Skate Cross in Haining

Last week, I was in China for a Skate Cross competition.

"...A what?!"

I'm sure you derby girls will agree with the concept of the discipline. Actually despite all the differences, there's quite a lot of common points with derby. Despite that...

We use inline skates, no quad-skates.

You're alone against the world, no team.

The competition is unfolding on a street/skatepark, no flat-track.

BCRD Advanced Bootcamp

INTRODUCTION: FATE & PLANES

Sometimes fate can be as kind as cruel.

Sometimes bad things lead to even greater things than the ones you missed.

Remember the Epic Fail of the Paris RollerGirls Vs. the Berlin Bombshells in late July? When Destiny had decided that the Air France strike would affect only one flight, THE flight. It had to be the Paris-Berlin of course. And one complication leading to another, the bout had to be cancelled (again).

Remember my Epic Rage when I learnt that I had shortened my stay in Las Vegas at the RollerCon for a cancelled bout? I was lucky that I didn't have a direct flight, and arriving in Paris I rushed into an Air France shop to change my ticket… for a trip on the 27-28 Aug. Same date as the Advanced Bootcamp run by Swede Hurt and Suzy Hotrod. An exciting perspective which lessened my frustration for having left so early. The registrations had been closed the previous week, but the camp was not sold out and I managed to get my ticket.

Paris Vs. Berlin (Destiny's Vengeance)

Credit: Bone E. Vicious

The 30^th of July should be celebrated as Bad-Luck Day! Half of the Paris All-Stars showed up this morning (Friday) at the airport to fly to Berlin one day in advance. The Strike is back with a vengeance: Air France cancelled their flights… to Berlin ONLY!! “Isn’t it Ironic, don’t you think?”

Destiny is against us. Just as if it was punishing us for having dared trying to make it happen against its will no matter what. We had even found an alternate solution for bench managing… Now, the game is cancelled for good, as too many girls cannot get a replacement flight on time.

Paris Vs. Berlin (Part.2)

by M'zelle Tout Court - Artwork:Koz

Guess what?!
 

The most head-banging situation...

This is all just a (very) bad joke: Air France is finally *not* striking this weekend!!

After a quick consultation, we came to a final decision given that:

1. The venue is still available
2. The girls still have their plane tickets

"Let's go and see!"

Only Fifi Lafoe was far-sighted enough to take the ticket-insurance and she got refunded. She's the only one who won't be coming... which I think is quite sad because she's leaving in September and it was going to be our last bout with her :(

12 girls should make it to Berlin, which is the minimum number for an official WFTDA game.

We still have to solve the problem of the missing bench coach -- Yep: Brute et Peste should have been the one in charge but she got stolen her wallet with her one and only ID paper in it 10 days ago... Too short to get a new one in time to take the plane!

Man, this is Rock'n Roll...!

Paris Vs. Berlin *ABORTED*

Although we were impatiently waiting to play against the Berlin BombShells, we have just cancelled our last game of the season...

Honestly: What were the chances to be a massive strike on the same day?!

Yesterday, the news announced that there was going to be a concerted strike, confirmed and signed by the Air France unions, for July 29, 30 and 31 (the game being on Saturday 30.)

The information was confirmed by our undercover agents, Absolut Vermine and Meryl_Strip-Her.

 

We came to the conclusion that it was safer and wiser to cancel and postpone the game to another date around September-October... *sad*

Skates and Planes

I took the plane last weekend. All my little habits came back to me, but it had been a (relatively) long time since my last visit at the airport and a flash crossed my mind: I definitely don’t understand the efficiency of their security system.

• 1. LUGGAGE CHECK-IN

First of all, you have no choice but spending your whole trip away from your baby-skates: they will be choking in your luggage under a pile of suitcases in the trunk of the plane, while you will be (comfortably?) seating on a chair. And why is it so? Because your frames/plates are weapons.

True, I’m so into stabbing the eyes of the pilot or exploding the windows of the plane with my trucks.

Although I think that it’s a little extreme, I suppose that there are no distinctions in the rules for the different kinds of skates, and that ice skates could be enough to crash a plane. (!!!)