(Photo by Jay Mungia, OCRG website)
We showed up about halfway through the bout between the Wheel Housewives of OC and the Prison City Rollers (from Chino Hills), but we did get to see the tough and adorable Navel Oranges, the junior rollers league, skating during halftime, and we saw the entirety of the Blockwork Orange vs. Central Coast Roller Derby bout. Orange County won them both. Go Orange!
There were a variety of age groups at the bout, everyone from babies to grannies, which was surprising considering my pre-conceived notions of the bad-assness of roller derby. Overall, aside from the somewhat scantily-clad ladies skating around the rink, it was a pretty wholesome event. (Actually, the roller girls were wearing far more clothing than you would see at your average beach volleyball game.) During the bout there were no fists thrown or brawls, but a jammer on the opposing team suffered some sort of knee injury and had to sit out the rest of the bout. Since the track isn't "banked" (tilted inward), there was a risk of flying roller girls smashing into the front row. Some high school kids sitting in front of us got a lap full of the tiny Wild Bella, a jammer for Wheel Housewives, but they seemed excited about being smashed by a roller girl.
It was a fun scene, with vendors selling pin-up accessories, jewelry, t-shirts, buttons, stickers, and baked goods, along with the official OC Rollergirls merch. There was also a vegetarian food truck parked outside that made AMAZING barbeque tofu tacos. Seriously, they were amazing. Drool... You can stalk the truck on Twitter @SeabirdsTruck.
One thing I recommend is to look up roller derby rules online before you go. It's a relatively simple game compared to, say, football, but it can be chaotic and confusing if you don't know what's going on. The hubby and I were pretty confused at first, so he looked up the rules on his phone and we enjoyed the experience even more after we understood what we were seeing.
The next bout is on Saturday, September 11: OC Roller Girls vs. San Diego Roller Derby. Catch it if you can. More info about OC Roller Girls here.
8 comments:
OMG I was at this bout and it was awesome! I'm definitely going to the September bout. I've also looked into joining and they gave me so much information. These ladies have got it together!
Great blog post, and thanks for coming out to the bout!
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Ruby Rocker #77
Wheel Housewives of Orange County
OC Roller Girls
Amazing Bout, great job ladies!!!
OCRG is awesome roller derby and the most wonderful thing is that the bouts benefit different local charities. They also have something for everyone, including co-ed derby and a no hit fitness class that is great for learning skating skills.
Thanks for coming out Meg! We LOOOOOVE what we do and absolutely adore hearing that our fans enjoy it too! Hope you and hubby (genius looking at rules on his phone) come to our next one on Sept 11th. Take care,
Wonder Roller
great post, roller derby is now coming together really well and hopefully will blow up big. The bouts are awesome and you can go online to youtube and check out the rules before you go to the game.
Roller Derby is an awesome sport and the OCRollergirls are top notch! There are tons of videos on the web that explain the game so definitely visit YouTube for some educational material and you'll be good to go. I'll definitely be there September 11th to see OCRG take down SDDD!!!
Thanks for all the comments! I hope everyone who reads this will go to a bout. You roller derby ladies rock!
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