BETTER
BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW PEOPLE FROM VERY DIFFERENT WALKS OF
LIFE CAN 4@BOND SO DEEPLY.
>> 4@Reporter: ON A NORMAL 4@
WEEKNIGHT IN 4@THE REC CENTER.
>> ALICE IN WONDERLAND.
>> THEY CALL ME DAISY.
>> Reporter: THE 4@NAMES ARE MA
UP, BUT THEY ARE EMPOWERED
VERSIONS OF THEIR ROLE.
>> IT'S A 4@LEADER4@SHIP ROLE I
NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD BE INTO.
I TRIED A TON OF SPORTS IN HIGH
SCHOOL, AND I WAS HORRIBLE AT
ALL OF THEM.
LIKE HORRIBLE, AND THIS HAS
JUST GI4@VEN ME 4@A POINT WHERE
CAN LIKE BLOSSOM INTO SOMETHING
REALLY INCREDIBLE.
REALLY INCREDIBLE. >> Reporter: KATIE HILL IS4@ TH
CAPTAIN OF TEAM INFERNO, AND
SOME OF THE SKATERS HERE ARE ON
THE TEAM, AND OTHERS ARE
PRACTICING AND WORKING HARD TO
MAKE IT, AND ALL ARE PART OF
THE FALLEN ANGELS LEAGUE.
>> THERE'S THREE LEVELS.
101 SKATING, AND YOU LEARN HOW @
TO SKATE WITH NO CONTACT, AND
THEN CONTACT LEARNING.
YOU LEARN HOW TO MAKE CONTACT
WHILE YOU'RE SKATING. 4@
AND THEN THERE'S SC4@RIMMAGE
ELIGIBLE.
ELIGIBLE.
ELIGIBLE. TODAY AT 4:00 I GOT THE MESSAGE
THAT I 4@PASSED INTO THAT.
I AM AN OFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE
INFERNO NOW, AND THAT TOOK ME A
YEAR 4@AND THREE MONTHS.
>> Reporter: ALI CLEVELAND FELL
IN LOVE WITH THE 4@SPORT WHEN S
FIRST VISITED IN PORTLAND.
>> I PLAYED ALL KINDS OF SPORTS
IN MY 4@LIFE.
IT'S MUCH MORE COMPLEX.
>> Reporter: IT DIDN'T TAKE
LONG FOR ALI TO FALL IN LOVE
WITH THE PEOPLE.
>> 4@I WAS LOOKING FOR SOMETHIN
YOU KNOW A GROUP 4@OF PEOPLE TO
REBUILD A NETWORK AROUND, AND I
FOUND THIS, AND THEN IT WAS 4@A
HOUR DRIVE.
HOUR DRIVE. I DECIDED TO RELOCATE, AND I
CAME HERE 4@TO BE WITH THESE
BEAUTIFUL WOMEN AND AWESOME
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. >> Repo4@rter: YOU SAY DERBY
SAVED YOUR LIFE?
>> I THINK IT REALLY DID.
IT GAVE ME SOMETHING TO
CRYSTALLIZE MY LIFE AROUND, AND
THAT IDEA 4@THAT DERBY FINDS YO
WHEN 4@YOU NEED IT, AND IT IS
PLAYED OUT OVER AND OVER AND
OVER AROUND THE 4@COUNTRY EVERY
DAY.
DAY.
DAY. >>
DAY. >> Reporter: DERBY FOUND A LOT @
OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS LEAGUE.
SOME RETIRED COPS, AND OTHERS
WORKING IN RETAIL.
>> AMAZON, YOU'RE KILLING IT.
>> ALL DIFFERENT LIVES AND
ABILITIES.
ABILITIES. >> I NEEDED SOMETHING TO GET
OUT OF MY MUNDANE LIFE,
SOMETHING OUT OF MY 4@MOM LIFE,
SOMETHING THAT GAVE ME 4@
CONFIDENCE AND STRENGTH, AND
THIS GROUP GAVE THAT TO ME.
THERE'S NO CERTAIN BOX 4@YOU HA
TO CHECK OFF TO BE IN DERBY,
YOU CAN JUST DO IT.
>> I'M 56, AND THE BIGGEST
MISCONCEPTION, YOU TO BE A
CERTAIN BODY TYPE, AND YOU HAVE
TO BE 4@A CERTAIN 4@AGE, A CERT
ATHLETIC ABILITY.
ATHLETIC ABILITY. >> Reporter: TINA DUPLESEY
ADMITS IT'S ONE OF THE HARDEST
THINGS SHE HAS TAKEN ON.
MOST OF THE YOUNG ONES 4@IN THE
LEAGUE AGREE, AND IT'S ONE OF
THE MOST REWARDING AT HOME AND @
AT 4@WORK, SHE TAKES CARES OF
OTHERS, AND THIS IS HER TIME.
>> Reporter: WHAT DID YOUR
FRIENDS AND FAMILY SAY WHEN YOU
SAID I'M GOING TO START DOING
ROLLER DERBY?
ROLLER DERBY? >> THEY 4@THOU4@GHT I WAS CRAZY
LOST MY 4@MIND, AND I 4@WAS OLD
WHATEVER.
WHATEVER.
WHATEVER. >> Reporter: PRACTICE 4@MAKES
PERFECT, DOWN 4@TO THE FASTEST
WAY TO STOP AND THE SAFEST WAY
TO FALL.
TO FALL.
TO FALL. WHEN SOMEONE FALLS, A TEAMMATE
OR COMPETITOR IS THERE TO HELP
THEM BACK UP.
>> I HAVE NEVER FELT 4@THIS 4@W
ABOUT ANYTHING OR A GROUP OF
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. IT I4@S SO SUPPORTIVE AND
EMPOWERING, AND JUST
ENCOURAGING, AND IT IS THE BEST
FEELING IN THE WORLD.
>> Reporter: ONE OF THE WORDS
WE KEEP HEARING 4@TONIGHT IS
EMPOWERMENT.
EMPOWERMENT. WHAT DO YOU HOPE YOUR DAUGHTER
SEES WHEN SHE SEES 4@YOU OUT
THERE?
THERE?
THERE? >>
THERE? >> 4@EXACTLY THAT.
EMPOWERMENT.
EMPOWERMENT. FOR HER TO KNOW SHE CAN DO
WHATEVER SHE SETS HER MIND 4@TO
AND THAT SHE CAN BE A STAR
BECAUSE EVERYBODY OUT THERE IS
A STAR WHEN THEY