Los Angeles Roller Club

       About 1972 Darryl Brown saw rollers flying at the home of one of the neighborhood’s most infamous pigeon theives.  The sight of rollers spinning so intrigued him that he was immediately hooked.  Just to think that a person could fly these acrobatic birds and that they would come back to them!

      Darryl couldn’t get permission to raise rollers at his own home, so he raised them with his friends, Sterling Lucas and Tony Reed, next to Denker Park in the Jefferson Park area of Los Angeles.

     At 18 Darryl joined the Air Force, and built his own loft on base housing at Vandenberg Air Force Base near Ventura, Ca.  He flew rollers over three years there and never lost a bird during those years.   He looks at those years as the best times he has had with his rollers.   His birds during those years had come from Hilly Flowers, Paul Gomez, Rayvon Hall and Kirk Field (aka Quake).  When discharged, Darryl kept his birds temporarily at Pete White’s loft in L. A.

     1991 was a new beginning for Darryl.  New wife, new house and new loft.  He continues to raise his rollers there.

     Darryl’s major influences in rollers have been from Paul Gomez and Hilly Flowers.  The type and quality of spin of their birds have helped to mold his direction in selection for breeding.  Two qualities that he focuses on is “A hell of an eye”… clean and crisp, and “a nice apple body”, one with a rounded chest that fits perfectly into the palm of his hand.  These types make the fastest spinners.

      As of yet Darryl does not claim to have his own family of birds fully established.  He has three lines which are from Hilly Flowers, Paul Gomez and Cornell Norwood, which he has kept seperate, but is now fusing together with excellent results.  He likes to keep some of “the originals” around, and is “having a blast” with his rollers.  He is not into the show aspect of the hobby, does not go out of his way to impress others and is raising purely for personal  enjoyment.  His pride comes from seeing real Birmingham Roller quality flying overhead at his home.

      He would like to see his son, Jordan, eventually involved in rollers, but there is plenty of time for that.  His post office responsibilities are a conflict at times, but he manages despite the conflict.  Like other members he sees the LARC becoming more serious and doing more for the hobby as time goes by.