PUMPTRACK PARADISE

PUMPTRACK PARADISE

An Overview of Some of World’s Most
Innovative and Unusual Pumptracks

Here at Concrete Wave we have made it abundantly clear that we want to pave the world and put pumptracks everywhere. The best way to do this is to inspire you to ensure that the next skatepark in your town also includes a pumptrack.

BALZERS, LIECHTENSTEIN

The Velosolutions pumptrack at the foot of the medieval Gutenberg Castle is located right at the heart of the village of Balzers in the principality of Liechtenstein. The inclusion of a skate bowl at the pumptrack brings together two sports and with it two cultures. The facility has been cleverly designed to blend in with its surrounding landscape, enabling it to sit comfortably in its sensitive location.This is a truly unique infrastructure at a very special place.

KANAB, UTAH

In our Spring, 2017 issue we featured this park as it was nearing completion. As you can see, the has been asphalt seamlessly fused with the concrete along with the grass. This is the first skatepark/pumptrack hybrid in the USA and we strongly encourage all communities to build these kinds of structures. You really do get the best of both worlds.

EVANSBURG, ALBERTA

The scenic, calm and laid-back area is adorned with Velosolutions asphalt pumptracks, and they confirm the phenomenon that has been observed worldwide. No matter how small the town is, the asphalt pumptracks are flooded by kids. They don’t want to stop riding and they don’t want to leave.

GRENCHEN, SWITZERLAND

Grenchen is home to a full asphalt BMX training track with an Olympic-sized start tower and an asphalt pumptrack. The pumptracks includes jumps for beginners as well as a training area for sprint. The entire facility covers a surface of over 86,000 square feet. More than 54,000 square feet of gravel and 500 tons of asphalt were shaped up within eight weeks to become one of the biggest tracks of its kind. Since there was no access for trucks to drive the start tower to its place, it was flown in by a Super Puma helicopter.

A special thanks to Michael Brooke at Concrete Wave Magazine

The Velosolutions Asphalt Pumptrack at the foot of the mediaeval Gutenberg Castle is located right at the heart of the village of Balzers in the Principality of Liechtenstein. In combination with a skate bowl the pump track brings together two sports and with it two cultures. The facility has been cleverly designed to blend in with its surrounding landscape, enabling it to sit comfortably in its sensitive location. A unique infrastructure at a very special place.