(Lali-O) The Driving Force Behind L.V.H.R

ALL NEW BANKED TRACK DERBY LEAGUE
L.V.H.R. is now recruiting male and female quad Êskaters (18 and over!)
Very Energetic!!! skaters with lots of attitude. Accepting all levels of skaters at this time. Don't be discouraged if you haven't skated in a while, we will get you rollin again.

IT'S JUST LIKE RIDING A BICYCLE, YOU NEVER FORGET THE LOVE OF YOUR SKATES.

If you're looking for a new hobby, a way to beat bordom, or just need to let out some excess stress... COME SEE L.V.H.R....Strong willed skaters are the core of our BANKED TRACK league, if you think you have what it takes to do Derby, then come show us what you got. We are growing so quickly and we have formed such a strong derby family, come be a part of history in the making!

The L.V.H.R. will be there to work with you until you are ready to be a full on part of our league.

Lali O Coach, trainer, skater, owner has four years experience as a professional Banked Track Roller Derby skater. In fact, she has skated with various teams in California starting with the L.A.Stars,Outlaws,Red Devils, and the Bay Bombers. L.V.H.R. teams are trained to skate like the old roller derby style.Ê Through power blocks,amzing jamming and skillful plays the L.V.H.R.'sÊtuff defense high scoring offense will take on any challenge.Ê Lali O's league are trained to roll like thunder on the banked track. Thier war cry can rally the toughest troops as these skaters skate on a patriotic mission. Through stealthy jamming, major hip blocks and high jumping from hell, the L.V.H.R takes no prisoners in their battle to Victory!

Enemies Beware Lali O is here!



The Las Vegas High Rollers are a brand new Banked Track Roller Derby league, now recruiting!! Join this growing league of awesome skaters that are looking to promote the sport in Las Vegas and compete internationally with other derby leagues in 2010. If you are over 18 years old, are athletic and know or want to learn how to kick a$$ on skates, then join the L.V.H.R today!!!


WE WANT YOU! NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY. WE WILL TRAIN.

We are recruiting enthusiastic, men and women to become a part of the LVHR roller derby. If you are interested in experiencing "old school," with a new flair, pacing, blocking, rotating, whipping, falling building endurance, and all skills required to be a professional banked track roller derby skater then come and join us.





This is L.V.H.R Banked Track Roller Derby and this is what you will learn!!!!


What Equipment Do I Need?


In order to skate with us, you need at minimum: quad speed skates (no inlines!!) indoor & outdoor wheels; and protective padding. Padding requirements are knee and elbow pads, and a helmet. All equipment is required for all practices. Tailbone / crash pads are recommended.
TRAINING IN A GROUP OUTLINES


Pacing (10, 15, 30 minute) 3, 5, 7 stride, add 5 laps at end
Pacing with breakaways, 4 girl pull away
Double pace and quad pace
Pack pull-a-ways
Pursuit racing with push offs or whips
Whipping- regular, spins, inside, false, reverse and the good old leg wips
Push offs, change overs
Railwork- spin-offs, falls, over and ins.
Blocking technique- step, shoulder, body, arm, where to go
Leg, knee and cross blocks
Jam blocking, rotation, late chase
Pack blocking, rear work, block outs
Pack movement, regulating, rotations

AS FOR OPTIMAL SPEED YOU'LL KNOW WHAT THAT IS AFTER A LOT OF PRACTICE AND TRAINING USING THIS 5 STRIDE.

Each program is develop with many variations as possible to insure that the trainee acquires all the needed skills, abilities and experiences that will be needed to shorten the time period it will take for them to skate as a professional banked track skater.

If you are interested in skating for the Las Vegas High Rollers please send an e-mail to Lali O

We will be having tryouts in 2010!

L.V.H.R. Workshop Training: Tryouts: Saturday--from 7pm to 10pm

There will be a $5 fee for the workshop and for the tryouts. You are strongly encouraged to attend the workshop if you are planning to try out!

Tryouts will be held at:
Las Vegas High Rollers Training Center
5657 Hickam Ave.
Las Vegas, Nevada 89130

In the meantime, you can also attend open skates on Thursdays and Sundays. Don't be afraid to ask any of the L.V.H.R. members any questions you may have. And skate as MUCH as possible before tryouts (that includes outdoors if you can).

You must attend all L.V.H.R. tryouts and workshops in full gear: derby skates helmet, knee pads, elbow pads, and wrist guards.

If you feel your not ready to tryout just yet, come to open skates Thursdays and Sundays and start working on basic skating skills.

Please email Lali O where you can get information on exact practice schedule and times.



HELPING OUT:

The league is 100% run by Lali O and its membersÑyour help and talent are always needed, from things like marketing and accounting to promoting! Please think about how you would like to assist in our growing league so we can get you on the right committee!

REMEMBER-No experience necessary But first you need to pass THE L.V.H.R skills test, then it's on to beating you into a Derby Star 4 life. For more information, send us a message or email to bringitonderby@aol.com

The Team is Skater owned and operated. L.V.H.R. are the first Banked-Track Roller Derby league in Las Vegas, Nevada. With Roller Derby Stars from the past to help coach and train combined with hard-hitting. L.V.H.R are the next big thing coming out of Las Vegas.

We will face many pressures as a rookie team, and will require the skills of experienced veterans to help us rise to the top.

The High Rollers are trained only by the best in Roller Derby! One of the first things Lali O teaches newcomers to the sport is proper skating techniques. The skates used do not have a toe/stoppers, the donut device on the front of roller skates.

So she has to teach them how to stop their forward movement in other ways, one of which includes "grabbing the rail and hanging on for dear life." She also teaches, predictably, how best to take a tumble, jumping and a five stride.

L.V.H.R. is looking to sign on more skaters as well as sponsors.

If you would like to become a L.V.H.R Skater or a Sponsors?
For more information, e-mail to bringitonderby@aol.com

NEW THINGS FOR 2010:

1.) To establishing a nonprofit organization, Premium Gym of America.
2.) The Backyard track, complete with outdoor stadium-like lighting, is part of the plan for our home training camp 24-7 (WINTER & SUMMER).
3.) To have even more skaters and supporters with lots of games.


Our goal is to have 4 teams in the next few years to play locally and around the U.S.A. plus an all-star L.V.H.R. Girl's travel team to play other Roller Girl teams around the world and be a part of the WFTDA (Women's Flat Track Derby Association)!

The skaters interested in playing are out there - the teens wanting to play are out there - and bringing them into this sport we feel will only further legitimize the game we love so very much!




So there is MUCH to be excited about for our Las Vegas High Rollers Roller Derby!





We have two great coaches, a management team and lots of Derby play experience, and we have the desire - the desire to see derby on equal footing with all the other major sports that exist today!



BOOK THE L.V.H.R. TO SKATE ROLLER DERBY IN YOUR AREA

Are you looking for something different for your next corporate meeting, conference or office party?
Book a party at the Las Vegas High Rollers boot camp or game of your choice!
Contact Owner/Skater/Coach Lali Outhoummountry for details.

My Banked Track was Destroyed!

Oct 31, 2008
A story from Lali O

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Back in the month of July 08 we had high winds, and that is the day my roller derby track was demolished they call it a dust devil but in my eyes it was a tornado and it happened right in front of my eyes. As much as it deeply hurt me I was very thankful that everything stayed within my property, and that my children wasn't caught in the middle if this. Could you imagine a little girl playing around weighing only 50lbs. It was a shocking day for me. Now three months later and my track is almost ready for roller derby once again. I would like to thank each and every one of you who made a monetary donation as well as a helping hand. I greatly appreciate your thoughtfulness thank you very much.

Thanks, Lali O

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A painful roller derby wreck

By Ron Kantowski
Sports Columnist for Las Vegas Sun
Published Mon, Jun 16, 2008 (2 a.m.)
Updated Mon, Jun 16, 2008 (11:15 a.m.)

The vintage banked roller derby track in the back yard of Patrick and Lali Outhoummountry of Las Vegas was destroyed by a freak windstorm during the week of June 9.

Ron Kantowski on how Mother Nature gave the Outhoummountry family a cross check to the gut

NOTE: A couple years ago, Lali Outhoummountry, the captain of the San Francisco Bay Bombers, and her husband Patrick purchased the track that was used in the opening sequence of the film Charlie's Angels:Full Throttle.

It was about 4 p.m. on that windy Wednesday when the pilot of Southwest Airlines flight 2001 originating in San Diego landed the Boeing 737 in which I was riding in the manner of a bank shot in billiards. The wind was so bad he had to use three cushions on the runway to bring the big bird to a grinding halt. But he managed, and the opinion of all on board was that it was a heck of a job, even if the landing gear now resembled a Slinky.

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I'm glad IÕm not playing golf, I thought after my carry-on bag tumbled from the overhead compartment, crushing the makeshift rosary of peanut beads I had been nervously working as Otto Pilot did his stuff.

"Or roller derby."
Actually, I didnÕt think that, but it was true.

At roughly-and that's putting it mildly-the same time our plane was bouncing across the runway two weeks ago, Lali Outhoummountry, the captain of the modern-day San Francisco Bay Bombers, heard her 6-year-old daughter scream.

Lanoe Outhoummountry had been playing in the back yard, near the high-banked roller derby track, one of the few that still exist. Her mother and father, Patrick, purchased it after it was used in the opening sequence of that"CharlieÕs Angels"movie a couple of years ago.

"I ran to the back door when I heard her scream,"Lali Outhoummountry said."And out of the corner of my eye I saw something coming, this dark wind with rubbish, that was spinning, like a tornado."

The giant dust devil went right for the roller derby track. Outhoummountry said the boards started to writhe as the metal framework holding them together began to yield. The way she described it, it must have looked like that famous film clip of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Washington, known as "Galloping Gertie,"literally twisting in the wind.

One, twice, three times, she said of the track lifting and bending.
Then it just flipped over with a sickening splintering sound and died.

Then, and only then, did Mother Nature put her hands on her hips and call off the jam.

Outhoummountry said the track had been subjected to high winds before but always held up. Not this time.

"It was like watching the movie the "Twister,"she said."That track must weigh 1,500 pounds."

It still does, only now it's in piles instead of one piece.

Last year, when I was working on a story about the resurgence of roller derby, or at least a version of it played by women with outrageous costumes, tattoos and body piercings on a flat track, I learned of the Outhoummountrys, and the old-school roller derby track they had assembled in the back yard of their home in northwest Las Vegas after razing the horse stables that had been there.

The night I went out, some of the flat track girls were skating laps and having a blast. They werenÕt old enough to remember Joanie Weston and Charlie O'Connell and the stars of the original roller derby, but those are the images I had upon seeing the track for the first time.

It was the real deal.
It was almost like if I squinted my eyes just right, the Midwest Pioneers were going to show up in their satin shorts and those jerseys with the perforated piping.

And now the track looks like the aftermath of a train wreck, minus the locomotive and Fox News cameras.

Outhoummountry said she and her husband had about $25,000 invested in the track and want to rebuild it. It won't be easy on Lali's salary as a PBX operator at the Golden Nugget and Patrick's as a porter at the Bellagio, because the only revenue the track generated was whatever the skaters who used it dropped in the coffee can on their way out.

Maybe the insurance company will write the couple a check. At least I got Lali to laugh when I asked what the adjuster said when she wanted to file a claim on a roller derby track.

If they rebuild it, will they-the skaters who had grown accustomed to using it-come back? Sure. But the Outhoummountrys would love to sell the track, preferably to a hotel, which could then bring old-school roller derby back to Las Vegas. ThatÕs the dream, anyway.

But if they do rebuild, there will be a new rule:
No more match races with Mother Nature.