Oaks Park Skating Club
One of America's largest and most successful roller skating clubs, Oaks Park Skating Club, is proud to support and foster Artistic Roller Skating & Short Track Speed Roller Sports in the Portland, OR area.
Club Policies
Great skaters come from great leadership and a great framework for training and competition.
Our club rules and policies are maintained on an ongoing basis by our elected club officials with the goal of dynamic leadership helping to ensure that all of our skaters are able to enjoy the sport to its fullest and to skate every day at their best.
USARS Membership
USARS membership is required to participate in club practices. Both limited and full memberships are accepted for skaters. Coaches must purchase a Coach membership. Adults 18+ must complete SafeSport training.
Upcoming Events
- Designs Needed
Designs are January 15, 2025. Designs may be submitted to marywarren@cascadeaccess.com or drop them in the dues box.- Regional Tee Shirt Design
The design should include:- Oaks Park, Portland, OR
- Year - 2025
- Northwest Regional Roller Figure Skating Championships (Northwest may be abbreviated to NW) li>The winning designer will win a free regional tee!
- Club Costume Design
Calling all fashion designers! In response to the interest of several club members in a club uniform or official practice dress, we are seeking refreshed and revised designs for a new era. Some skaters like to wear a club uniform as an official practice outfit for competitions, for test centers, skating demonstrations, or to show club pride! We are looking for feminine, masculine, and gender-neutral designs. Note that wearing or purchasing a club uniform or club skating dress is entirely optional. Several things to consider:- Club colors: black, green and gold.
- Options that suit our multi-generation club.
- Creative and inclusive for all skaters.
- Ease of construction and ability to obtain fabric/materials
- Regional Tee Shirt Design
- Club Holiday Party
Oaks Park Roller Rink • December 12, 2024 • 5-7 PM
Celebrate the season as we skate to a mix of pop and organ music, participate in speed races, and do the Grand March, the Cupid Shuffle, and Move Up Couples. Santa will visit to spread cheer to kids 12 and under (parents provide a wrapped gift, value $20 or less). Please bring a new, unwrapped gift for the KGW Toy Drive and an appetizer or dessert to share.
- Artistic Test Center
Oaks Park Roller Rink • January 28, 2025 • 5-7 PM
See your coach to get signed up.
- NW Regional Artistic Championships
Oaks Park Roller Rink • June 14-16, 2025
Training
Visit the club calendar for current practice availability.
Team App
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USARS Website
Learn more about the sport of roller skating by visiting our National organization's website.
2024-2025 OPSC Board & Officers
Wendie Steiner
Club President
Wendy is a long-time Sellwood resident and has been skating competitively for three years. She skates alongside her daughter, duet partner, and show team member, Maizy. Wendy is a dedicated team member and a strong advocate for all abilities.
Larry Lawson
Figure Club Vice President
Larry has been on skates since 1964 when he began his skating career here at Oaks Park, which was near his family home in the Sellwood neighborhood. He started lessons, tests, and competitions in 1989 at Pattisons' North Rink in Spokane, WA, where, when he was in the Air Force, stationed at Fairchild AFB. After moving back to Portland that same year, he skated for "The Oaks" until 1996, when he retired to raise his youngest daughter. He returned to skating in 2019.
Donald Thomas
Speed Club Vice President
DonE is an integral part of the Oaks Park community. He participates in art and speed skating and works for Oaks Park in various departments, including the Rink, Rides, and Events. In 2024, he won medals in both the speed and artistic disciplines at the USARS National Championships. He enjoys individual skating but also excels in group and team skating.
Pam Murray-McGraw
Club Secretary/Treasurer
Pam started her skating career at the tender age of two, having family members who were head pros. Skating was in her genes! She enjoyed a fun skating career until the age of twenty-one, when grad school and life, in general, got in the way. Forty-eight years later, bored with retirement and missing skating, Pam laced up her skates once again and rediscovered her love of the sport that keeps her young physically, mentally, and emotionally.
Rachel Kimbrow
Booster Club President
Rachel Kimbrow has been a club member since 2021. She started her artistic skating journey at Oaks Park during the pandemic after supporting her daughters in a club de patinaje artistico when her family lived in Paraguay for several years. She still supports her daughters, who are competing club members, and as a cheerleader of this beautiful sport, she encourages anyone interested to put some skates on and try it!
Karen Estep
Booster Club Vice President
Karen Estep started skating at six with a pair of Sears Roebuck roller skates her dad bought her. These skates were well-worn up and down her hometown street with a stopwatch always on to ensure the last speed time was beaten. Karen then went on to skate at Redwood Roller Rink under the guidance of rink owner Jim Pollard. After skating through her teen years and taking a fourty year break, Karen returned to skating in 2021. Karen competes regionally and nationally and has earned her RSA test center judging credential and her C Commission USARS judging title.
Mary Warren
Booster Club
Secretary/Treasurer
Mary began her long association with Oaks Park Skating Club when her children, Jamie and Jeff, and her husband, Dave, were competitive skaters for the club. Mary has served the Oaks Park Skating Club for many years and is a critical player in ensuring the continued success and enjoyment of this sport for our skaters.
Amy Hamblin
Club Advisor
Originally from New Jersey, Amy began her skating career at 11. She has competed in figures, loops, dance, and free skating disciplines. Amy has been a member of the Oaks coaching staff since 2001. Amy has coached a variety of skaters on the local, national, and international levels. She takes joy in watching her students progress and learn new skills. Her fondest skating memories are sharing the sport with her three boys and extended family. She has served on the Oaks Skating Club board since 2021, acting as the liaison between OPA and the club.
Susan Richardson
Head Coach
Susie has been involved in skating at Oaks Park for over 50 years, and she has won many regional and national championships to her credit. She teaches the longest-running skate class in Oaks Park history.
Beki Safar
Rink Manager
Originally from Sunnyvale, CA, Beki began roller skating in the 1970's and Ice skating as well. She played Ice Hockey in the 1990's for the NCWHL Black Widows and spent time in the early 90's creating Sharks in the Park an Inline Roller Hockey program with the San Jose Sharks ad Rollerblade Brand. Beki joined the Oaks Park staff in 2003 as a DJ and quickly worked up to the rinks program director and assistant rink manager in 2004 manager. Beki brought the Rose City Roller to Oaks Park offering them the Hangar as a place to begin and grow. She coached Portland's Gun's and Rollers, as well ae the travel teams, Axles Of Antihalation and Wheels of Justice on the local, national, and international levels. She takes joy in watching people improve their skills, making skating memories. Beki serves as the founder and Chair of the Rose City Skate Jam(RCSJ) She has served on the Oaks Skating Club board since 2022, acting as the rink representative OPA and the club.
Emily MacKay
Communications Officer
In addition to her employment at Oaks Park as the Marketing and Events Director, Emily enjoyed a successful 30-year skating career, winning the National Championships multiple times in figures, solo dance, and team dance. She shares club membership with seven of her family members.