About Us
MEDUSA TEAM CIRCA 2022. PICTURED LEFT TO RIGHT: RUGRAT, BUFFY, GLITTER & HANK, SYDNEY, RITZ.
Medusa Skates was born out of Glitterotica “Glitter’s” love of roller skating and the skate community. In 2011, seeing that Austin had no local roller skate shops, Glitter began selling skates to derby players from her garage. The next year the storefront opened, and Medusa Skates was born!
FIRST SHOP IN GLITTER'S GARAGE
EARLY DAYS AT MEDUSA
OLD STOREFRONT ON HYRIDGE DR.
Since then it has grown into a vibrant skate shop with roller skates, protective gear, and tons of fun socks and accessories. We celebrated our 10 year anniversary in 2022! In August 2023 Medusa moved to our current home at 6005 Burnet Rd. We are so fortunate to have support from Texans, visitors from around the world, and online customers who have supported our shop! Medusa Skates is a true passion for Glitter and her Medusa Skates team.
10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
MEET THE MEDUSA TEAM
Glitter, Owner (She/Her)
Glitter was a roller derby player from 2006-2016 for Texas Roller Derby (TXRD), Austin’s banked track roller derby league. She played for the Hellcats and also skated with the home team, The All-Scar Army. When she’s not obsessing over her vegetable garden, she’s busy teaching her toddler, Hank, how to skate.
Rae, Skate Wizard (She/Her)
Rae played hockey as a kid and took up quad skating in 2019. She mainly hits local skate parks and backyard ramps, with the occasional street sesh. She competed in the Spring 2022 Quad Cup in Santa Ana, CA, and the Quads of Glory competition in Portland, OR in 2023. Rae joined the Medusa team in 2023, where she handles much of the social media and web maintenance, as well as various requests from customers. Outside of skating she enjoys making art and pranking her friends.
Ritz, Skate Maker & Problem Solver (He/Him)
Ritz is our wonderful skate creator. He makes custom shoe skates and all our custom roller skates. He is a retired City of Austin police officer. In his retirement, he does just about everything– bee keeping, gardening, wood working, yoga, riding motorcycles and of course, making and fixing skates!
HALL OF FAME
Lilly The Kid
Rugrat
Buffy
Dexter