BMX tracks in Cantabria

Cantabria is small and its venues sit close to each other: 7 pump tracks spread across the coast and the centre, the capital’s racing track and a bike park in the southern inland. Here are bmx.es’s 9 verified venues — 7 pump tracks, 1 racing track and 1 bike park — each linked to its own page.

Pump track, racing or bike park: what each one is and who it suits

• Pump track: a closed loop of rollers and berms ridden without pedalling, by “pumping” with your body. Any bike works (freestyle BMX, MTB, even a scooter), it is free and no licence is needed. With 7 of the 9 venues, it is the dominant discipline in Cantabria and the ideal way in: kids starting out, adults coming back, and anyone after pumping technique.
• BMX racing (track): a dirt track with a start gate and banked berms, the competition discipline. Cantabria has just one verified track: Santander’s. If your child wants to race, the route runs through it and its club.
• Bike park / skatepark: ramps and features for tricks and jumps, for riders who already have the basics. The only venue of this kind in the directory is the Raúl Gutiérrez skatepark and bike park, in Reinosa.

With everything so close, the usual Cantabrian pattern is a midweek session at your local pump track and Santander or Reinosa at the weekend.

Starting from zero

Start at a pump track: no licence, no special bike, no sign-up. Around Santander and Torrelavega there are Guarnizo (El Astillero), Sierrapando (Torrelavega) and Puente San Miguel (Reocín), all a few minutes from each other. Wear a helmet from day one — see the BMX helmets guide — and read the skatepark and track etiquette before you go: turns, lines and not cutting across. If you do not have a bike yet, the first BMX guide explains what to buy without overspending.

Going with kids

The pump tracks in small towns — Loredo (Ribamontán al Mar), Requejada (Polanco), Castañeda and Cartes — are quiet spots for first family sessions. Before buying the bike, read the BMX for kids guide: size goes by height, not age, and a certified helmet is mandatory from day one.

The Santander track and the Reinosa bike park

For BMX racing, Cantabria’s only verified track is the Santander BMX track: the route runs through its club, with a race bike in your category size and a federation licence. Calendar, licences and categories are on the racing hub. And for jumps and tricks, the reference is the Raúl Gutiérrez skatepark and bike park in Reinosa: they are the region’s only two venues that are not pump tracks.