The sport gained a revival in the 2000s as primarily a women’s sport, with teams popping up in more than 350 cities across the world, including in Wilmington, where the Roller Girls got their start 11 years ago. It is a throwback sport that started in the 1930s and eventually morphed into a televised event in the 1950s that featured scripted storylines and antics similar to televised wrestling. It’s just a matter of getting back up.”įalling is a hallmark of roller derby, a sport where two teams of five roller skaters attempt to score points by passing each other. “It taught us how to fall,” she said of the program. “I’ve got all of the feelings,” she said.Ĭupcake, more commonly known as Courtney Tinkler, just made it through a 12-week new-recruit program designed to train and prepare the women competitors of a sport that showcases speed, collisions and falls, all while on roller skates. One of the newest members of the Cape Fear Roller Girls, Cupcake will get her first-ever taste of competitive roller derby action on Saturday when the Roller Girls host a home bout against the Lowcountry Highrollers of Charleston, South Carolina. It took three tries, but the skater known as Half-baked Cupcake will finally roll into the spotlight this weekend.
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