This particular bike looks like a great representation of midschool bmx. This was at a small vert contest at bc place in vancouver. This june were releasing a new line of 26 inch cruiser bikes that are comfortable and easy to ride but super light and responsive like a bmx. To make matters further intriguing, macneil not only reintroduced their 26. Tough part is to get the right amount of footage from every rider to finish the video. I remember wanting a macneil so bad because their team and everything was awesome. At one point he developed and manufactured his own line called macneil bikes. Bike nerds like myself might remember that none other than bmx legend jay miron used to rock a version of this before he decided to hang up his riding shoes and 540 tailwhips.
Traveling, and riding all the craziest spots with him was an experience ill. Up next props millennium best of 1999 full video duration. Meet jay miron of jay miron furniture, exclusively at switzercultcreative. The 1992 bmx classic, featuring vic murphy, dave mirra, mat hoffman, bob kohl, dennis mccoy, dave voelker, chase gouin, jay miron, chad herrington, tim fuzzy hall, pete agustin, eddie roman and a whole lotta other bmx legends. This entry was posted in video and tagged bs contest, canadian beast, chasing the view off the cliff, hoffman bikes, jay miron, macneil bikes. Meet jay miron of jay miron furniture, exclusively at. This build project brought to you by the folks at 514 bmx with parliament frame, fork and macneil parts. Even with the flooding of dymo, jay lovelace and crew made the jam happen, much. With so many talented riders on board it is hard to make a dvd fail. Autoplay when autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically play next. Shot on the hi fidelity sony video 8 handycam ccdf35.
Its a mid school classic, every rider kicked ass, but jay miron s part is magical. Over the years jay miron has traveled all over the world and met lots of killer riders. Yes, he flipped, rolled down the transition, across the flat, and turned around. A few highlights include macneil taking first, second, and third in street ali. Unfinished statue of a standing man detroit institute of arts museum. Jay miron in an old macneil video where he done a wallride to pegs, i remember that blew my mind back in the day. Miri stebivka, miron sima, miroslawa bernat, mirza riza tabrizi, misch kohn, mischa petrow.
Darcy from macneil bikes is a rad dude and hooked us up with a 26. Max parrot wins monster energy mens snowboard slopestyle. Yesterday, he was spotted by pro skateboarder rick mccrank. Needless to say i have been a jay miron fan for years, and just having a conversation with him at interbike last year was one of the top things i did while in las vegas. To make sure we get a great video were flying in ten macneil team riders. Signing ruben to the team was a big decision for us.
He was such a good rider but he was also used to riding for big companies like huffy and mongoose and held out for a lot of money. I knew almost from the beginning that i wanted to be a pro rider. Jay lawrence mcneil miron born october 3, 1970 in thunder bay, ontario is a canadian retired bmx athlete and former owner of macneil bikes. Im willing to bet that chain tensioner is a 10 pack welded by dave osato. Huguet, jaune quicktosee smith, javanese, jay boorsma, jay dusard, jay musler, jay robinson. In the raw jay mirons first public 540 tail whip 1998.
Jay miron the first bmx double backflip beyond extreme. Biography and booking information for jay miron, jay the canadian beast miron was born october 3, 1970 in coquitlam, british columbia contact all american speakers bureau to inquire about speaking fees and availability, and book the best keynote speaker for your next event. The riders in order of appearance are dave osato, dustin. Canadian bmx legend jay miron spotted by pro skateboarder. Hes been on top of the game since the early 90s, and hes had a huge impact on the sport with his riding 540tailwhips, 360doublewhips, etc. And i wonder how different the torque flight is from the canadian beast, and how different that is from the firs macneil miron. Some of my machines are new, but most of them are oldies that were purchased second hand. Jay miron 2010 athlete inductee, northwestern ontario sports.
You cannot go wrong with a little canadian beast to start your day. His last video part in the macneil dvd is a testament to why we need more of the canadian beasts riding today. Snakebite bmx went through the old velvet taxi video and took all of the jay miron footage and packed it into one dialed video filled with big floating 540s, lofty backflips, girls in bikinis and more. I asked you on instagram if you would like to see videos like this and there seemed to be positive feedback so here is my first go at. Theyve all developed quirks and personalities of their own over the years but learning to work with them is part of the fun. Sold macneil bikes in 2010 and dropped out of site. January 2001, ruben alcantara has left mongoose to ride for jay miron s company, macneil bikes. I just stumbled apon the story of the jay miron prototype this year. Miron has competed in several xgames competitions since 1995, compiling 9 medals, including the first ever xgames gold medal for bike dirt. Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available. The legendary jay miron stands above the rest at this skill and so this silly cartoon is intended to be a tribute to his determination and something we can all hopefully find inspiration in.
The brokeback cowboy heath ledger died yesterday at the age of 28 of an apparent sleeping pill overdose. Front brake tricks with eben fischer, posted with vodpod. The original version did not have name titles, this version has many of. The frame still hangs in my garage to this day, i dont plan on getting rid of it either. Canadian bmx legend jay miron moved on from bmx almost four years ago. Wish more of those kind of deals and bikes came up more often in my neck of the woods. Had a macneil whitton 08 frame, and i had it for a year, bought it used, never really did tricks on it but my friends liked to ride it off roofs and shit, in 2010 i took a break from biking and spent 3 days trying to break the frame for the fun of it because i thought it would, dropped it from 10ft, no break, 20ft no break, gave up there because my mind kicked in and i noticed it was stupid. Miron left the sport of bmx in 2010 as one of the legends of the sport. Jay lawrence mcneil miron is a canadian retired bmx athlete and former owner of macneil bikes. On a personal note, garys one of the best people ive ever met in this sport. In june of 2010, legendary bmx vert, park, street and flatland rider jay miron seemingly walked away from all things related to bmx in his life hailing from thunder bay, ontario, miron emerged in the late 80s and turned heads doing boomerang airs on vert. Jay miron s signature bike holds some cool factor too.
Living the dream i started riding in the summer of 1982, and instantly fell in love with it. Macneil was started by jay miron after leaving schwinn with darcy from basic bikes. Jay miron interview bmx union the latest bmx videos. In case you missed the big news this weekend, jay miron has sold macneil bikes and ten pack distribution to his business partners, darcy saccucci and jamie macintosh. Id use this epic wealth of downloaded bmx video songs as leverage to. Jay miron pulled a perfect backflip fakie on vert in practice. In addition, miron is credited with inventing more than 30 tricks, including the double back flip and the 540. Thats the worst thing about jay leaving macneil, ive been pushed to the foreground. Hobie doan throws it down in the streets of eugene or. It was late 1998, and a crew of us portland guys decided to make the drive up. Miron has competed in several xgames competitions since. Jay lawrence mcneil miron born october 3, 1970, in thunder bay, ontario is a canadian retired bmx athlete and former owner of macneil bikes. Jay s nickname, the canadian beast, was a good reflection of his raw, ballsout, wellrounded approach to hitting everything he could get his wheels on, and that was pretty much anything.
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