Personal information | |
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Birth name | Bonnie Beck |
Nationality | American |
Born | 1980 |
Website | www |
Sport | |
Sport | Roller derby |
Club | Los Angeles Derby Dolls San Diego Derby Dolls |
Bonnie Beck (born 1980), known as Bonnie D.Stroir, is a roller derby coach and skater.
D.Stroir began skating in October 2003, after reading an article on the sport in Jane magazine.[1] She had been working as a barber in Oceanside, California,[2] considered moving to Austin, Texas, to learn the sport from TXRD Lonestar Rollergirls.[1] Instead, she stayed in San Diego and joined the new Los Angeles Derby Dolls league, commuting to each practice.[1]
In 2005, D.Stroir formed the San Diego Derby Dolls in her hometown, attracting the initial batch of skaters through an advertisement on Craigslist.[1] The new squad was established as a sister league of the LA team, and D.Stroir became the new league's coach.[3]
Knowing that she would be moving to Eureka, California, in 2010, D.Stroir posted a Craigslist ad reaching out for someone to help her form a league. The founder of Humboldt Roller Derby, Jennifer McMahon, contacted her and later went on to form Humboldt Roller Derby in 2007.[4][5]
Early in 2011, D.Stroir took time off from competitive roller derby to become the world's first full-time roller derby coach. She traveled the world to coach a wide variety of teams,[6] and was appointed as Assistant Coach of Team USA at the 2011 Roller Derby World Cup.[7][8]
Citing her love of the game, she returned to practice in 2012, skated with the San Diego Derby Dolls in 2013,[9] and retired for a second time in September 2013.[10]