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East Bay derby keeps on rolling
Oakland Tribune, Oct 21, 2005 by Susan McDonough, STAFF WRITER
OAKLAND -- Finish this sentence: The Roller Derby is ...
Your answer Saturday night might depend on which side of the Oakland/Alameda Estuary you're on.
Two very different versions of the roller derby nearly collide Saturday when the San Francisco Bay Bombers and the Bay Area Derby Girls hold separate bouts within miles of each other, the coed Bombers in an Alameda high school gymnasium and the B.A.D Girls at a roller rink in Oakland.
The Bombers have been around since the heyday of the derby in the 1960s and 1970s, when the team skated five days a week at rinks around the country. Promoters promise the same old-fashioned, family- style fun.
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Legendary derby pioneer Little Richard Brown and others will join the Bombers on Saturday on a banked track as the team takes on its rival, the Chicago Pioneers.
"This is roller derby," said promoter Dan Ferrari, who hasbeen with the team since its resurgence in 1996.
The names of the B.A.D girls speak for themselves: Iva Vendetta, Annie Agony and The Skatomasochist.
It's your daddy's roller derby on Red Bull and MAC makeup.
The skaters say they started the all-women's league with delusions of grandeur after too many cocktails.
A full year of hard-core, late-night practices later and a list of injuries covering more body parts than their tattoos, the girls emerged with two teams: The Oakland Outlaws and the San Francisco ShEvil Dead.
Women's roller derby is reviving with equally campy teams starting up in as many as 40 U.S. cities.
The B.A.D. Girls will hold their first public contest, on a flat rink Saturday when they promise to be dressed up and ready for blood ... or is that lipstick?
The Bay Bombers take on the Chicago Pioneers at 8 p.m. Saturday at Alameda High School, 2201 Encinal Ave., Alameda. Tickets are $20 at the door/ $10 for children. Advance ticket prices available. Call the Bomber hot line at 636-9300 for more. The S.F. ShEvil Dead vs. The Oakland Outlaws at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Dry Ice Rink, 210 Hegenberger Loop, Oakland. Tickets, $12 at door, include pre- and post-game shows. Visit http://www.bayareaderbygirls.com for details/ tickets.
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