Before I moved back East from California in 2003, I spent a lot of time riding and shooting with some guys down in the San Diego area: mainly Gary Young, Ryan Sher, and Mike Parenti. This was right about the time Gary started getting a ton of coverage, and picking up more sponsors. We shot an interview for Dig Magazine, which resulted in a cover shot, and that same year he had covers of Transworld BMX and Ride BMX as well. I don’t remember much of this day, other than I know I have some shots of Parenti as well. It was prior to the Dig interview… I only know that because he’s wearing Duffs shoes, and during the Dig interview he’d started riding for Vans (and he still rides for them today). It’s shot at a park in Lake Perris, CA, then called Real Ride, but I believe it’s now called Da Compound. This no-footed can-can is out of the 6-foot mini ramp they had at the time. Come to think of it, this might have been the last time I made it out to that park. Click image to go bigger. And check out a previous Gary Young archive photo here.