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Roller Derby, Australia's fastest-growing team sport

Mothers, wives and professional women all over Australia have discovered a way to unleash their inner beasts – a hard-hitting, rough-and-tumble sport called roller derby. There's something powerful brewing in our cities, in suburbia and our country towns. Day by day it grows stronger and its rhythm picks up speed, feeding out into the wider community and luring unsuspecting victims into its fold. It targets outcasts, lost souls, the lonely and those simply seeking a new purpose: they are attracted to this cultural phenomenon like strays making their way home. The force is roller derby. And, with more than 70 new Australian 'flat-track' leagues created in just five years, it's one of the nation's fastest-growing sports. The game is just as it's hyped to be - fierce, fast and fiery - but it's also surprisingly tactical and requires a high level of fitness and finely honed skills. It's also played predominantly by women. In Queensland, the Brisbane City Rollers (BCR), whom Dean and I have travelled to Ipswich to meet, is one of only a few leagues with both male and female teams. As we'd entered the Ipswich Showground's deserted parking lot, about 45km west of Brisbane, earlier today, there was scarcely a sign of the sport that is running rampant in Queensland; since 2007, when the state's first league, the Sun State Roller Girls, was established, more than 20 others have set down their roots and recruited members, players and volunteers. Deeply ingrained in the foundations of roller derby are the concepts of escapism and reinvention. From as early as the 1930s, when promoter Leo Selzter first held endurance 'roller races' in Chicago, USA, skaters created characters to roll out on the track. This tradition continued as Leo, working with author Damon Runyon, moulded the game into a contact sport, after noticing spectators hit fever pitch when skaters collided. Derby's popularity skyrocketed in the USA in the '40s and '50s, drawing huge crowds who revelled in the performances of the aggressive, loud-mouthed female players, dressed in outlandish uniforms inspired by the rockabilly scene. Throughout the '70s and early '80s, banked-track (sloped) leagues toured the country until it became too costly and the sport died out from lack of funds. Derby was revived in Austin, Texas, in 2001 with the creation of the TXRD Lonestar Rollergirls, and is now played in more than 35 countries around the world. Today, as flat-track leagues continue to crop up around Australia, roller derby is less of a circus, and is blossoming into a serious sport. But remnants of the spectacle and rockabilly aesthetic linger: new league members create a fierce derby name and a number, and log them with an international register. And, before stepping onto the track, most players still shed their everyday skins - their professional and personal personas - and slip into a pair of fishnets, or the like. Australian Geographic brings you the very best about Australia's wildlife, culture, people and places - it's in our nature. Subscribe to the AusGeo YouTube channel for regular videos showcasing the people, places and wildlife that make Australia so great! https://ausgeo.co/YTsub Head to our website for even more Australian stories... https://www.australiangeographic.com.au Follow us on socials... Facebook |   / ausgeo   Twitter |   / ausgeo   Instagram |   / australiangeographic   TikTok |   / ausgeo   Join the conversation: #ausgeo Get the mag | https://ausgeo.co/AGmag