Heads: Steve Nesser and Ernie Torres

Steve and Ernie's Heads interviews from the December 2003 issue of Thrasher. Gabe Morford shot Ernie's backside flip sequence, otherwise there is no photo credit.

Bulletproof Dreamers on the Road of Destiny: Deluxe's Endless Summer

This October 2007 Skateboarder article documents a Deluxe trip through the United States (although it's more like a Real trip; all but one of the riders were on that team). There's also a photo of a young James Hardy in this one. Words and photos by Giovanni Reda.

Ernie Torres - September 2005 Skateboarder interview

In this interview, Ernie talks about being from Oklahoma, how he got the nickname Big Ern, and shares a Frank Gerwer story. Words by Alex Klein and photos by Gabe Morford.

"Real Minnesota Sk8brdrs" - Real Skateboards in Minnesota

Davis Torgerson and a few friends from the Real team get some clips & photos in Minneapolis and Saint Paul during a summer 2009 trip (the article appeared in the November 2009 issue of Skateboarder). This was the first time that I'd (knowingly) seen pictures from Minnesota spots in a magazine, and I was pretty excited; the ollie up pivot fakie by Justin Brock is only a few miles away from where I grew up! It was also the first time I'd heard of Davis, and seeing his nollie heelflip crooks on a handrail blew my mind, as it did for many others. It's still really gnarly 13 years later.

Words by Darin Howard and photos by Morford.

December 4, 2024 - scans were updated