Harrison sent over an edit from a mini-ramp in Washington that him, Chris Martindale, Greg Flag, Dillon Lloyd and Travis Collier got to ride on a Macneil trip that just finished. Full edit from the trip will be up soon.

“Some clips of Anthony Messere, Travis Collier, Lazerdick, and Harrison Boyce at the Poco Park in Coquitlam, BC.

Filmed by Harrison Boyce and David Lang
Edited by Harrison Boyce
Music Theophilus London – Julia “

Travis Collier spent some time riding in Hamburg, Germany with Michael Steingraber and Frank Lukas. This edit is the result.

Macneil threw this up:

“Our 2010 Summer Tour started off with a trip around the Toronto area. Day 1 took us to The Bike Zone in Mississauga and Core BMX in Toronto where we hung out, had a tour of the shops and hit some spots. There’s some clips in here from Greg Flag, Dillon Lloyd, Corey Dewey, Andy Roode and Chris Silva.”

Also check out some photos from the tour.

Macneil sent over this edit of Chris Smith that came out pretty nice.

Despite Jay Miron’s exit from Macneil, the show goes on, now with the addition of Montreal’s Greg Flag who filmed this section in a mere 2 days. At the end he takes a brutal fall on a huge overgrind, but then gets up and tries, tries again.

Miron called me earlier (I thought he was going to be mad about this) and let me know that he has decided to leave behind the company that he started and has sold his ownership of the company to Darcy and Jamie, who he started Macneil with nearly 10 years ago. I asked why and he said that ever since he stopped actually riding BMX due to injuries, it has been difficult for him to stay around the sport watching everyone else enjoy BMX so much. He also cited some health conditions that make it difficult for him to travel comfortably or even sit up for long hours at a desk. He said he was going to be taking some time off before he made any serious decisions about his future.

On a positive note, Jay said that Darcy and Jamie are still extremely motivated to move forward with Macneil and that they were already working on finding a team manager to get the company going full speed again. I know for some of you it is hard to imagine Macneil without Miron, but Jay will be the first one to tell you, and I can vouch for it too, that Darcy and Jamie are both incredibly talented guys who care a lot about BMX and that the company is in good hands.

I sent over a few interview questions earlier and I was going to wait until Jay answered them but I have to head out now and figured I’d get this up now before I left, you can expect an official statement on the Macneil site very soon.

Regardless of how much future involvement Jay has with BMX from this point on in his life, I would like to wish him the best with whatever he chooses to do, Jay has always been a big TCU supporter and has taught me a lot about the business side of BMX. All hail The Beast.

UPDATE: Jay’s post about his decision is now live, here:

“I have some pretty big news to announce. I have sold MacNeil Bikes, and Ten Pack Distribution to my business partners Darcy Saccucci and Jamie McIntosh who’ll continue to run them like normal. I’ve also shut down Metro Events. After spending my entire life either on a bike, or working in the bike business I’m walking away from it.

While it’s pretty scary leaving it all behind, I’m super excited for the new life that lies ahead. I haven’t yet decided what that life will be. I’m going to take a while to relax and see what comes up.

I want to thank everyone whom I’ve ridden with, partied with, and worked with over the years. I especially want to thank Darcy, Jamie and everyone else that’s worked with me at MacNeil and Ten Pack. It’s been amazing!

- Jay”

UPDATE 2: Jay just sent back some answers, and as always, he doesn’t hold back, check it after the jump.
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I don’t know much about flatland but this guy seems like he’s hauling ass at every trick and that’s pretty cool to see. Via Macneil.

Rich just sent over a couple new Stranger ads. Here’s one and there’s 3 reasons it’s interesting:

1) Wolfman is on Stranger. That means he is off Macneil.

2) David Grant is on Stranger. It was previously reported by Albes that he was getting flowed by Fit, so I guess that’s not happening.

3) Jesse Whaley is on Stranger. Which must mean he’s off Verde.

You can learn a lot from a simple ad.

Previously: Stranger Sean Mcintosh Video

Luke Santucci put together this video of Macneil’s Jaumell Campbell doing a whole bunch of awesome stuff. Jaumell mostly just sleeps and eats, so it’s nice to see him get some riding done in between all that. It’s a pretty big n/h, but I have a poster of this blass in my bathroom and it’s only because he chills super hard but can also do crazy shit like the last clip in this video. Fuck yeah, JAM$. Hit play.