Tag: roller derby

With nicknames like Coach Ice, Cat Nip, Busty Bandaid, Maliciousness, Gin Atomic, Pistol Patti and Irish Kreemd’R, it would be easy to discount the...

Roller derby is back in a big way, and women are at the head of the pack.

The Hollister Motorcycle Rally returned July 5 with a huge influx of bikers on San Benito Street. See some of the events from the first day, including a roller derby demonstration, biker games, a jazz band concert and footage of the riders.

After more than three years of traveling at least three times a week to Monterey to participate in women’s league roller derby, Stacey “Super Sonic Pebbles” Vanderlei knew she needed to make a change. The traveling was too much for her and her kids.

Following in her mother’s footsteps, 14-year-old Makenzie Schwartz never had to think twice about putting on her four-wheeled roller-skates and jumping into the roller derby track.