Bonnie Beck known as Bonnie D.Stroir, is a roller derby

Roller derby

Roller derby is a contact sport played by two teams of five members roller skating in the same direction around a track. Game play consists of a series of short matchups in which both teams designate a scoring player who scores points by lapping members of the opposing team...

 coach and former skater.

D.Stroir began skating in October 2003, after reading an article on the sport in Jane

Jane (magazine)

Jane was an American magazine created to appeal to the women who grew up reading Sassy Magazine, both of which had Jane Pratt as founding editor. Its original target audience was aged 18–34, and was designed to appeal to women who are irreverent...

magazine. She had been working as a barber in Oceanside, California

Oceanside, California

-2010:The 2010 United States Census reported that Oceanside had a population of 167,086. The population density was 3,961.8 people per square mile...

, considered moving to Austin, Texas

Austin, Texas

Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...

, to learn the sport from TXRD Lonestar Rollergirls

TXRD Lonestar Rollergirls

TXRD Lonestar Rollergirls is an Austin, Texas based all-girl banked-track roller derby league. Founded in 2001, TXRD is one of several leagues considered responsible for the modern roller derby revival. It is skater owned and operated...

. But instead stayed in San Diego, and joined the new Los Angeles Derby Dolls

Los Angeles Derby Dolls

The L. A. Derby Dolls is Los Angeles' original women's quad-skate banked track roller derby league. It was founded in October 2003 by Rebecca Ninburg and Wendy Templeton . The league is composed of more than 120 women divided into five teams who skate on a banked track.LADD plays real, unscripted...

 league, commuting to each practice.

In 2005, D.Stroir formed San Diego Derby Dolls

San Diego Derby Dolls

The San Diego Derby Dolls is a roller derby league based in San Diego, California. Founded in 2005, the league currently consists of three teams, two of which are travel teams which compete against teams other leagues...

, in her hometown, attracting the initial batch of skaters through an advert on Craigslist

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. The new squad was established as a sister league of the LA team, and D.Stroir became the new league's coach.

Knowing that she would be moving to Eureka, California

Eureka, California

Eureka is the principal city and the county seat of Humboldt County, California, United States. Its population was 27,191 at the 2010 census, up from 26,128 at the 2000 census....

, in 2010, D.Stroir worked with Jennifer McMahon to form Humboldt Roller Derby in 2007, ensuring that the league would be well established by the time of her move.

Early in 2011, D.Stroir retired from competitive roller derby, to become the world's first full-time roller derby coach. She travelled the world to coach a wide variety of teams, and was appointed as Assistant Coach of Team USA at the 2011 Roller Derby World Cup

Roller Derby World Cup

The Roller Derby World Cup is an international women's roller derby tournament organized by Blood & Thunder magazine. Teams of amateur skaters from around the world are fielded to compete for their respective nations. The inaugural 2011 event is being hosted by Toronto Roller Derby, and is being...

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