The B.ay A.rea D.erby Girls, or B.A.D. Girls, is an all female flat-track roller derby

Roller derby

Roller derby is a contact sport played by two teams of five members roller skating in the same direction around a track. Game play consists of a series of short matchups in which both teams designate a scoring player who scores points by lapping members of the opposing team...

 league based in the San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area

The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a populated region that surrounds the San Francisco and San Pablo estuaries in Northern California. The region encompasses metropolitan areas of San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose, along with smaller urban and rural areas...

 in Northern California

Northern California

Northern California is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The San Francisco Bay Area , and Sacramento as well as its metropolitan area are the main population centers...

. B.A.D. Girls was founded in 2004 and is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association

Women's Flat Track Derby Association

The Women's Flat Track Derby Association is an association of women's flat track roller derby leagues in the United States. The organization was founded in April 2004 as the United Leagues Coalition but was renamed in November 2005. It is registered in Raleigh, North Carolina as a 501 business...

 (WFTDA). B.A.D. Girls is a skater owned and operated 501 (c)(3) non-profit league. The league is composed of 4 member teams for intra-league play, and an all-star travel team that competes with other leagues. B.A.D. Girls has earned a bid to the WFTDA National Championships three times, competed in the WFTDA Western Regional Tournament

WFTDA Western Regional Tournament

The WFTDA Western Regional Tournament or WFTDA West Region Playoffs is one of four roller derby qualifying tournaments for the WFTDA Championships....

every single year since its inception and have ranked as high as #3 in WFTDA’s Western Region.

Teams

The league is composed of four local teams. A fifth travel team, the Golden Girls, exists with membership drawn from the other four.

The local teams are

• Berkeley Resistance
• Oakland Outlaws
• Richmond Wrecking Belles
• San Francisco ShEvil Dead

Community Involvement

B.A.D Girls provides an environment for women of all athletic abilities to be around like-minded women and push themselves to a higher athletic ability. BAD started a recreation league in 2010, Reckless Rollers, which is composed of derby skaters in training, BAD alumni and league members, and any woman who does not want to make the committment to being on the league. Other community involvement includes representing in the San Francisco PRIDE Parade with Oakland Mayor Jean Quan in 2011, skating in the Piedmont Fourth of July Parade 2010 and 2011, and participating in a breast cancer fundraiser for Beats 4 Boobs.

External links

• B.ay A.rea D.erby Girls official website