Thanks, LW for the mention of Dirty Britches. She had the foulest mouth and biggest swinging dick of any derby girl I've met. I literally cannot describe some of the nasty things I've seen her do, at after parties and just socially. Loads of fun. She got married and has a kid now -- as straight laced a mom as you can imagine. Kind of amazing.
KCRW has their after parties at Duke's on Grand (where Willie's used to be). The next bout is April 6. Come on by. You can always stumble over to Temptations after you are done dancing with derby girls.
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There's a banked track league that's trying to get off the ground.
Originally Posted by KCJF1
As LW says, running a banked track is a pain in the butt. Unless you have a permanent space for it -- meaning paying rent even when you don't have any bouts coming in -- then you are constantly setting it up and tearing it down. It barely fits into a space that a flat track is designed for, and unless you have even more room for risers there's nowhere for the spectators to see the action.
That said, Kansas City has invited some of the best skaters in the country (aka "Team Bionic") to come and skate banked track against the regional all-stars this summer. There may even be a co-ed bout. It should be awesome.