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Tilted Thunder Rail Birds

Roller derby league

Summary

Roller derby league

Field	Value
name	Tilted Thunder Roller Derby (Formerly Tilted Thunder Rail Birds)
founded	2008
metro area	Seattle, Washington
country	United States
teams	Rolling Blackouts
Royal Crush
Saint Hellions
Skulls
All Star Travel Team
tracks	Banked
affiliations	RDCL
orgtype	501(c)(3) Nonprofit Organization
url	http://www.tiltedthunder.org/

Royal Crush Saint Hellions Skulls All Star Travel Team

Tilted Thunder Roller Derby (TTRD), formerly Tilted Thunder Rail Birds, is a Seattle, Washington based banked track roller derby league. They are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

Overview

TTRD is one of only a handful of modern DIY banked track leagues in the entire country. Many DIY leagues have already built their own banked tracks: Los Angeles Derby Dolls, San Diego Derby Dolls, and Arizona Derby Dames (Phoenix). In fact, while there are over 400 flat-track leagues in the United States, TTRD was only the 7th roller derby league to build a banked track in the nation. TTRD is also a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

Tilted Thunder currently skates as one home team and an All Star travel team.

Tilted Thunder is a founding member of the Roller Derby Coalition of Leagues.

Teams

Tilted Thunder is one of several active banked track roller derby leagues in the country. The skaters bout under the Roller Derby Coalition of Leagues (RDCL). Between 2008 and 2011, Tilted Thunder was made up of two teams: Red Team and Purple Team. In 2011, the first season featured four current intra-league competitors:

The Rolling Blackouts :Season 1 Champions :Season 2 Champions :Season 5 Champions
Royal Crush
Saint Hellions :Season 3 Champions :Season 4 Champions :Season 6 Champions
Sugar Skulls

Skaters who do not skate on home teams are called "Chicks." They hone their skills in the "Chick Pool" until a home team drafts them.

The All Star team is TTRD's travel team.

Peeps and Chicklets (Junior's Program)

Tilted Thunder expanded banked track roller derby to young women in January 2011.

::Chicklets

::Peeps

## Battle on the Bank June 1–3, 2012, the Tilted Thunder Rail Birds hosted Battle on the Bank V, the US Banked Track Roller Derby National Tournament. The tournament returned to the Pacific Northwest (PNW) again on June 5–7, 2015 and June 1–3, 2018. Both the Battle on the Bank VIII and BotB XI were hosted by TTRD at the Evergreen State Fairgrounds, Monroe, WA. Tilted Thunder has participated in Battle on the Bank since 2010. TTRD All-Stars placed 3rd in Battle on the Bank VII and VIII. The Peeps All-Stars placed 1st for the first time in Battle on the Bank VIII. ## Community Involvement Tilted Thunder Roller Derby is always reaching out to help make their community a better place. Below are only some of their most recent volunteer projects: :• Green Seattle Partnership - Cleaned the Burke-Gilman trail of trash and blackberry bushes. :• Relay for Life - raised money for Cancer Survivors. :• Pennies for Peace - collected pennies for education opportunities for children in Pakistan and Afghanistan. :• Save your A@* for the Track- Tilted Thunder hosted a self defense class taught by Joanna Factor with Strategic Living. :• Harborview Medical Center- Collected toiletries for ICU Patient family members. :• Parent Child Assistance Program-toy and gift drive. :• Northwest Harvest- Collected food for Seattle food banks. :• Second Harvest Japan- Skate for Japan fundraiser at Lynnwood to aid those devastated by the Japanese earthquake. :• Bellevue Arthritis Walk 2011- TTRD skaters led the walk at Crossroads Park on May 21, 2011 :• Toys for Tots - Toy drive :• Housing Hope - Toiletry drive ## References ## References 1. "[http://www.rollerderbycoalitionofleagues.com/about/ Roller Derby Coalition of Leagues]", January 1, 2012 2. Chansanchai, Athima. ["Is Seattle Ready For More Roller Derby"](http://www.seattlepi.com/default/article/Is-Seattle-ready-for-more-roller-derby-1305167.php#page-1). *Seattle Post Intelligencer*. 3. ["Tilted Thunder Volunteer Match Profile"](http://www.volunteermatch.org/search/org214722.jsp). *Volunteer Match*. 4. ["Find a Roller Derby League"](http://www.derbyroster.com/banked.html). *Roller Derby Worldwide*. 5. ["Battle On The Bank V"](http://bankedtrack.com/194/battle-on-the-bank-v/). *Banked Track Roller Derby*. ::callout[type=info title="Wikipedia Source"] This article was imported from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilted_Thunder_Rail_Birds) and is available under the [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the [article history page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilted_Thunder_Rail_Birds?action=history). ::

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