Monica Ferroe

In Tallahassee with the Big Easy Rollergirls

Posted on June 2, 2009

by Derek Goodwin

Close-up of Monica's skate and her evil ass... I'm in New Orleans this week visiting my partner Monica who is a star player for the Big Easy RollerGirls (BERG). For anyone unfamiliar with roller derby, it is quite a rough sport and all of the players have satirical names that suggest violence or sexual promiscuity. Monica's derby name is "Ibeatya Amber", after a Louisiana-brewed beer called Abita Amber. Her teammates gave me a "derby boyfriend" name, "Ibeathim". We took a road trip down to Tallahassee, Florida for their match with Capital Punishment. Unfortunately BERG got their butts...

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