Gainesville Roller Rebels stay afloat amid pandemic
Roller Rebels anxious to start practicing again The Roller Rebels pose for a team picture.
Marilee Griffin walked into the Martin Luther King Jr. Multipurpose Center on Oct. 5, 2019, sat on the creaky, dark blue bleachers and buckled her shiny, dark red skateboard helmet.
The helmet matches everything about Griffin especially her retro red lipstick and fiery-colored hair.
She then strapped on her black-and-red-outlined knee pads and wrist guards. She slid on her rose-colored knee-high socks and her quad black skates with red laces.
On the track, she’s night and day from the nine other skaters zipping around the 88-foot, oval-shaped roller derby. Mostly because she pairs her red accessories with her grass-colored Swamp City Sirens jersey.