What is red, rolls at incredible speeds and can take you down when you least expect it? An Avalanche City Roller Girl of course! And that’s exactly what the girls set out to do on Saturday night when they headed to Marysville Arena to skate off against Kimberley’s Bavarian Barbarians.
This ‘Sucker Punch’ event was the first Roller Derby bout to be held in the East Kootenay region and was the first chance for our Fernie girls to put their months of training into the rink.
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