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OC Roller Girls greet 170 for end-of-year bash Fundraiser and “friendly” scrimmage lets skaters from around Southern California rub elbows, and more, on Huntington rinks. FULL STORY HERE SLIDE SHOW: OC Roller Girls greet 170 for end-of-year bash 9 Photos » By KIMBERLY PIERCEALL / ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER It was…

CLICK HERE Check Out the OC Roller Girl Action This Saturday! Looking for a positive powerful adrenalized scene to rev up your Saturday night? Then The Rinks is the place to be. Sure to be exciting, the first two bouts of this Saturday’s September 8th event feature home teams competing…

STORY HERE Be a Jammer or Go Watch One: SoCal Roller Derby Guide For many of you, here’s something completely different. Roller derby, created in Chicago in 1935 with a popularity pinnacle in the early 1970’s, is making a strong resurgence. Roller derby is a contact sport that requires speed,…

STORY HERE From skating in high school at the pier to roller girl. That’s Gina VanderValk. The 50-year-old Huntington Beach resident is the head non-skating official of the Justice Crew team of the OC Roller Girls. “I’ve lived in Huntington Beach since I was 4 years old, and currently live…

Attorney Catherine Parsons may be arguing a case by day … but give the litigator a pair of skates, and she’s out of the courtroom and ready to move with the OC Roller Girls, a hard-hitting, fast-skating roller derby league. Catherine Parsons, aka Shaolin Punk A skating attorney? The Fountain…

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“Editor’s note: A cancer-stricken mother whose quest to fill a bucket list of activities with her family and friends has died. Heather Smith, 34, of Garden Grove, passed away Saturday, her close friend, Tiffany St. John, said Monday. Smith was the focus of a Register “Morning Read” feature published Dec….

Bearing down on big goals, OC Roller Girls barge onto Anaheim Convention Center’s faster track.   Not everyone who makes history can do it in fishnet stockings and booty shorts. The OC Roller Girls skated on a banked track at the Anaheim Convention Center on May 7 – the first…

Some say the sport of roller derby is experiencing a resurgence–but it probably never really went away. Though its 1970s heyday has long since passed, the commitment to the sport demonstrated by the girls who don old-timey skates, fishnets and knee pads is impressive.  Saturday night at the Anaheim Convention…