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Website. www.rollerderby.com. Roller Derby Skate Corp is an American manufacturer and distributor of sporting goods, specializing in quad skates, inline skates, ice hockey skates, skateboards, skating accessories, and recently, through its acquisition of 360 Inc., sporting goods for water sports including body boards, surfboards and swim products.
The Roller Derby Hall of Fame, also known as the National Roller Derby Hall of Fame, was founded in 1952, [1] by the editors of the Roller Derby News paper. Johnny Rosasco and Josephine "Ma" Bogash were the first two skaters to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. [1] The Hall of Fame was initially displayed at Madison Square Garden, where the ...
The history of roller derby traces the evolution of roller skating races into a unique sport which underwent several boom-and-bust cycles throughout the 20th century. . Although it was a form of sports entertainment for much of its existence, a grassroots, early 21st century revival spearheaded by women has restored an emphasis on ath
S. Steel City Roller Derby. Categories: Roller derby leagues in the United States. Sports clubs and teams in Pennsylvania. Women's sports in Pennsylvania.
Garden State Rollergirls. Garden State Roller Derby is a flat track roller derby league based in Newark, New Jersey and competes at the Inline Skating Club of America in North Arlington, New Jersey. Founded in 2006, [ 1 ] it has three home teams, the Gateway Grim Reapers, the Jersey City Bridge and Pummel, the Northern Nighmares and two travel ...
Ann Theresa Calvello (August 1, 1929 – March 14, 2006) was an American athlete and notable personality in the sport of roller derby . Ann Calvello graduated from Presentation High School in San Francisco in June 1947. Calvello competed in roller derby in seven decades, the 1940s through the 2000s. She broke into the sport in 1948 originally ...
Roller derby is a roller skating contact sport played on an oval track by two teams of five skaters. It is played by approximately 1,250 amateur leagues [ note 1] worldwide, though it is most popular in the United States. [ 2] A 60-minute roller derby game, or bout, is a series of two-minute timed jams. Each team, typically with a roster of 15 ...
Org. type. LLC. Website. ohiorollerderby .com. Ohio Roller Derby ( OHRD) is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Columbus, Ohio. Founded in 2005, the league currently consists of two mixed teams which compete against teams from other leagues. Ohio Roller Derby is a founding member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA).