Cover: Ronnie Bertino – Noseblunt
Photo: Dawes

Inside This Mag: The best skate spots in Europe

Also In This Issue: Step by step tricks

Music Articles: AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, Van Halen, Aerosmith, Hole, Corrosion of Conformity and Tom Hazelmeyer

Cover: Todd Shinto – Hoverboard
Photo: Van Dusen

Inside This Mag: Raw meat Chris Branagh, Dave Magee, Aaron Vincent, Chuck Wampler, John Moh, Max Schaaf, Trent Gaines, Brian Howard, Lance Dawes, Rick Ibaseta and Brent Fellows and Skate Town Mania at the San Jose Civic Auditorium

Also In This Issue: Step by step tricks, boards of the future, a collection of horror stories and snowboarding

Music Articles: All about the mosh pit

Cover: Karma Tsocheff – Multi Strobe
Photo: Van Dusen

Inside This Mag: Thrasher's Book of World Records and raw meat Brody Davison, Blake Convey, Dave Warne, John Nakama and Rob Washburn

Also In This Issue: 1989 competition wrap-up,  a desert speed rally with Mark Partain, Paul De Jesus and more and Survival Research Labs

Music Articles: Faith No More and the Buzzcocks

Cover: Steve Alba – Frontside Tap-In
Photo: Keenan

Inside This Mag: A skate trip to England with Screaming Lord Salba, Jason Jesse, Steve Keenan, Jeff Grosso and Christian Hosoi and an interview with Joey McSqueeb

Also In This Issue: Skate prose and the N.S.A. '87 amateur vertical competition featuring Troy Chasen, Bill Ferguson, Dave Heibert, Dave Hollimbeck, Gene Hare and Jason Espesseth and more

Music Articles: Mom's Make-Up

Cover: Brian Brannon – Backside Kickturn
Photo: Kanights

Inside This Mag: Tall tales and expressions between the sessions

Also In This Issue: Shopkeeps who skate

Music Articles: Cro-Mags, Poison Idea and Lovedolls Superstar

Cover: Tommy Guerrero – Lien Air
Photo: Kevin Thatcher

Inside This Mag: Skating in Hawaii and girl skaters

Also In This Issue: The Fresno Ark, Arizona street style and the Palmdale ramp battle

Music Articles: 7 Seconds, the Weirdos, Samhain and the Pandoras

Cover: Christian Hosoi – Andrecht
Photo: Mofo

Inside This Mag: The 48-hour Thrashathon in San Luis Obispo and an interview with Christian Hosoi

Also In This Issue: Snowboarding action and some modern skate comics

Music Articles: The Afflicted

Cover: Bryce Kanights – Frontside Air
Photo: Etheridge

Inside This Mag: A skater's guide to getting air

Also In This Issue: Adventures of urban skate hero, Eddy Boy, reader submitted photograffiti and modern skate comics

Music Articles: TSOL and McRAD

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: Street Scott – Driveway Flyoff
Photo: Mofo

Inside This Mag: Skating on Catalina Island and downhill skating in a parking garage

Also In This Issue: Photograffiti, CASL results and the Texas Backyard Series

Music Articles: TSOL

Cover: Allen Losi – Fakie Footplant Ollie
Photo: Rose

Inside This Mag: LA skatepark paradise and the mission to find the best pipes in Florida

Also In This Issue: The ollie air and other unassisted, no handed aerial acrobatics and skating in Dallas

Music Articles: The Big Boys and the Jam