHIE NUKE ‘EM
Ms. Big Easy Rollergirl Award: Rollergirl who most personifies BERG: BRUISE SPRINGSTEEN & TRIXIE LA FEMME
MVP: SOPHIE NUKE ‘EM
Best Trash Talker: MARQUEE DE SQUAD
Most Feared: SHAY-BAY
Golden Whistle Award: Ref you don’t mind sending you to the penalty box: LIONEL HURTZ
Most Charitable Award: CRUSTY MCKNUCKLE
Rah-Rah Award: Best Team Spirit: CHEAP THR!LL


Shay snags one of her many awards


Henry announces the Stats Awards

STATS AWARD

Jammer Award: Most Overall Points: WIT VICIOUS
Most Points Scored in a Jam: WIT VICIOUS & SOPHIE NUKE ‘EM
Hell’s Angel: Most Overall Penalties: SHAY-BAY
Heaven’s Angel: Least Overall Penalties: VANDAL O’RILEY

Special BERG Awards

Volunteer of the Year Award: Royal Trucks
Honorary Rollergirls: Krewe of Muses
Photographer of the Year: Scott Stuntz
Fan of the Year: H-Bomb
DJ of the Year: Brian Denzer of WTUL

Shoves & Kisses Award to
Jason Villemarette from Fire on the Bayou Productions
Bill Asher

CHEAP THR!LL won the “Whose Bruise” contest and was the winner of a giant league photograph by Scott Stuntz.




Henry Roll-ins won the “Know your Rollergirl” quiz and was the winner of a giant league photograph by Scott Stuntz.













The Big Easy Rollergirls would like to send out the most heartfelt thanks to all of our fans, sponsors, fellow rollergirls and volunteers for making our first season not only successful, but incredibly memorable.

Labels: Fleur de Wheel-Lis Awards, WFTDA

Crusty McKnuckle: The WHOLE game was VERY VERY exciting! I loved how close the score was all the way through. Both teams played really hard, and really gave it their all. It was so much fun. The season for BERG has been a blast and I have TONS of fond memories. Mad props to BeAtch and Marquee; you’re the best.











Rev. Falls-Wells: The way the white team came from behind and shut out the black team in the last few jams, and pulled ahead to a solid lead and the win. (Whore and I naturally root for the team we’re taking the score for).











Sophie Nuke ‘Em: I don’t know if I have a particular moment, since there’s not much that could have topped the hilarious hijinks that were had the Friday before the bout. I just enjoyed skating with the black team one last time. I couldn’t have had better captains, or teammates, and I’m really going to miss skating together as a team. The thing I loved most about my team was that everyone is so good-natured, easygoing and has a terrific sense of humor. It was a privilege to skate with them.









Kim-akazi: When Sophie went out of the rink, all the way to the back and the announcer said, “Sophie just went out for a case of PBR, but now she’s back!”











Pontchartrain BeAtch: Realizing in the second period that we were able to get ahead in points, finally!
Watching our amazing jammers work their butts off for our team.
And Personally, finally being able to successfully hit Sophie, one of the most formidable women in our league.












Little Miss Ruffit: Skating the whole game without my knees or right hand ever touching the ground. That sure satisfies…


Ruffit keeps her eye on the game.








Power Snatch: Not breaking any bones in my first bout back from ankle surgery has to be my all time favorite moment.
It was great to have so many fans in the audience: my girl, my sister, her fiancé, folks from work, their families, and friends all there to cheer us on. It was fabulous and I appreciate it sooo much.
It was also great to have CHEAP in our corner for this bout. She did a great job running line-ups, calling plays and trying to get us to look behind us! Thanks, CHEAP!
Having Anti Em on our squad… you have NO FEAR!
But my absolute favorite—getting to skate as a black squad one more time. Next season will be so different, with four teams, and we will certainly miss our squad members who are on different teams. It has been an honor to skate with these ladies. Now I have to figure out how to beat you!






The Countess: Just call this: EVERYTHING I LEARNED FROM DERBY
1. Don’t yell too much at the refs during the September bout, you might be one of them by October.
2. When you fall down, jump back up and run on your toe-stops.
3. Hit hard, but hit legal.
4. I will work for free pizza.
5. Polyester dries really fast.
6. My husband (Mel) can sweep the length of Canal Street, and people like it when he dresses like a convict.
7. I can actually skate!
8. I can learn something new after forty.
9. Derby appeals to EVERYONE and fits right in to the New Orleans culture.
10. There’s definitely hope for New Orleans, with all these incredible people” skaters, refs and fans!





Diamond Grrrl” My side still splits when I think of Bea heading face first into The Tomatoes. Such a magnificent crash!
Also, practicing my jam skating/roller disco moves while working as center ref was pretty fun.









Anti Em: My favorite part of the bout was finally having my friends there to cheer me on, and introducing them to the love of derby for the first time. The whole game was an awesome terrifying blur. I can’t remember most of what happened, but I am so ready to do it again.


Em shines!






Shay-Bay: My favorite moment was winning.








Bruise Springsteen: One of my favorite moments was seeing that VvD wasn’t looking at me and hitting her very hard (I knocked her into the crowd) while yelling, “Sooooorrrrrrryyyyyy VVVVVVvvvvvvDDDDDDDD!” Sometimes it’s really hard to hit your friends!
I also loved skating with Jaws in the back. She and I have both gotten good dodging the flying hit. It was fun to weave back and forth while trying to hit each other.


VvD recovers quickly!




Henry Roll-ins: My favorite part of this bout was how smoothly the referees adapted to our new referee line-up, Diamond Grrrl coordinating from the center ref position, Mrs. Hurtz working with the penalty board, Mel skating as jammer ref, and newbies Kimikaze and Loco Bambino helping us out as outside jammer auditors. Everyone really rose to the occasion and did an amazing job. Couldn’t have worked out better!







Beatrix sKiddo: My favorite moment was, while crashing into The Tomatoes head fist, acquiring my first ever fishnet rink rash!!!


Medal of Honor


No hard feelings!






Mace m Dixon: My favorite moment was kicking everyone’s ass, as well as my own. Ouch!
The half-time strategy session in the locker room, when we plotted our comeback (again).
When Cherry said, “I love it when you do your gun signal!” after the game, when I didn’t realize I even did that.
Throwing a crazy-ass tantrum about the refs.
Watching the clock count down.
Kenyon’s white team “boutfit,” which I didn’t know about.
Skating with and against all my buddies who have worked so hard to make this year a reality. The league will soon never be the same and I’ve treasured every moment…






SmasHer: Getting game props from Mace’s man after the bout (cause she’s a bad-ass). Skating with The Black team for the last time. Getting knocked down and realizing I still had beads in my pocket, and throwing them to the audience. Conan talks. Having Scabby bring Dan to the afterparty JUST so we could our picture together. Waving madly to Frida in the penalty box (although she didn’t see me). Driving with Trix. The newbies’ hard work. And skating most of the bout with my hand on Vandal's butt... Least favorite moment: having to get up for work the next day.










CHEAP THR!LL: My favorite moment was Henry coming up to our box and asking, “Who’s the captain?” I looked around for Bruise and Snatch, and saw neither, and replied, “Yeah, whaddya need?” It gave me a little rush to pretend I was team captain for those few seconds!










Col Panic: Pulling Anti Em in for her first time ever stint in the penalty box.

Labels: April Bout, Championship, Favorite Moments

For those of you who missed our lovely ladies at The Contemporary Arts Center in Confederacy of Dances, they were amazing! Here are a few snapshots to rub it in!



VVD, Crusty, Mace & Scabby





Scabby & Diamond



The Countess & Mel


Dan & Scabby

We hope to see you out next time!

As many of you know, our multi-talented rollergirls hold down jobs, go to school, raise families, but what you might not have known is... they also dance!

Come watch Crusty McKnuckle, Victoria von doom, Mace M. Dixon and Scabigail kick off their skates and kick up their heels. There are very few details, but this what I have managed to gather: high kicks, spins, mirrors, Tom Waits & top-secret costumes. What could be better? Come down this Friday and Saturday, May 11th and 12th, to the Contemporary Arts Center, located at 900 Camp St, to watch our lovely ladies in action for The Confederacy of Dances. The fun starts at 8pm. Tickets are only $10 for members and $12 for non-members. Rollergirls will be there with skates on helping out.



Crusty promises no body hits if you come out!


Scabby says, "Come out, or else!


Watch how all that stretching paid off for Mace!


VVD won't give you the evil eye if you come out to the CAC!

We hope to see you out! Come support our local artists!

Labels: CAC, Confederacy of Dances, Crusty, Mace, Scabby, VVD

Come join the Big Easy Rollergirls in celebrating their commercial debut from Fire on the Bayou Productions, this Saturday, May 5th at Pal's Lounge in Mid City - 949 N Rendon.



Challenge a rollergirl to a game of airhockey, buy tickets to their May 19th bout against Memphis Rollergirls and... watch the rollergirls on television!










The fun starts at 11PM.The commercial airs on WDSU shortly after midnight!

Labels: commercial, fire on the bayou production, wdsu