pe.com | For Colton High Grad Duron, Roller Derby is Irresistible

Larissa Duron (Staff photo: Jim Alexander)

 BY JIM ALEXANDER

STAFF WRITER

jalexander@PE.com

LOS ANGELES — Most people who go to an event for the first time and are hooked come back again and again as spectators.

Larissa Duron, a Colton High graduate, took a different approach. A friend took her to an LA Derby Dolls roller derby bout in 2006, and when she got hooked she decided to put on the skates and pads and go join them.

“There was the sport of it, and it was a woman-run organization,” she recalls. “There were girls out there, all ages and backgrounds, who were just doing something that was completely outside the box of any type of sport.

“I know back in the day there was roller derby, but there was just something rare about it that made me think, ‘This is for me.’ ”

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bankedtracknews.com - LADD Ri-Ettes Take Battle on the Bank Championship against SDDD!

LADD Ri-Ettes vs SDDD Derby Dolls Championship Game

After losing to the LA Derby Dolls Ri-Ettes twice this year, the San Diego Derby Dolls Wildfires squared off against the Ri-Ettes for the Championship game of Battle on the Bank V. San Diego held on the BotB Championship trophy for two years, and the last time the Ri-Ettes won Battle on the Bank was it's maiden voyage in 2008.

San Diego and LA swapped leads for the first 5 jams, but when LA grabbed the lead back at 24-13 with an 11 point Power Jam from Cris Affliction, they just plowed ahead to finish off the first quarter with a 54 point lead at 78-24 LA.

SDDD didn't fare much better in the second quarter even as Kiki Diazz brought home 13 in an SD Power Jam, 79-43. LA continued to widen their lead to 109-54, and Cris Affliction took a big 15 point Power Jam to widen it further, 124-54 LA. But San Diego was able to hold them to 128 for the remainder of the half as Heidi Evidence and Kiki Diazz took SDDD up to 128-71 LA.

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robotsforhire.com - Gallery: LA Derby Dolls Bout - LA Sirens vs. Tough Cookies - 5/19/12

The Sirens dominated the match from the first round with lightening fast jammers scoring a quick 22 points and finally ending the night with a 150+ point spread (233 to 69). The Tough Cookies fought hard and had several standout moments including the crowd favorite Big Lebowski with her big score as “Jammer” in the final rounds and her consistent, aggressive defense as “Blocker.” With live music at the half and commentary throughout the show, LA Derby Dolls never disappoint. Get tickets to next months Baby Doll Brawl at DerbyDolls.com/LA

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laweekly.com - The Derby Dolls @ The Doll Factory

On Saturday The Doll Factory was open for business with a roller derby home match between the Tough Cookies and Sirens squads. Tough Cookies came out with a lot of energy but were no match for the 2011 Champion Sirens, who skated strong to take the win, 237-72. Kate Crash took the stage during half time and there were plenty of food trucks and artisan vendors on hand to enjoy.

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losanjealous.com - DF Airs Resentments & Previews LA Derby Dolls Bout (Cookies v. Sirens, 5/19/12 @ Doll Fac)

A certain Elvis Depressley once sang, “I bear more grudges than lonely high court judges.” Oh, is that all? Because DF is the Guinness-book world-record grudge-holding ninja master of all time, and lonely high court judges aren’t fit to hold his grudge-holding jock. As it were.

Point being, DF’s a bitter soul and cultivates a lush garden of resentments relating to events that go back time out of mind. Some choice examples by way of illustration:

Third grade. A mean classmate repeatedly teased DF with the devastating schoolyard taunt, “Fatty fatty two-by-four.” When the classic retorts “I know you are but what am I” and “Please for the love of god stop teasing me, it hurts my heart” proved ineffective, I turned to voodoo, poking pins into an effigy of my psychic assailant. And it worked! Three months later, the bully suffered a mild head cold and had to stay home from school for two days. Don’t mess with DF, small children, or he will kick your ass using the power of voodoo!

High school, sophomore year. An equally mean, and substantially more violent, bully repeatedly inflicted swirlies, wedgies, and locker-stuffings on DF. Not to be trifled with, I attended a football game where the bully was playing quarterback for the high school pigskin squadron and booed lustily whenever he touched the ball. The result? The hated bully completed only 34 of his 36 passes! Those two misses were clearly due to DF’s diabolical psychological revenge, served up delectably ice cold.

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