Cover: Big Steve – Frontside Grind
Photo: Mofo

Inside This Mag: "Days of Infamy" at the Mountain Manor Ramp and a series of interviews about skateboarding in the '80s

Also In This Issue: The Concrete Criminals and photograffiti

Music Articles: Max's Language, the Ditch and Suburban Nightmare

Cover: Rob Roskopp – Sweeper
Photo: Schneider

Inside This Mag: An interview with Mike McGill and Midwest Melee in Nebraska

Also In This Issue: Big city skating, the Capitola Classic, Dateline Morro Bay and the S.U.A.S. Series of Texas

Cover: Puker and Pat Clarke – Frontside Grind, Backside Air
Photo: Friedman

Inside This Mag: Vertical sequences and skating in D.C.

Also In This Issue: Swedish Skateboard Association Skate Camp, Oceanside Freestyle Competition and the Summer World Series Finals in Del Mar

Music Articles: On tour with the Faction

Cover: Top Left: Mike McGill – Backside Air
Photo: Schmitt
Top Right: Craig Johnson – Frontside Air
Photo: Newton
Bottom Left: John Gibson – Frontside Air
Photo: Newton
Center: Jay Cabler – Loose Frontside Edge Out Photo: Newton Bottom
Right: Anonymous – Street Push
Photo: Newton

Inside This Mag: Thirteen skaters like Tony Hawk, Neil Blender, Christian Hosoi and more answer six important questions and the Thrasher Summer Tour '83 gets wild

Also In This Issue: NSA Paramount in LA, the Devil's Pit 3rd Annual Fogtown Contest and tons of other contest results

Music Articles: Code of Honor

Cover: Steve Caballero – Frontside Channel Plant
Photo: Mofo

Inside This Mag: Joe's Ramp Jam and the Summer World Series at Upland's Pipeline

Also In This Issue: Photograffiti and spot check

Music Articles: New Order and the Red Devils

Cover: Jay “ Alabamy” – Frontside Ollie
Photo: Friedman

Inside This Mag: Thrasher's Skate Rock weekend and backyard pool skating

Also In This Issue: The Brazilian skate scene, the Florida Backyard Series in Naples, the 3rd Annual Am Contest in Guatemala and the CASL #3 at the Palmdale Ramp

Music Articles: Skate rock mania and "metal edge"

Cover: Andy Kessler – One Foot Nose Wheelie
Photo: Bocxe

Inside This Mag: An interview with Hans Jacobsson, San Francisco street style, new etiquette for street society and rad street sequences

Also In This Issue: East Coast scene report

Music Articles: Agression

Cover: Gary Davis – Frontside Boneless
Photo: Ramsay

Inside This Mag: The Del Mar Spring Nationals and skating in San Jose

Also In This Issue: Skate comics

Music Articles: Tales of Terror

Cover: Micke Alba – Handplant
Photo: Friedman

Inside This Mag: The Great Desert Ramp Battle and street skating

Also In This Issue: Photograffiti and how to build a ramp

Cover: Billy Ruff – Backside Air
Photo: Kevin Thatcher

Inside This Mag: Skate City/Whittier Christmas Classic and an interview with Billy Ruff

Also In This Issue: Rad skate photos from over the years,

Music Articles: TSOL, JFA, Los Olvidados, Big Boys, Sin 34, Die Kreuzenv and Mecht Mensch

Cover: Lance Mountain – Backside Air
Photo: Friedman

Inside This Mag: An interview with Lance Mountain and skaters travel to Tahoe

Also In This Issue: Turkey Shoot III in LA and the 1983 Thrasher calendar featuring Steve Caballero

Music Articles: Necros and TSOL