At a mini ramp jam at the infamous Roller snakes skate shop, with a bunch of other well known BMX faces from back then. From that pic we would later see Jon appear in print on the regular,
Also from that pic he received the name Mad Jon, which he has never managed to shake off.
Then he would pop up at the contest and jams of the time often getting coverage in RAD and Invert magazines. Then appearing on video parts for the Backyard and other VHS tapes coming out in the early 90s.
He’s ridden throughout the times since then and continues to do so now. We talk about all the decades and how he got back into BMX after a stint on a skateboard in the mid 80s. From going to the annual Holeshot 87 contest where he saw the BMX chaos and Craig Campbells rebel run on the halfpipe, to riding for GT and Hoffman bikes and Vans…Going on to demo days, riding at download festivals then putting on big music events which is what he has a hand in now, this is a long, fun and colourful journey that is still going strong.
Riders mentioned:
Mike Cow Rose, Paul Harrison, Graham Critch, Jim Tomlinson, David Slade, Warren Sid Sydall, Steff Evans, Mat Hoffman, Eric Steel, Andy Brown, Nick Philip, Craig Campbell, Owain Clegg, Ian Morris, Stu Dawkins, Zach Shaw, Paul Roberts, Jerry Galley, Jamie Bestwick, James Hudson, Graham Marfleet, Shaun Allison, Jason Ellis, Alistair Whitton, Jamie Clegg, Ruben Alcantara
Jon Taylor has been around a while eh, Jon first got exposed to the BMX masses-probably a few hundred people back then-in 1989 feature in Freestyle Magazine doing a hand plant.
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.