r/PumpTrack

Hi everyone! I’ve been longboarding for 10+ years, though not nearly as much recently as I used to. Last year, I discovered pumptracks 🤩. This video shows a friend and me; I think it was only our 4th or 5th time there.

I'm riding a Loaded Fat Tail with Orangatang Caguama 85mm 80A wheels. Since it’s top-mounted, the deck sits quite high off the ground, but it feels great and I have no issues with wheelbite!

A few laps around the track is a great lower body workout 😅.

The only thing is, you have to be really lucky to find a moment when there aren't any unsupervised small kids on tricycles, electric scooters, or bikes on the track.

Every time I’ve been there, I’ve seen a kid get hurt. Would you ask small kids to leave, or do you just wait until they’re gone?

Up to now I’ve been riding the track sitting down, did try to stand up but I find it hard to maintain balance on the berms. How do you guys do it? It should get easier with practice but i feel like I’m not improving 😭