Showing posts with label Minnesota. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Minnesota. Show all posts

Davis Torgerson - gap backside wallride

The Sam McGuire photo of Davis Torgerson's epic gap to wallride in Minneapolis, which appeared on the Contents page of the July 2010 issue of Transworld. The clip appeared as Davis's penultimate trick in his Since Day One part.

Guest Ed: Rob Sissi

Rob Sissi shares the perks of skating a parking garage while demonstrating what you can do in one with a nose jam. Photo by Sam McGuire. Rob wrote this piece for the November 2008 issue of The Skateboard Mag, and got a line with the trick at the end, appearing in the 2009 Familia video.

Steve Nesser - Welcome to Iota

The Iota Skateboards ad announcing Steve Nesser as the newest pro to the team, scanned from the back of the April 2002 issue of Thrasher. Photo shot by Andrew Hutchison.

Minneapolis, Twin Cities: Land of 10,000 Lakes... or is it 100,000?

This Brayden Knell article from the April 2002 issue of Transworld covers a trip he made to the Twin Cities after watching Benji Meyer's Anonymous. The article features Chad Benson, Dan Jackson, Emeric Pratt and other local skaters.








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.



True Story: Matix/DVS Midwest Tour

A Giovanni Reda-written-and-photographed Midwest trip article from the April 2011 issue of The Skateboard Mag with the Matix & DVS teams.




Steve Nesser - October 2011 interview

Steve Nesser's interview from the October 2011 issue of The Skateboard Mag. Words by Mike Munzenrider and photos by Sam McGuire. I also included a couple of ads Steve had in the issue.







photo: Sam McGuire

Minneapolis, Minnesota

If you haven't noticed by now, I am perpetually trying to find and post as many things about Minnesota and Minnesota skateboarders on this blog as possible. Below is a 1999 Transworld piece put together by Ted Newsome that I've had in my magazine collection for a while now, but only recently got around to scanning. 




Steve Nesser - November 2001 interview

Steve Nesser's interview from the November 2001 issue of SLAP. Words by Mark Whitely and photos by Joe Brook, Jeff Landi and Andrew Hutchison.



Seth McCallum - September 2002 Consolidated ad

Zed crooked grind's a Minneapolis hubba for a September 2002 Consolidated ad scanned from SLAP. Photo by Andrew Hutchison.

Seth McCallum - Supernatural Clothing Co.

This ad was scanned from the May 2002 issue of Skateboarder and features Zed 180ing over a rail in downtown Minneapolis. No photo credit given.

Emeric Pratt - Supernatural Clothing Co.

The July 2002 Supernatural Clothing Co. ad scanned from Skateboarder, featuring Emeric Olu Pratt varial flipping between two skinny ledges at Mears Park in St. Paul, MN. Photo credited to B. Knell.

Seth McCallum - wallie noseslide

A sequence of Seth "Zed" McCallum wallie nosesliding over a protruding pipe, photographed by Travis Howell. Appears in the March 2007 issue of Skateboarder.

Steve Nesser - November 2007 interview

Steve Nesser's feature interview from the November 2007 issue of Thrasher, which he was also on the cover of. Words and photos by Rhino. 








This is still one of the gnarliest covers ever, in my opinion.