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Many marvel at the fact that you don’t even have to pedal to make it around the track. In fact, it defies logic as well as the name—the pump track.
“They just keep going and never stop,” said Tim Whitley, Public Works Director for the city of Malakoff, Texas. “It’s not like they have to push themselves. They just cruise. I didn’t know they would pick up momentum like that.”
The 20-foot-wide U-shaped concrete pump track was recently installed as the second phase of a skatepark project. The first phase was the brainchild of Estella Lyon, a resident of the nearby town of Mabank who was looking for a way to honor her son, Jake, an avid skater who passed away at the age of 18.