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Starlettes and Aftershocks double header against Bakersfield

Sep 102012

Sunday August 12th the tough men and women of Bakersfield left the heat to travel to the slightly cooler San Diego to take on the Starlettes and Aftershocks. This Sunday summer time double header did not disappoint!
The night started out with the ladies of the Starlettes taking on the Bakersfield Diamond Divas. Both teams came out ready to fight for the win and put on a great show for the fans. The bout started out with Irie Strider as jammer, immediately showing off her fancy footwork and she juked around the Divas blockers to start putting up points. Later in the bout she offered another crowd pleaser, going for some jammer on jammer action, blocking the Divas jammer before reaching the pack.
The ladies of Bakersfield always bring the big hits and this bout was no different. Diamond Divas blockers were knocking around the Starlettes jammers and blockers. Great defensive walls by the blockers were able to aid the jammers in getting through the big hitters of the Divas The Starlettes amaxing walls were demonstrated the entire bout. IcePax made it hard work for any jammers that made it to the front of the pack, staying on the opposing jammer as her blockers came to assist.
NeuralizeHer skated great as both blocker and jammer against the Divas. This was the last home bout as a Starlette for NeuralizeHer, who is moving to the East Coast and will be sorely missed but this was a great way to end her last bout at home! The Starlettes fought hard and took the win, with a final score of 286-64.

The second bout of the night was the San Diego Aftershocks against Bakersfield’s Slick City Rollerz. The men started out with the traditional big hits of men’s derby. The Aftershocks were able to quickly pull ahead with great walls and quick jammers. Bobby Light put points on the board right away with some big initial jams giving the Aftershocks great momentum. Slick City Rollerz blockers offered many big hip hits, demonstrating their skills as blockers and knocking the Aftershocks jammers all around the track; but the jammers persevered and continued to put up points.

The most popular jam of the night had to be Rowdy Rodbuster. The crowd went wild when he started off that jammer line, most loudly from his Hidden City Derby Girls cheering squad! The Aftershocks demonstrated great teamwork with two blockers holding the jammer, and a third blocker sweeping in for the hit. This was a great play to see implemented throughout the game. Nick X Fury, Skaterbuilt and Rowdy Rodbuster had this one down perfectly as a picture was snapped.

Soul Rider jammed to the very end, racking up points and never looking tired after jamming most of the bout. B Stang dazzled the crowd with his skills as both blocker and jammer; and of course, his backward skating.

Another highlight of the bout was Starlettes skater, Buns of Fury, skating around wiping up the sweat on the track, always entertaining the crowd; and most importantly, keeping the men safe!

All in all it was a great bout and both teams fought hard and played a good game. The crowd enjoyed the skating to the very end and the Aftershocks did not disappoint the San Diego fans and took the win with a final score of 168-88.

SDRD gets ready for our first home game “C” team bout.

Sep 102012

San Diego Roller Derby is very excited to announce their first official “C” team home bout against San Fernando Roller Derby. This bout is scheduled for Sunday, September 16th, 2012 at 10am on SDRD’s home turf. The “C” team consists of new team members and fresh meat who have recently passed the Roller Derby skills test. This game will give them the chance to show you what they’ve learned from the long and dedicated hours put in to be eligible to play in a bout. All team members are trained by the SDRD coaches, B Stang, Gary Stang, John Hall, Harry Beck and the newly welcomed and infamous Hockey Honey. The skills test is a rigorous regiment that includes, stride, stops, falling, endurance and control. A very important part of passing skills is being able to stop. Stops include the T-stop, transition toe stop and a more advanced stop, is a hockey stop. Although, sometimes a knee slide is used to stop the derby girl or just the nearest wall, which is not recommended and frowned upon. Another key component to passing skills, involves skating 25 laps in 5 minutes, this is done to determine the fitness level of the skater and believe me, it is not easy. This is a great time to come out and watch a game, where you can gain knowledge andlearn the rule set for this growing international sport. Roller Derby is rated “one of 10 most demanding sports of 2012″. It is a game where you are playing offense, defense while looking behind, in front and to the side of you. Multi-tasking at it’s finest. Not to mention the split second decisions needed to be made by a derby girl in this super fastpaced, full-contact sport. Yes, it is real and yes, there are rules, this isn’t WWF and the hits aren’t staged as older Roller Derby once was.

Please come out and show your support for the girls of San Diego Roller Derby and thelast existing roller rink in San Diego, Skateworld, which is located at 6907 Linda Vista Road. Doors open at 10am. Be there or be square, tickets are only $5.

Written by Shanghai Surprise

Promo Video – Double Header – Aug 12 2012

Aug 102012

Video made by Sugar Britches

San Diego Roller Derby’s August Charity.

Aug 082012

The winner of the highest bid, Juno Escarme, cutting Starlette Captain Lady Diesel’s hair for locks of love.

Its August SDRD fans! This means our season is more than half over, but we still have tons of exciting things to come. This month we not only have a double header on the 12^th, when the Starlettes and the Aftershock take on the Bakersfield men and women, we also have a Cadettes bout that day. It is also time to let you all in on our philanthropic efforts for this month.

We have a very special event for our halftime show on the 12^th. Locks of Love will be at the bout to accept donations of hair. These donations are made into wigs for children who have hair loss due to medical conditions. We have a few SDRD members donating and we encourage fans get in on the fun and donate also. Thos who are brave enough to take the snip will be treated to a new style by the wonderful hair artists of Millicent Salon in La Mesa. We might even auction the opportunity to cut an SDRD skater’s hair to the highest bidder!

: Starlette, Split Endz, cuts Rockette Nicci Two Skates down to size

This year is also the third year San Diego Roller Derby will be participating in the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life event. This 24 hour event is a walk at the Embarcadero. Teams are required to have at least one person walking the track at all times for 24 hours. This year the event kicks off on the 18th and SDRD skaters and staff will set up camp with the 67 other teams. It is a great day and night of camping in the middle of the city, sleeping and walking in shifts, laughter, and a way we have shown our strength as a team for the third year running (or walking as the case may be). If you are interested on particapating, contact relayforlife.org. Hope to see you at our August 12 bout held at San Diego’s last remaining roller rink, Skate World, located at 6907 Linda Vista Rd.

San Diego Roller Derby’s August Charity.

SDRD Invites you to Classics Malt Shop DERBY HOP!

Jul 282012

We hope that you can join us on Friday, August 3rd, at Classics Malt Shop featuring SDRD as carhops! We will be serving you some authentic all American food, on our skates! Your tips will help build travel funds for our away games, and all we need is for you to bring your family and friends, and come hungry!

We will also be having a bake sale, so make sure you save some room for dessert. The money raised from the bake sale will benefit our skater, Wicked Angel, in her efforts to join the SDRD Starlettes in Boise, Idaho. They will be participating in the 3rd Annual Spudtown Knockdown Tournament. Our skaters are EXCELLENT bakers, you do not want to miss out! While we help you satisfy your sweet tooth, you can help get our Wicked to Idaho!

Meet Wicked Angel #1904: She is famous for her pink skates, strength, and amazing skating skills. She’s one of SDRD’s outstanding jammers and a vital part of the Starlettes.

For more information about our event, click here.

Join San Diego Roller Derby for the Pride Parade July 21st!

Jul 112012

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Wanna do something fun and support two important causes at the same time? Then come roll out with your favorite derby skaters from San Diego Roller Derby this year in support of the San Diego Pride festival and the American Red Cross! San Diego Pride festival is part of a nationwide event to promote pride and respect for everyone in the LGBT community through awareness of their core values: Diversity, Respect, Honesty, and Integrity. The American Red Cross provides support to everyone ranging from blood donations to support services in times of disaster; it is unique in that it is not a government agency but instead relies on the charitable contributions of volunteers’ time, money and blood donations.

So come be a part of something amazing, don your roller skates, and help support San Diego Roller Derby along with the American Red Cross and the San Diego Pride festival for what’s sure to be a good time for all!

GENERAL INFORMATION

The annual San Diego LGBT Pride Parade is the 4th largest in the United States attracting over 197,000 cheering spectators and significant media participation.

Date: Saturday, July 21, 2012

Time: 11:00 am

Location: The parade begins at University Ave. and Normal Street, proceeds west on University Avenue to 6th Avenue, turns south on 6th Avenue, ending at Balboa Drive and Upas Street.

Route: 1.5 miles | 2 hours

Aftershocks Banked Track Debut vs Phoenix RattleSkates

Jun 302012

From the very moment the men pulled up to the Tucson Memorial Stadium the pressure was on. The Afterschocks have an ongoing rivalry with the Rattleskates and this time it would be on the banked track. However, this was only the men’s second time ever on the banked. Weeks before they had practiced but both teams had never played a banked track game before.

Geared up and ready to go, they skated around the track as John Hall (old time OSDA skater and former LA T-Birds coach) joined Coach Lady Diesel during their warm-up. The excitement from the fans and skaters continued as the refs did their equipment check and a fun video promo was shown on the big screen explaining the rules of the game.

The action started after the first whistle as Afterschocks’ jammer Soulrider made lead, but was passed by Rattleskates’ Danielson who took the lead and put the first 9 points on the board for Phoenix. The game is a bit different then what you might be used to seeing on the flat track; each jam is 60 seconds and skaters don’t serve their penalties till after the jam is over.

The next few jams were tough, but Bobby Light came through and scored some points for San Diego. However, Phoenix came back quickly and racked up a 15 point power jam with skater Sidelicious as he flew around the track. This left the first quarter score 38 -15 Rattleskates.

Even though Phoenix took lead in the first quarter, San Diego’s captain, B Stang, fought back with a giant apex jump and a mid-air call to end the next jam. This was followed by Afterschocks’ Rave N Buster who brought some more points for the team. Phoenix, however, kept the lead with great jams from co- captain Pistol Pete; this gave them a 30 point advantage. Although they were ahead, blockers Mr. Awesome and Johnny Smokescreen were ejected due to their accumulation of penalties.
Halftime score 75 – 45 Rattleskates.

After halftime, Coach Diesel decided to switch up the lines as new jammer Override shot straight through like a knife through butter. The Afterschocks didn’t go out easy, though, as B Stang had multiple grand slams to add 14 points to the board.

However, with more power jams from Sidelicious and Danielson, Phoenix quickly made the score spread even further. On the last jam Evol Ernie and Cappie from Phoenix lined up on the jammer line. Whistles were blown and Ernie with San Diego went straight through and collected the final 10 points for the game.

Final score: Phoenix Rattleskates 152 – San Diego Afterschocks 101
MVP’s for San Diego Afterschocks:
Jammer- Bobby Light #1.21
Pivot- Rave N Buster #904
Blocker- Evol Ernie #13

Written by MAJOR THREAT

Aftershocks bout NorCal Men’s Roller Derby

Jun 142012

This past Sunday night, the undefeated San Diego Aftershocks took on NorCal at San Diego Skateworld. This would be the first time these two teams have played each other so there was a lot of anticipation leading up to this day.

The first few jams NorCal was unable to score even though they gained lead jammer status. Some of their jammers went to the box during this time, which gave Aftershocks the opportunity to capitalize on some early scoring opportunities. Aftershocks also played a two jammer rotation of Bobby Light and Soulrider for the first half, which was also a testament to the endurance of San Diego’s men’s team.

The Aftershocks continued their lead throughout the rest of the first half and went into halftime with a demanding lead. Unfortunately, Aftershocks player Austin injured his ankle badly in the first half and was unable to play the rest of the game.

At the beginning of the second half, coach Sarah Lang AKA Lady Diesel made some line- up changes and Nick Fury was added to the jammer rotation while Bobby Light went into blocking mode.

NorCal played much more defensively this second half, which caused a few Aftershocks jammers to be sent to the box on major penalties. This opened up the opportunity NorCal needed to score some points, and they were able to capitalize on a few power jams. However, this would prove to be to late for a comeback as Aftershocks still also managed to score more points once their jammer came out of the box. B Stang’s trademark backward blocking in the pack held the opposing jammers and allowed holes to open up for Aftershocks jammers to glide through.

Game ended with Aftershocks scoring 156 points to NorCal’s 61.

Next up for the San Diego Aftershocks is their first BANKED TRACK debut in Arizona on June 23rd against the Phoenix Rattleskates!!! Can they keep their undefeated season going on an all-new surface and with a whole new ruleset? Stay tuned…..

NorCal roster: Downer 0// Pierce 2//The Lew 7 (MVP Blocker)//Jin Evil 11//Sidelicious 23//Alec Brawlwin 24//Jonny Guns 50 cal//Doogie Foulz-Her 555//WildaBeast 666//Butcher (MVP Jammer)//Pepper Corn//Dillionaire//Billy Motion//Pitchit

Aftershocks roster: Bobby Light 1.21//Skaterbuilt 24//Rowdy Rodbuster 229//Nick Fury 804//DaNewGuy 808//Glenn McMayhem 982//Soulrider 1010 (MVP Jammer)//Austin 1966//B Stang 3158 (MVP Blocker)

FINAL SCORE: 156 -61 Aftershocks

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