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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

World of X Games – Best of Scotty Cranmer

May 30, 2020

Here’s a bit of a throwback that the X Games crew cooked up filled with highlights from Scotty Cranmer over the years of his domination at the contests. This is pretty cool to look back on since it goes way back to 2003 (How has it been 17 years already?) where he accumulated 9 medals in 14 appearances. This video doesn’t even show many of the years, but this highlight reel is awesome.

This will be a walk down memory lane for some of you, and maybe a lot of this is footage you have never seen because you just started getting into BMX and you have been watching Scotty’s Youtube channel after his crash. Which means this is probably going to be really cool to see since it really shows just how good he has always been on a BMX bike.

Hit play and take it all in! Definitely a lot of memories just seeing the names in the standings and everything, and it’s interesting seeing how much the courses have changed over the years!

“Starting in 2003, New Jersey BMX prodigy Scotty Cranmer started competing in X Games BMX Park competitions. And through the years, he amassed 14 X Games competition appearances, including three bronze medals, three silver medals and three gold medals.

Scotty’s riding signaled a sea change in BMX Park riding at X Games. Before he took gold in 2006, only three other riders had ever won gold in BMX Park. Then came Scotty leading a new wave of riders that did serious battle for over a decade. It was always edge-of-your-seat competition when Scotty took to the course. From turndown frontflips to ninja walk drops over unique taco configurations on the course, Scotty did it all, with a smile on his face (after he was done competing of course…)

Here, we assembled all of Scotty’s gold medal runs from his competition years at X. Enjoy!” – X Games

X Games 2020 Minneapolis = CANCELLED

April 24, 2020

Here’s some news we had a feeling might be coming after hearing that the Vans BMX Pro Cup 2020 was CANCELLED yesterday. The X Games just sent through a short and straight to the point press release noting that X Games Minneapolis 2020 has been cancelled. The event was set to go off mid July, and with the way things are it looks like it was the right move.

This was the last year the X Games were set to be in Minneapolis, so it will be interesting to see if they extend the contract to 2021 or move on to their next host city! We’ll keep you posted once we hear more. We would assume this news will be further down the road since we’ll undoubtedly see decisions being put on hold until COVID-19 clears up.

“Due to the ongoing COVID-19 concerns, X Games Minneapolis 2020 – July 17-19 – has been cancelled. The safety of the athletes, staff and spectators is our top priority, and we will continue to closely monitor the situation for all X Games events.” – X Games

Best of BMX – X Games 2019

August 6, 2019

Last weekend the X Games went off in Minneapolis, Minnesota and there was no shortage of incredible riding that went down during the BMX contests. Here’s a highlight video that takes a look at all of the best riding from BMX vert, dirt, street mega ramp and park all in one video! Take a look at all this BMX goodness!

“Check out the best of BMX from four days of competition at X Games Minneapolis 2019. From Big Air to Street to Dirt to Park to Dave Mirra’s Best Trick, we’ve got it all. Anyone up for a tailwhip 900 or a backflip drop-in on Big Air? Check it out.” – X Games

X Games 2019 – Dave Mirra BMX Park Best Trick

August 5, 2019

The X Games wrapped up this weekend with the Dave Mirra BMX Park Best Trick contest. They brought in 8 riders that all brought different styles and tricks to the table, and things got wild. Here’s a look at the live replay showing you everything that went down during the 25 minute jam session! Hit play and take it all in!

X Games 2019 BMX Street – Live Replay

August 4, 2019

The BMX Street Finals went off last night at X Games 2019 in Minneapolis! As always, you could find the top BMX street riders in the world on the course ready to throw down. Up top you can find the full live replay giving you a look at everything that went down in every riders run! Below you can find the medal runs for Garrett Reynolds, Matt Ray and Chad Kerley who all found them on the podium when the dust had settled! Needless to say, there was no shortage of amazing riding that went down during this one.

X Games 2019 – BMX Dirt Finals – Live Replay

August 4, 2019

Last night the BMX Dirt finals went down at the X Games in Minneapolis, and there was no shortage of wild riding going down on one of the better dirt setups that the X Games have had in past years. Here’s the full replay of the live broadcast giving you a look at everything that went down during the contest. Below you can find the top 3 runs that landed Logan Martin, Brandon Loupos and Dawid Godziek on the podium!

X Games 2019 – BMX Park Finals Live Stream

August 3, 2019

Check out the full live stream of the BMX Park Finals at X Games 2019 in Minneapolis! This bowl was built with plenty of lines to let these guys drop some heavy moves. Once the dust settled, Logan Martin took the win with Rim Nakamura and Jose Torres taking second and third place! If you just want to see how they landed on the podium, you can check out their winning runs below. You can also see all the highlights from the qualifier that went down earlier as well below that.

“Watch the FULL BROADCAST of X Games Minneapolis 2019’s Pacifico BMX Park that just went down LIVE at the U.S. Bank Stadium.”

“Watch the gold, silver and bronze-medal runs from the Pacifico BMX Park final at X Games Minneapolis 2019.”

“I’ll be honest and say that I really don’t care for the semi-final format, but it’s not my contest, so whatever. Either way, here’s highlights from X Games Park Semi-Final. We have a 12 hour embargo on posting finals, so that will be up around midnight.” – Our BMX