The youngest member of the Rose City Rollers warms up before the big bout. And don’t worry too much: that shiner is part of the Heartless Heathers’ team uniform.
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The youngest member of the Rose City Rollers warms up before the big bout. And don’t worry too much: that shiner is part of the Heartless Heathers’ team uniform.
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The King steps from his grave to play the role of mascot for our own High Rollers.
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The King steps from his grave to play the role of mascot for our own High Rollers.
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When you’re not on the track you can always sport a roller derby tee,
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When you’re not on the track you can always sport a roller derby tee,
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The team that managers RCR merchandise.
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The team that managers RCR merchandise.
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Media associate Kelly Davis’s (left) alter ego is Go-Go Kitty because she’s fast on her wheels.
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Media associate Kelly Davis’s (left) alter ego is Go-Go Kitty because she’s fast on her wheels.
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The warm-up laps on the track had some interesting, ahem, methods.
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The warm-up laps on the track had some interesting, ahem, methods.
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PDX team the Break Neck Betties is equal parts pinup, racing girls, and tomboys all at once.
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PDX team the Break Neck Betties is equal parts pinup, racing girls, and tomboys all at once.
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Personalized necklaces in your alter ego name finish off the uniform.
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Personalized necklaces in your alter ego name finish off the uniform.
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Axl Rose would be proud of the detail paid by the Guns N Rollers team.
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Axl Rose would be proud of the detail paid by the Guns N Rollers team.
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Mascots play an important supporting role, and their fashion ensembles have to mesh with the team’s.
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Mascots play an important supporting role, and their fashion ensembles have to mesh with the team’s.
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Mom of six by day, but by night Supa Sixpack tears it up on the track, leaving no survivors.
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Mom of six by day, but by night Supa Sixpack tears it up on the track, leaving no survivors.
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The most important aspect for the uniforms is that they are performance oriented. They have to let the skaters move fast and unrestricted so they can score those points.
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The most important aspect for the uniforms is that they are performance oriented. They have to let the skaters move fast and unrestricted so they can score those points.
Fishnets, eyeliner. and names like Shove Me Tender, Roller Eclipse, and Lt. Uhurta. That just about sums up all I knew about roller derby before I spent the day behind the scenes running around with some of Portland’s most fearless women. I contacted Kim Stegeman (a.k.a. Rocket Mean), the executive director and one of the founders of the National Flat Track Roller Derby Association, after I saw a couple of girls looking fairly bad-ass walking down Hawthorn…
