Roller Derby came to an abrupt halt during the pandemic but interest has been rising. Also rising? Extreme heat. It's turned into a health risk for local skaters who rely on the city's outdoor practice space.
Roller Derby came to an abrupt halt during the pandemic but interest has been steadily rising. Also rising? Extreme heat in Austin. It's turned into a health risk for local skaters, who heavily rely on the city's outdoor practice space at"I don't want to complain because we're the only city I know of that provides a public Roller Derby track for practice year-round," said, skater for the Texas Rollergirls.
That's included triple-digit heat most days this season, with ground temperatures on the concrete track even hotter."It's hotter this year than it ever has been and I would say it's just going to keep getting hotter," said, skater and vice president of Austin Anarchy.
Scarpello said that while PARD has provided her with good information, there's been no commitment to fund a shade structure. McLaren said the cost would be somewhere between $130,000 and $160,000, based on a quote skaters got from a local metalworking agency."Generally speaking the response I get is, 'We're not interested in spending money on that, but here's all the information you need to reach out to the people who give the best grants.
Skaters used to have reliable indoor spaces to use on the hottest days of the year. But rising property values have priced them out."This year we lost a lot of those indoor spaces that we used to call home because everything's gotten more expensive," Scarpello said. That leaves Bartholomew as one of the only options for the hundreds of local skaters needing to practice."So we're kind of in this position now where we have nothing," Scarpello said.
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