This RU-vid channel is Videos of my parents when they skated professional Roller Derby for the San Francisco Bay Bombers as well as other amazing skaters of the Banked Track and also sharing my Roller Derby Memorabilia that I’ve been collecting since 2005. My mom is Carol “Peanuts” Meyer and my dad is “Dynamite” Tony Roman and they wore the #37 for the San Francisco Bay Bombers and their skating career lasted from 1959-1982. There is also video clips of me dancing and personal family home movies. Hope you all enjoy this channel as i upload more videos and please subscribe to my Roller Derby RU-vid Chanel
My first roller derby game I watched on TV I didn't know it was a interleave game between the SF BayBombers and the Chicago. Hawks Toni tagged skated for the hawks
YOU CAN REALLY SAY THIS ROLLER GAMES HAD SOME CLASS TALENT. THE EASTERN WARRIORS WITH JUDY ARNOLD AND JIM TROTTER AGAINST THE NEW YORK BOMBERS WITH JUDY SOWINSKI AND RONNIE RAINES WAS A TREMENDOUS SKATING. WHERE AS CHARLIE OCONNNEL WAS THE KING ON SKATES WITHOUT ANY QUESTION JUDY ARNOLD WAS THE QUEEN ON SKATES OUT DOING ANYTHING JOAN WESTON COULD DO. JUDY AS A WOMAN WAS MAKING AS MUCH MONEY AS CHARLIE OCONNELL WAS 60,000 A YEAR UNHEARD FOR THAT TIME IN THE 7'0'S
Miss the good old days. Mark : You lived it ! Always a fan. Thanks again for bringing it back. I really wonder nowadays if Roller Derby has a place for a comeback ? Maybe , maybe not , but will never be the same. Nice post !
Margie Lazlo was by far the worst captain ever, both in the Derby and Roller games, she never backed up her women's team, she skated for the Warriors when Judy Arnold was Captain, and also for the T-Birds when Sally Vega was Captain and Vega was a really bad Captain, Ann Cavella could skate and block better anan Lazlo and Vega. When Joan Weston was Captain of the Bombers someone hurt one her girls Weston went after them. And I felt bad bad for Jan Vallow when they made her co- Captain of the Pioneers with Sheerie Ehrick as the other co_ Captain, Erick was so damn weak She never blocked only Vallow, I once saw Diane syverson beat the hell out of Erick and Vallow went after her and Cavello
Thanks Mark this video brought back a lot of memories of her you mother Carol and Margie. It felt like she was talking to you. Great documentary 👏 Thanks again Mark. I miss my skating days.
I once had this on Beta! Then later VHS and then nada! So happy to see it here again. This was the Roller Derby I remember with such fondness and love. Thank you, Mark!
What a gem to share with us! Thanks!! Grueling schedule that many could not endure yet these athletes showed professionalism, unequaled athleticism and a pure love of the game.
That was amazing. It had to have been hard at times. Imagine, it sounds like the players had to provide their own transportation! ... 250 days a year... You certainly would know, Mark. It surely looks different when we see what the players experience, as if we were on the track. There seemed to be some, extra, personal??? or professional ??? competition between Joan W. and Delores T. Maybe this is normal. This was very interesting. I saw some glimpses of your Mom. Thank-you, Mark...👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Don't we all? However, I'm afraid those days are long gone. Have you seen these "divas" who claim they are part of the "Roller Derby"? They are only concerned about their clever monikers, and they don't even skate on a banked track! Ridiculous scores (in the 200s); there is absolutely no defense and it is female skaters only. The women of the old Roller Derby would have torn through them like salts through a goose!
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WOW, now that's showmanship! Thanks for sharing this with us, Mark. They remind me of circus barkers. They know what they're doing to generate enthusiasm.👏🏻👏🏻📣🎙🤗🎊
I wasnt born untill 1985, so I didnt know to much about Toysrus. Till I was about 4 or five in 1990.But thanks for uploading this video of children an parents shopping at Toysrus back an 1985.
It is great to finally see this segment. Back around 1970 or so, I saw Larry Smith and Francine Cochu on WML The panel narrowed the category to roller skating but didn't guess Roller Derby. Jack Cassidy was one of the celebrity panelists. I think Soupy Sales may have been another one, and the host was Wally Bruner. Strangely enough, the film clip they showed of Francine showed her in action against the Southern Mustangs. That was odd because the Mustangs only skated about two or three weeks. I also saw Joan Weston on To Tell the Truth. A couple of the panelists guessed her. One of them (may have been Peggy Cass) picked the real Joanie "because she had the softest voice." I have heard that Joan Weston and Jan Vallow appeared together on an episode of Truth or Consequences, but I've never met anyone who saw that program.
Here is video of my mom Carol “Peanutz” Meyer on “To tell the Truth” in 1971…click the link and enjoy! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OCYW0z1rtHg.htmlsi=zr9zoRBHitXnHVp5
Even if you didn't like Alphonso's skating tactics, he always made the game interesting! He complemented James Paul well on the IRSL's Eastern Express although it was a bit surreal seeing them as teammates after the way they had battled one another when on opposite teams. But then again, that was no more surreal than seeing Joanie Weston and Ann Calvello become teammates on the ISC Bombers in 1974!
Love this rare clip of these two Roller Derby teams in action against each other. I still remember watching the NE Braves knock off the SF Bay Bombers in that 1969 championship game! I remember being amazed that the Bombers lost! Guess I shouldn't have been though as that was a talented and powerful Braves team with Ronnie Robinson and Cathie Read leading it. What a shame that all those wonderful games weren't preserved for posterity. They'd be a goldmine today! A big Charlie Brown sigh. Wait, make that a big Charlie O'Connell sigh!
