Orange Y BMX

We came here Saturday night for our daughter’s birthday party. I don’t think it could have gone better. The party was 7pm — 9pm and it was «under the lights» which the kids loved. They pretty much had free reign of the track and we could barely pull them off at the end of our time. It was very affordable and worth every penny. My daughter even got a trophy at the end of the party to commemorate the time which was really cool.
The highlight though was Kylen. This young man is something else. When we arrived around 6:45pm to set up, he immediately started hauling bikes and coolers out of our van and helped us set up. While the kids were riding he spent the entire time on the track attending to their needs, giving them tips, watering down the dry areas, helping the handful who crashed, etc. At the end of the night he even helped load up the van. And the whole time with a big smile on his face.
This was his fourth party of the day so it would be perfectly reasonable to expect him to be a little tired and grumpy — but no. He told me, «I really like working birthday parties because everyone’s always happy.»
We need more people like Kylen. Well done, Orange Y BMX.

My daughter races here and loves it. Great place for kids! From the sing up ladies to the announcing, its a fun time. Great to see kids keeping busy with something productive and not harmful. Orange Y is an amazing place for kids to go to stay out of trouble.
if you have stopped and checked it out, I would advise a trip in!

I came here on a race day to check out a friend’s day on the track. I have listened to the track for years, since it is right next to the dog park where I take my dogs, but this was my first visit.
The place is basic, but nice, and well managed. There is a fee to ride the track, but even on race day there was no fee to hang out in the stands. The races had men and women running in grouped heats from 5 year olds to 40 year olds. The track is fairly short, as BMX tracks are, so a heat runs from 30 seconds to a minute or so, depending on the skill and speed of the rider. You get a few high banked turns and a few straight aways with various bumps.
On race day, the track was well staffed with support staff to head out to any crashes and tend to the riders. There is also an overhead announcer who keep the action going with abbreviated play by play on some of the races. Overall, ti was a fun day, and good for anyone who wants to check out track riding.

The old track was great for beginners and good for experts. Even though the new track design is 5 times harder the kids can still get around it. They defiantly need to get a flat area around the track like asphalt or concrete. I twist my ankles 3 times a week. The little kids crash outside the track more than on the track. STILL LOVE BMX THERE!!!

Both my husband and I raced this track when we were kids so we were obviously excited to introduce the sport to our 5 year old daughter. Orange track is very close to our home and we were very excited about making it our home track. Initially, we were happy with the track. Our daughter seemed to enjoy it and that’s pretty much all that mattered to us. We did have some concern’s though:
1. Our initial concern with the track was some local teams and parents. Apparently the track allows locals teams to stake claim to specific bleacher seats even if their not there. One day when we arrived early and sat in «their spot» we were chastised and told that we would «need to make room» even though the bleachers were setup for everyone. Some die-​hard BMX parents are so territorial which is ridiculous. It can really make the entire experience negative when the parents tend to act like the children!
2. Our second concern was the surrounding area around the track. It’s surrounded by tons of broken up gravel which makes it difficult to walk and I’m sure ride on when going to and from the gate. I’ve tripped on it myself a few times. It’s almost as if a large concrete area was broken up and never hauled away just sprinkled around the outside of the track for some reason.
3. Finally, recently the entire track was redesigned. We were very excited to see what they were going to do but upon arriving to see the redesign and have our daughter practice and race, we were shocked to see that almost the entire track had been turned into nothing but jumps and rhythm sections! Where there was once open riding space there are now 6 packs and 12 packs, steep jumps, and table tops, it’s definitely not suited for the amateurs or younger riders. After some time practicing we realized that it was just not suited for her at all and were ultimately concerned for her safety so we pulled her from that night’s race.
We’re so disappointed that our local track has now become a place that we don’t want to visit. We’ve already moved our BMX night to another track even though it’s quite a drive. Our only hope is that the owner listens to the riders and parents and takes their suggestions and concerns into consideration and modifies what he has done so that we can once again enjoy it.