Jay Miron Archives – BMX UNION

Ten Pack “Evolution” – Full Video (2004)

July 30, 2021

Snakebite are always uploading the good stuff! Here’s a throwback from 2004 for your viewing pleasure. Check out the full “Evolution” DVD from Ten Pack Distribution up in Canada. This video features a ton of legends like Jay Miron, Dave Osato, Dom Mach and more crushing it on ramps, street spots and more. Hit play because this is a damn good watch!

“Featuring Ben Mcpherson, Dan Rigby, Dave Osato, Dom Mach, Dustin Guenther, Greg Nicholson, Jamie Mcintosh, Jarrod Creally, Jay Miron, John Heaton, Karl Engstrom, Matt Beyers, Max Vincent, Rob Parsons, Stephane Royer, & Travis Collier.” – Snakebite

Jay Miron – Ten Pack “Evolution” Part (2004)

July 15, 2021

Snakebite coming through with another classic gem for your viewing pleasure! Check out Jay Miron‘s section from the Ten Pack Distribution “Evolution” video that came out back in 2004! Ramp and street destruction from the Canadian Beast! There’s even a little trails action mixed in there. You already know you have to hit play on this one.

“Macneil Video” – Full Video (2004)

August 9, 2020

Over the past few months Snakebite have been uploading the sections from the “Macneil Video” that was originally released back in 2004. This video is from when the Macneil team was absolutely STACKED. This video runs 33 minutes and features full sections from Jay Miron, Ruben Alcantara, Dom Mach, Dave Friemuth, Nick Halsey, John Heaton and Alistair Whitton. The video also features Andy Kent, Lee Mellor, NG Chee Kong, Benny Korthous, Robin Fenlon, Bibi, Shoe-G and Axel Jurgen in the worldwide mix. Needless to say, this video might be 16 years old but it is still amazing. Hit play and enjoy!

Schwinn “American Muscle” Behind the Scenes (1996)

June 25, 2020

What were you doing in 1996? Since I have a feeling a good number of people checking this out may not have existed yet, or were super young at the time, it wouldn’t be a complete surprise that they weren’t watching the Schwinn “American Muscle” video that coincidentally featured a few of BMX’s legends that you might be familiar with. The crew at Snakebite BMX uploaded 13 minutes of raw behind the scenes footage filmed during a mini ramp session. Back with full face helmets, front and back brakes were the norm. Plenty of gold packed into this one, so hit play and take it all in!

“While filming for the infamous Schwinn video Osato & Miron decided to drive south of the border and ride my friend Andrews ramps. Andrew had his camera that day and filmed the session. Featuring Dave Osato, Jay Miron, Andrew Ryser, Ben Marin, Rich Hirsch, Jason Enns, & Nathan Penonzek.
At the end there are a few clips at Jarek’s ramp it that was not in the same town.” – Snakebite BMX

Jay Miron: The Next Chapter – World of X Games

June 15, 2020

The X Games coming through with an awesome new video where they catch up with Jay Miron to get his story of what he’s been up to since he retired from BMX. This covers his start to the peak of his career, to a look at his new career as a furniture builder! This has a TON of great riding footage, and it’s pretty amazing to see the work he’s doing these days! So stoked on this.

“In 1995, Canadian BMX rider Jay Miron won the first X Games gold medal in BMX, for BMX Dirt. He beat out the top dirt riders of the time, in a class he typically didn’t enter at competitions.

How? He’s Jay Miron, one of the best all-around BMX bike riders in the world, still to this day. He never took one discipline and ran with it. He did it all.

Miron first arrived on the international BMX scene from Thunder Bay, Ontario in the late 1980s, riding BMX Vert at the 2-Hip King of Vert competitions. Quickly, he emerged as a progressive, unstoppable and innovative bike rider on all terrains, from flatland to vert to park to dirt. As the 1990s approached, Miron joined up with GT Bicycles and then Hoffman Bikes, moving to the U.S. and competing in a very small but prestigious pro class that included riders such as Mat Hoffman and Dave Mirra.

By the time the X Games arrived, Miron was broadening his horizons and picked up a new sponsorship from an established bike company re-entering BMX. Schwinn Bicycles took his input on their BMX line and allowed him to travel the world without worrying about sleeping on the floor. Instead of taking the check and cashing out, Miron doubled down on the Canadian BMX scene that birthed him. He started his own distribution company to import brands to Canada. He started a Canadian BMX magazine to spotlight riders in Canada. And he eventually started his own BMX company to do things his own way.

Along the way, Miron’s riding continued to evolve in ways no one thought possible. He released groundbreaking video parts, toured the world and employed some of the most progressive riders of the era on his MacNeil bikes team.

Then, in 2009, Jay Miron retired from his BMX companies and BMX riding. He had discovered a new passion and much like BMX before it, he put everything he had into that pursuit. This is the story of Jay Miron.” – X Games

Jay Miron “Macneil Video” Section (2004)

May 22, 2020

Here’s one we’ve been waiting for! Snakebite finally uploaded Jay Miron‘s sectio from the “Macneil Video” that was released back in 2004! This is a good reminder of just why Jay is known as the Canadian Beast as he absolutely crushes skateparks, street spots, trails and really anything in his way! This is just short of 5 minutes of pure hammers, so get on that play button and take this all in. Even 16 years later the riding in this is amazing. We need more of this style of riding again!

“Mad Matt” – Full Video (1995)

February 29, 2020

Mat Hoffman has dropped a classic online in full for your viewing pleasure! Check out the full Hoffman Bikes Mad Matt video from 1995! It’s pretty wild to think this video came out 25 years ago! Hit play to check out just shy of 40 minutes of pure goodness filmd and edited by Mark Eaton. This has footage from the weed whacker bike, Hoffman Bikes shows at fairs, the Ninja Ramp, different contests, the old Hoffman Park and more. Riding from Mat, Jay Miron, Day Smith, James Smith, Taj Mihelich, Rick Thorne, Rob Sigaty, Dave Brumlow and more! Get on that play button and take this classic in

“So I never digitized MaddMatt. I only released it on VHS. So it has kind of been a lost tape, and it documented such a great era. Mad Matt 1995. This will flash you back to the mid 90s. I made this video with the Great Mark Eaton, and some of the raddest of the rad that helped build my dream. We worked and played hard. DIY to the core.
I called it Madd Matt because I felt we were fighting to survive and we were making a new world, and for some reason that made me think of Mad Max?
Anyway, thanks for digitizing this for me Kenny Horton and check out his new film.” – Mat Hoffman

Taj’s Amazing Moments in Bicycle History Episode 1 – Jay Miron: A Story of Willpower

December 21, 2019

Whenver you see Taj Miheliich and Jay Miron‘s name pop up in the same title, especially these days, you know you’re in for a treat! Here’s a new video series Taj is starting where he tells some stories with his illustrations called Amazing Moments In Bicycle History. This first one is a story about a time when Jay Miron made an attempt to do a trick for Taj on vert and was fully committed. Ultimately the trick ended in disaster, but that was beside the point! Hit play to watch and listen to Taj’s story about the Canadian Beast!

“I have been blessed to ride with a number of the world’s most amazing bike riders. They tend to have very different takes on riding and what they are trying to accomplish. One thing they seem to have in common is a drive to test their resolve. Their skills have reached such a high level that I think the real challenge for them is being able to follow through with what their mind knows they are capable of. Their ability to clear their minds of fear and self-doubt allow them to consistently perform at a level the rest of us might only touch once in a blue moon. It isn’t just some gift they are born with, they work for it, and they work hard. When there’s something they want to do and the voice inside tells them that they can (probably) do it, they focus everything on making it happen. The legendary Jay Miron stand’s 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.” – Taj Mihelich