?Now tell me, what do you see when you look at this?? - Roller ...

I see a jammer?..Another week, another interview. I hope no one?s bored with this yet.. I know I?m not. I?m really liking getting to know my teammates a little better. And its only the 3rd one? suck it up will ya? So this week I sat down with another of CDTA?s ?jammers. I call him Snidely for his resemblance to Snidley Whiplash. ?But you can call him Roarshock.

Photo by Walter Romero

Malice: For the record please state your name, number and position.

Roarshock: My name is Roarshock, my number is 8i8 and I am a jammer!

Malice: Great, now how did you get involved in roller derby?

Roarshock: I was at Empty Bowls in Troy when B-side Blaze handed out flyers with the Albany bout schedule. I went to a bout with a friend of mine who wanted to play roller derby. Moe mentioned at the bout that CDTA was recruiting and my friend said I had to join? so I did!

Malice: And we?re glad you did. What?s the story behind your name and number?

Roarshock: I?m a big fan of the graphic novel The Watchmen and my all-time favorite superhero/sociopath is Rorschach. So I figured it would be fun to model my name after him. Its cool when people get it from the book but people also recognize the name from the ink blot test which also suits me well? I like to pretend I can psycho-analyze people and have an obsession with symmetry. People think my number is an ink blot itself. Depending on the font used, I?ve been told it looks like a butterfly, a brain, or even a ?little guy smooshed in a babe sandwich?? I think they?re all nuts, its just a number!

Malice: When you were coming up with names this was my favorite too. Is your derby personality any different from your real one?

Roarshock: Uhhhhhhh? yes. I?d say my derby personality is just a louder, cockier version of my real personality.

Malice: Interesting. ?Do you have any prior skating or athletic experience?

Roarshock: Skating? No. Not unless you count birthday parties when I was 8. But I?ve always been involved in some kind of sport. I?ve been fencing for 6 years and this spring I began coaching a school in Clifton Park.

Malice: Fencing? That?s pretty cool. I don?t think I?ve ever met someone who fences.

Keeping his identity a secret

Roarshock: Yea its pretty cool.

Malice: Do you do out side of rink/derby training?

Roarshock: Well if I don?t, my upperbody will remain scrawny and weak. So when I?m not skating I do strength training. But its hard to find time when I?m not skating. Right now I skate 5 days a week whether its derby practice, reffing derby practice, speed skating or outdoor endurance skating. Did I mention skating is addictive yet?

Malice: I think we got that. I know what you mean about being scrawny? ?The only reason I don?t get all bulked up, like I totally am in my dreams, is because I wont be able to fit through small holes between blockers. That?s my reasoning behind it.

Roarshock: Hahaha. I?ll support it.

Malice: Since you?re also a ref, what?s it like being on the other side of the penalizing?

Roarshock: Well first of all, I want it stated that I?ve only been in the penalty box once and it was a bullsh*t call? but I?m not bitter or anything? But actually being a ref has given me a chance to also be yelled at by skaters and refs can already take it pretty hard when they think they?ve made a mistake and really don?t need to be yelled at by anyone other than themselves so that?s something I?m trying to work on as a skater? being nicer to refs.

Malice: What? Eff that!!! Ref?s suck. They?re the real enemy. Its like 2 games in one. Beat your opponent and see how much shit you can get away with without the ref?s catching you. They have the advantage of there being like a billion of them and one of you?. and they seem to think they?re always right.

Roarshock: Well? yea?

Malice: What is your beverage of choice?

Roarshock: Either a simple rum and coke or just a beer. I?ve become a big fan of the Ommegang brewery and I love Cooperstown?s Pride of Milford.

Malice: MMMMM Ommegang?. so good?.What do your friends and family think about you playing roller derby?

Roarshock: Well my friends are used to me play ?the odd sports? like fencing and curling. And my family thinks its cool, but they keep asking if I?ve still got all my teeth?

Malice: I want to try curling real bad. There was one Winter Olympics a few Olympics ago that my two buddies pretty much only watched curling. We got real into. But that wasn?t real hard for us. We would watch bowling on TV and yell at it too..

Roarshock: Curling is a good time.

Malice: Someone is interested in joining CDTA. What are the top three things you tell them?

#1. Good! CDTA needs lots of new members. Anything to give me some extra rest and Syko a new target? I mean teammate? I mean? #2! Its easy to learn and we?re all here to help you learn it. #3. Why don?t you have skates on yet?!? LETS GO!

Probably making a bad call...

Malice: What is your most memorable derby moment?

Roarshock: Even though I didn?t make it, the first apex jump I ever attempted at the CDTA vs BBQ bout . I attempted to jump the combined width of Wellen Dowd and Yofune Nushi. If I had more confidence in that jump, I would have tried to land it. Next time I?ll get it!

Malice: You landed more apex jumps in that bout?. it wasn?t the only one you tried. I want to put it out there that you had only been on CDTA for about a month and a half at the time of our first bout against the Quadfathers. No one would have ever been able to tell. You jammed and blocked like you?ve been doing it for years. That should be a memorable moment too.

Roarshock: Thanks. It is but jumping is a lot of fun too.

Malice:?What do you do for a living?

Roarshock: I?m a professional student! I?m trying to earn my PhD in mechanical engineering at RPI and my research revolves around developing model order reduction methods for high-performance computing of neuron evolution equations in order to create a whole-brain model of the human brain? or something like that.

Malice: Wow nerd alert!!!!! Get your pocket protectors here!!!

Roarshock: You?re an ass.

Malice: Haha?.?What music are you currently listening to?

Roarshock: I?ve recently become fascinated by Freestyle Slalom and ??Never? by The Cold Rush. So I?ve been listening to that. Its a great song to get pumped up to? even though I have no idea what she?s saying.

Malice: Cool? CDTA is close with 2 womens teams and your one of our guys who is associated with both of them. Who?s your favorite Derby girl?

Roarshock: Well Syko and Gohan have already covered CDTA?s love for KCDC and the other girls that come and play with the guys and I couldn?t agree more. I could never pick just one so here we go and in no particular order:

1. Liv Dangerously. I just think Liv?s a badass and really fun to watch.

2. Pork Slap. There?s just something about the way Pork Slap skates that?s calm and fluid, like she?s hardly even trying. It?s awesome!

3. Epic Kate-tastrophe. I don?t think I?ve ever seen a jam where Epic hasn?t had a major impact on the track whether she?s blocking or jamming. Also I love watching her do that sideways skating thingy, even when I?m her jam ref (?I probably shouldn?t get distracted like that?)

Malice: What do you think the future of Derby is?

Roarshock: Derby is growing really fast and internationally as well. I think flat track is great and will remain enormously popular at all levels of play but banked track has ?televised event? potential. That would be so cool!!!

Malice: Derby is a fairly rough sport. Are you ever worried of getting injured?

Roarshock: Yes!!! I?m always worried about snapping my ankle or breaking a rib. But I?ve never broken a bone or had a serious injury my entire life and I plan to keep it that way (knock on wood!).

Malice: OK just one more then we?re all set. What did the door mouse say?

Roarshock: That I can?t remember.

Malice: What?? I?ll have to ask someone else that? I thought that was an easy one? So thanks Snidely for coming by and answering these questions for our dozens millions of fans.

Roarshock: Not a problem.

Thanks again to Roarshock for putting up with me and my questions. This Sunday Roarshock is leaving us for a bit to go to Maryland and be ?White & Nerdy? He?ll be back when we go out to Utica to put the hurt on the Quadfathers again.

See... told you they looked alike... minus the sweet 'stache and hat...

One last thing: tomorrow is the last bout of the season for the Albany All Stars. The B Team will be taking on The North Country Lumber Jills. As usual doors at 6, first whistle at 7. It?s going to be a good one!! Why you ask??? Well lets see?. 3 words ?KATHERINE ZETA BONES!!! Also it?s KCDC?s last bout as an All Star. She?ll be taking her skills to the Worst Coast (California). Come send her off with well wishes and tell her she?ll be missed. Oh need more reasons? OK, word on the street is that fresh meat Amberghini will be making her debut!!! The talk is she?s making quite the name for herself. I?m excited to see. You?ll probably want to be there too?. Make sure you get out and catch the last one of the season. Cheer for the girls, meet them, get their autographs and if your a guy? come find CDTA? We?re looking for more players. You know you want to.

Source: http://blog.timesunion.com/rollerderby/now-tell-me-what-do-you-see-when-you-look-at-this/3804/

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