Head announcer and marketing director MR. ELIVE, who wears many hats in the volunteer organization, announces a Cascades Carnivore presentation during a pause in the match.
An endangered Cascade red fox who came down from Mt. Adams to educate the crowd, aka the skater Aftermath, is propelled triumphant across the finish line of a race by Lukas Carter. Behind, Clare Brown Cedar propels a wolverine, aka Machete Maud.
Graycon the Destroyer (68), skating for the 509 Junior Roller Derby team, slips through a press of GRD Sass Squashers Silent But Deadly (442), Windfire (9) and Harshmallow (13).
Cruising Bruiser (100) links arms with Hell-NO Kitty (236) to block Harshmallow (13), of the GRD Sass Squashers during their match on April 20.
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Head announcer and marketing director MR. ELIVE, who wears many hats in the volunteer organization, announces a Cascades Carnivore presentation during a pause in the match.
Flora Gibson photo
An endangered Cascade red fox who came down from Mt. Adams to educate the crowd, aka the skater Aftermath, is propelled triumphant across the finish line of a race by Lukas Carter. Behind, Clare Brown Cedar propels a wolverine, aka Machete Maud.
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The GRD Sass Squashers and the 509 Junior Roller Derby teams block each others' jammers, collecting into a knot.
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Graycon the Destroyer (68), skating for the 509 Junior Roller Derby team, slips through a press of GRD Sass Squashers Silent But Deadly (442), Windfire (9) and Harshmallow (13).
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Five-year-old Maehem (314), CoCaptain of the 509 Junior Roller Derby team, made her debut on April 20.
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Rat (999) and The Postman (34) attempt to block each other while Ricochet (67) looks on.
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Blockers shift to face each other in a swirl of colorful motion.
On April 20, Gorge Roller Derby held a GRD Triple Threat event at home in Fort Dalles Readiness Center. A guest speaker from Cascades Carnivore Project, a race between skaters costumed as rare carnivores, and audience participation enlivened a break between matches.
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