The OC Roller Girls kicked off their 2011 flat track season at the Rinks in Huntington Beach with close to 1,000 fans turning out to cheer on the Psycho Ex-girlfriends and the Slice Girls of OC. Sk… ...

A troop of Girl Scouts took over the rink to learn and earn badges! The girls were from Vandalia Presbyterian and Rehobeth Methodist churches. They earned badges for various aspects of roller skating.

In school, she’s Eleanor, but on the track she’s “Marian the Barbarian.” See how the slam-bam roller skating sport is teaching girls as young as 8 important lessons about empowerment.