nklr: seattle klristas, ttrb wants you!

[J. Christopher Krok]

Greetings, all, and particularly all in the Seattle area. I have a rather unorthodox Vendor Friday posting: Tilted Thunder Rail Birds (tiltedthunder.com) is a new banked-track roller derby league forming in the Seattle area. (All of the other area leagues are flat-track.) The skaters are in training as they raise money to build the track, and are looking for dedicated volunteers (male or female) for certain tasks: -Skating Referees, and Non-Skating Officials. No experience required, just an interest. There is a new ref orientation this Saturday (tomorrow), at 3:30 in Broadview; attending doesn't commit you to volunteering. -Coaches. The skaters need experienced coaches for training and conditioning, and strategy. Obviously, there probably isn't anyone with prior _derby_ experience, but any sports requiring endurance and agility should cross over well. I'd estimate collegiate level as appropriate. They're also looking for sponsors, if you work for or own a business that might be interested. I'm volunteering as a ref and track builder. I was a Track Monkey for the LA Derby Dolls for about 1.5 years (dated a ref, hung out with them a lot), and you can visit derbydolls.com/la/ to see what it's all about, and even watch the archived webcast from the last bout. Unlike old roller derby, this is a real sport. The skaters pay dues to be in the league and cover costs, and they skate hard to get their money's worth. They are a great bunch of people to hang out and work with. Current practices are in Ballard, I believe. You even get to come up with your own funny name. Contact me at ckrok at bigcee dot com if you're interested, and I'll give you details on the ref orientation and/or e-mail contact info for the TTRB recruiter as appropriate. There will be another ref orientation in the future if you can't make this one. Thanks for the bandwidth, El Krokko aka Jackson Polack, RIP'56 (p.s. If your main interest is in DATING a derby girl, don't volunteer; come to pub night instead.) -- J. Christopher Krok, Ph.D. Big Cee Studios