Natalie “Vinyl Trax” Meagher #33RPM
photo credit: Bill Ross
DOLL SINCE//February 2008
TEAM(S)// Green Barrettes // Mile High Club
PRIMARY POSITION//Jammer
BIO//Vinyl likes to kick it old school. Atari, vinyl records and Rubik's cubes are some of her prized possessions. She's a prodigy of the 80's and Gen X where life was simple and house keys were worn around your neck. Vinyl grew up on the East Coast a few miles outside the Washington, D.C area. After living a pretty chaotic lifestyle back East, Vinyl decided to broaden her horizons and move to beautiful and sunny Denver, Colorado.
Once in Denver, she discovered the amazingly competitive sport of roller derby and NEVER looked back. Vinyl joined the Denver Roller Dolls in February 2008, became a Green Barrette and bouted for the first time in May 2008. After some blood, sweat and tears, Vinyl got her wings on The Mile High Club in January 2009 and is now officially a lifer!
Roller derby is a tough sport, but Vinyl's body doesn't let that stop her. Vinyl's suffered major bruises and wheel marks on her arms, legs, and tushy. She's even developed shin splits, suffered a few concussions, and recently tore her left bicep out of its shoulder socket(which didn't stop her from kickin' butt at Nationals.
Vinyl will be taking a few months off in the early 2010 season as she recovers from her shoulder surgery, and will be back stronger than ever in April 2010!!!!
ATHLETIC BACKGROUND//Vinyl is a competitive athlete and daredevil junkie who stops at nothing. Her early years were spent swimming competitively for 15 years, pitching for her fast-pitch softball team during high school, being a forward on the field hockey team, running track and field, and even trying pom-poms for one season (clearly not for her). Fast-forward to the present----When Vinyl's not rockin' the track, she is an amateur cyclist and triathlete, an avid snowboarder, rock climber and skydiver. You can even spot her cruisin' around on her shiny white cruiser with matching white basket during the Denver Cruiser Rides. Google 'em, if you want to be part of the mayhem. Vinyl bleeds derby and is always up for a challenge. So be careful......she'll spin circles around you at speeds of 33 RPMs.
AWARDS RECEIVED//3rd Place Regional Champ in 2009
3rd Place National Champ in 2009
