Roller skating has had a resurgence after 2020's lockdowns, shutdowns and months of isolation.
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Luckily for the Wimmera, there is Warracknabeal's Wheat City Derby which is open for all to get involved.
Looking to rebrand as Wimmera Roller Derby, the club is about to start skate fit classes to gage interest in the area.
Derby team member, Prue "Hurtie Beetle" Cook said skating is good for fitness, fun and friendship.
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"We'd love to build up the network, not just for derby, but people who want to be a part of the roller skating community," she said.
"We'll be starting off with the Skate Fit program. It's just learning to skate"
Derby games will hopefully be something for later down the line, depending on interest.
"The competitive skaters want to get back into some derby training," Ms Cook said.
Skating can be a whole body workout, it's a leg workout and also good for core strength and flexibility.
"From a health perspective it's amazing," Ms Cook said.
"From a derby perspective, it's a really strategic sport, and such a strong team sport. From using your brain and working collaboratively with people.
"And the other thing derby is an incredibly inclusive sport. It's very LGBTQ+ inclusive and what I love about it, it's a sport for many people who might not fit in traditional team sports or an athletic background, they can come in and play and be really good.
"Women who might not have traditionally athletic bodies can play roller derby and play it really well too. All body types have advantages and disadvantages in roller derby.
"It's a great sport for people who feel they may not fit with other sports in the area.
"Anyone can get involved, provided they don't mind having wheels on their feet."
If taking a hit or throwing one in roller derby isn't your speed, there are umpire roles and even non-skating roles.
"There is plenty of opportunity in roller derby if you don't want to play it yourself," Ms Cook said.
In 2020, roller derby was shut down, Ms Cook said because it's a contact and indoor sport, tournaments were stopped .
"It was a fairly obvious casualty of COVID," she said.
"It's been really encouraging that a lot of leagues around the state are running similar learn to skate programs and there is such a high level of interest.
"Now that some training is starting up people are looking to get involved.
"Last year was very low but hopefully people who want to try something different and meet some new people can come and see what we do."
Skates and protective gear can be rented via the club including the quad skates, knee pads, elbow pads, wrist guards and helmets. If you have your own skates, they must be roller skates and not inline skates.
Hopefully with enough interest, some roller skating groups will develop further around the Wimmera.
Ms Cook said the best thing about roller derby and skating has been building the resistance to take a hit, take a fall and get back up, physically and figuratively.
"Roller derby is a sport people come to watch for the falls, falls are something that have always been synonymous with failure but with roller derby you are constantly falling," she said.
"I like to say if I'm not falling, I'm not trying hard enough. It's made me a braver person outside the sport itself.
"Being able to take hits and being able to get up, that skill I have learnt on the track has translated to my outside life. I'm a more resilient person all round."
Last Sunday saw plenty of people of all abilities trying out their skating skills.
Skate fit classes start on Sunday, February 15 at the Warracknabeal Leisure Centre from 3.30pm.
Roller skating with the Warracknabeal Wheat City Derby League sounds intimidating but if you want to sit the whole time, or hug the wall for an hour or crash land, there will be plenty of support.
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