Gary and MacNeil parted ways
After five years MacNeil and Gary Young are parting ways as of Today. We’d like to thank Gary for representing us so well for so many years. We wish him the best of luck in the future.
“On a Personal note, Gary’s one of the best people I’ve ever met in this sport. Traveling, and riding all the craziest spots with him was an experience I’ll never forget. Thanks for everything Gary.” Jay
[...] Young, Macneil, BMX, Odyssey Gary Young is no longer on the Macneil team. No real details about why or what happened on the Macneil site. 0 Comments+ Discuss [...]
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this seemed like it was just bound to happen
lets start a pool as to how long it takes him to get on Sunday.
i say righhhhhht….now
haha macneils replacing all their top pros with kids whos balls havnt dropped yet
no now im gonna have to buy a sunday or some shit
Say it ain’t so Gary…
Well best of luck man!
Macneil with out Gary is Like CEREAL without MILK! not natural!!!! WTF!
Hey Johnston, You are delusional. Gary’s balls haven’t dropped! He had double knee surgery and still made podium in X Games. Gary Young is just as good as ever.
^^ haha omg what? your an idiot.
Wow. I guess Jay better sell the company to kmart. Because his credibility to make wise decisions has just fell through like his vert career has.
Disappointed my MACNEIL. Gary has the attitude as well as the skills to promote any product like it should be done.
Fixing to build another frame up … guess it’ll be a Verde or Sunday…
i find this really odd considering you guys just put out a 2009 young frame…
good thing 2010 is on the horizon. i bet it will take till 2011 to sell all your 2009 young frames. where are those brake mounts located again? oh yea, down there
This just in, MacNeil trades Alistair Whitton to the Fit flow team in exchange for Cory Beal and some cash.
Further action on the horizon, MacNeil will have some cap space to possibly sign a big free agent, or will itself be absorbed by the company, Free Agent, that way Jay can continue to collect a cheque and ride his faggity white cruiser.
You have paid your dues Jay but you brought this shits storm on yourself.
noone has mentioned that it may not be anything other then tough times economically which may lead to unwanted decisions that have to be made. gary is probably worthy of a big paycheck….if you cant afford paying him, hes not going to ride for peanuts.
We are proud to say Gary is now on FBM Bike Co. Signatures series coming soon!
They fell out over royalties for a collaboration MacNeil are doing with Hello Kitty.
Macneil is going to fall apart now. Gary was their main man, and its sad to see such a good guy leave a team that needed him. Good luck to Gary, Macneil on the other hand, this was the dumbest thing you guys have ever done.
Crazy, guess everyone’s gotta switch it up sometime.
Gary is rad. Macneil is rad. The Gary Young frame was rad – I have one. I’m sure there’s a reason for the change. Sometimes people get bored. Sometimes they want a change – could be either party in this case. Why is everyone so harsh on here? Gary is obviously going to be fine because he is the anti-douche (as in nobody can make any complaints about his nice-guyishness). Macneil will be fine because the make good products. The emphasis on who rides for whom is ridiculous. Riders are employees. It is their job to give cred to brands – it is that simple. Gary didn’t sit on the production line and make sure the welds were good, neither did he do the finite element analysis on Solid Works to ensure his idea of a frame would be any better than anything else. Hype sucks. It is what it is.
can we have some more elaboration please?? Sounds like he was basically let go because of they cant afford to pay him? kinda shitty.
GrahamPa – well said, until,”It is what it is…” the lamest summation of a good point. Should have ended at hype sucks. You are right people are harsh, but if Jay actually gave shit and wasn’t so post-concussed he wouldn’t be doing beer can interviews and having his employees post Twitter pics of how much weed they will be consuming on a coffee table at a party.
dose anyone know the parts on his bike i have the same frame and wanna make it look like his
Cant wait to see who is going to pick up Gary either way im still riding a macneil good luck to Gary even though he doesnt need it.
Jay Miron is an idiot Gary is the nicest guy i have ever met he was the best rider macneil had
gary young looks like an ugly woman and his car is gay to
you guys fuckt up
gary young walks into a bar, the bar tender says ” this isnt no gay bar”. gary young walks out of the bar
lmfao at Steve Crandal (FBM BIKE CO) yea right gary on FBM , FBM bee went in the trash afte arron ross left there no coming back after that then should stick to only making fix gears
Hmm..that is too bad. It must be hard to have friends who are employees smtimes. I recommend some fieldcar therapy. Nothing like clipping off someones mirror and bashing in their rear quarter to really let them know how you are feeling. Have a good ZEP-tember.
My guess is he is going back to Dirt Bros!!!!!!!!
its TOO BAD everyone here likes to jump to conclusions about why gary isnt on macneil anymore. Especially when Jay writes all great things about gary and praises him for being on the team. Yet, everyone assumes jay just made a wrong move and let him go, or he magically hates him all of a sudden. Ignorance may be bliss, but it’s also annoying as fuck to everyone with a reasonable IQ. And on a final note, Macneil’s team is still fuckin awesome, whitton, martindale, campbell, sexsmith, are you kidding?
Yeah, lol at anyone doubting the Macneil team. Like too bad said, whitton, martindale, campbell and sexsmith. Gary Young is great, but those other guys are nothing to scoff at.
I apologize. my comment was meant to be a balance of compassion and comedy. I guess i missed the mark. everyone who commented before me said such shitty presumptuous things. Macneil’s team is awesome.
jay miron is the most socially awkward, retarded asshole, in the canadian bmx scene. he can’t have a decent relationship with any of his team let alone a woman.
i’d rather ride a man than macneil.
whitton is next, and who gives a damn about martindale or campbell…truth.
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