“’Blunt force’ is my favorite kind of trauma.”
Derby history: Kestrel learned how to play derby in The Fright Zone, and has never looked back
Position: Blocker/Pivot
Previous sports or other hobbies: Former Rodeo kid, retired hacker and traincar vagabond; into b-horror, folk punk, and Magic the Gathering
Home: Brush Prairie, WA
When I’m not playing derby: Fistfights computers for money
What brought you to derby: Kestrel was a backwoods hundred-footer who grew up in a time before it was ok to be queer, so growing up they always looked to roller derby as an example of what it looked like to be out, proud, and confident in embodying your own strength and power. They consider it an honor to get to walk that path themselves, and to help others do the same.
Fun fact:Kestrel has a pet lizard! (he is very stupid)