BMX tracks in Castile and León

Castile and León is pump track country: 11 of the region’s 13 verified venues are pump tracks, spread across capitals and mid-sized towns. Here are bmx.es’s 13 verified venues — 11 pump tracks, 1 racing track and 1 freestyle park — in 5 of its 9 provinces: Valladolid (5), Burgos (4), León (2), Segovia (1) and Palencia (1), each linked to its own page.

Pump track, racing or freestyle: 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. It is the region’s dominant discipline 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. The directory has only one verified track in the whole region: Fuentes Blancas, in Burgos. If your child wants to race, that is currently the route, through it and its club.
• Freestyle / 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 Parquesol park in Valladolid; there is no large verified bikepark in the region yet.

The honest picture: to start out and to ride day to day, the pump tracks cover the region well; for racing or freestyle, the verified offer is one venue per discipline.

Starting from zero

Start at a pump track: no licence, no special bike, no sign-up. Valladolid is the capital with the most choice — La Covaresa, Pinar de Jalón, Arturo Eyries and Los Santos-Pilarica — and there are also Nueva Segovia, Puente Castro (León) and Buenavista (Burgos). Wear a helmet from day one — see the BMX helmets guide — and read the skatepark and track etiquette before you go. 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 mid-sized towns — Baltanás (Palencia), Arcos de la Llana (Burgos) and Villaquilambre (León) — 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.

Racing and freestyle: what there is

For BMX racing, the region’s only verified track is Fuentes Blancas, in Burgos: 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 if tricks are your thing, the directory’s reference is the Parquesol park in Valladolid.