Can’t Be Beat….Won’t Be Beat!
June 25, 2013
TXRD Rhinestone Chant.
Getting in our right minds.
Fun Times With TXRD All Scar Army
June 25, 2013
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2011 Battle on the Bank IV. Texas Roller Derby All Scar Army performs Don Gato after a few too many bowls of milk.
Priceless!
TXRD
June 25, 2013
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Work brought me to Houston last week and San Antonio this week so I was near Austin and I absolutely had to see their famous roller derby, TXRD. Austin is one of the remaining bastions of banked track roller derby, from back when it was strongly inspired by WWF wrestling and more of a scripted show than a serious sport. The game has evolved, since then, into the serious, flat-track sport that I’ve loved watching around NYC, but a few places like Texas still play it on the original banked track with some of the old antics. I got to see the Hellcats spank the Holy Rollers, who you might remember was the antagonist team in the movie Whip It. I was expecting it to be a bit silly or fake but I was thoroughly impressed.
For one, the banked track makes the pack skate really fast. With all this…
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Austin Banked Track Roller Derby 