04/17/2026
Skater highlight ✨ #0 Goose Ya (She/Her)✨
𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐲?
“The first time I ever was introduced to roller derby was when I lived in Hawaii and somebody asked me if I had ever played. I didn’t even know what roller derby was so I started to look into it and went and watched a bout, but not long after that I ended up moving to Kansas. After a couple years of being here, I I thought about roller derby again and wondered if there was a team anywhere close to where I lived. And I attended my first capital city crushers roller derby bout and decided it was something I wanted to try.”
𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲?
“I joined the crushers in 2016 but with covid time I am starting my 8th season of roller derby.”
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐲?
“My favorite thing about roller derby is how it doesn’t matter how big or small or short or tall you are, there is a place for everyone on the track because every different body type has different strengths and weaknesses. So it’s a beautiful mixture all different types of people. Everyone has a place here.”
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝?
“Picking a favorite food is like picking a favorite child, it’s very difficult to do. But I will tell you my favorite dessert is my family’s homemade carrot cake. We have spent years perfecting it and I have never tasted a carrot cake as good as ours. Not homemade, not restaurants, not store-bought. I’ve never had one that measures up to ours. Lol”
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞?
“Since I have a 5-year-old, I don’t really have much of a game day routine other than all of a sudden realizing that I probably should be leaving to head to the rink in about 15 minutes and I’m not dressed or ready yet. So then I have to race around to get things ready and then on my drive listen to some sort of good pump up music.”
