The Santa Cruz Derby Girls junior derby program, the Groms, was started in 2009 as a boot camp that quickly grew into a league within a league. Now at 42 skating girls, ranging in age from 10 to 17, it's one of the most established junior derby programs in Northern California. Skaters are divided into 2 travel teams, the GromShells, a full contact team, and the Saltwater Sassies, a positional team, which travel as close as San Jose, and as far away as Washington state to battle it out with other junior derby teams. Skaters are also placed on home teams, the Sugar Skulls and the Bumper Scars, which entertain the home crowd at Derby Girl Stadium with exciting pre-game, or half-time games, for the adult bouts. Tryouts for the Groms are generally held once a year in January. For more information please contact us at
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or visit the Santa Cruz Derby Groms Facebook Page.
Check out the Bumper Scars and the Sugar Skulls and meet the players.
