Long Beach Junior Roller Derby

(L-R) Karla Escobar aka "Karla Sutra" and Teri Carpenter aka "Unimommer" came to Paramount Rotary to tell us about Junior Roller Derby. The program is for girls aged 4 to 17.  The girls are taught how to skate.  They make new friends, learn to help each other and meet good role models.  This team sport is described as football on eight wheels.  The bout (match) starts with a leader for each team (the "jammer") racing around the track to pass through the "pack" (four blockers on each team).  Their motto is "come for the fun, stay for the stoke".  

Karla has been involved for two years.  She wanted to try new things and enjoys seeing the girls come out of their shell and develop their own moxi.  Teri has been skating for three years and is a Mother of an eight year old.  She is head coach for the juniors and skates for adult roller derby teams.