Cover: Moses Itkonen – Switch tailslide
Photo: Serfas

Inside This Mag: An interview with John Cardiel and skating in Santa Fe

Also In This Issue: Rad ams Mark Roth, Tony Cox and Chris Yourgalite and how to get away with being dum

Music Articles: Supersuckers, Good Riddance and Masta Ace

Cover: Phil Shao – Smith
Photo: Kanights

Inside This Mag: Skating Burnside with Mark Gonzales, John Cardiel, Coco Santiago, Diggity Dawes, Skip Towne and more and interviews with Max Schaaf and Scott Johnson

Also In This Issue: Rad ams Doug Shoemaker, Nikhil Thayer and James Qua and skating in Santa Rosa and Boston

Music Articles: Santana, No Use For A Name and Gaunt

Cover: Jaya Bonderov – Nosegrind
Photo: Martineau

Inside This Mag: Skating in Brazil and the East Coast and an interview with Omar Hassan

Also In This Issue: Steve Caballero on sponsorship

Music Articles: Beastie Boys, Entombed, the Frumpies, Dre Dog, NOFX and the Germs

Cover: Carl Shipman – Front Blunt
Photo: Kanights
Insert: Avalon
Photo: Johnson

Inside This Mag: Thrasher's 13th Anniversary Issue featuring the Blue and Grey Tour and an interview with Simon Woodstock

Also In This Issue: Hot ams Fred Gall, Pancho Moller, Matt Pailes and John Minor and an interview with the artist behind Pitt, Dale Keown

Music Articles: NOFX, KRS-1, Morbid Angel, Cadillac Tramps and the Phantom Surfers

Cover: Omar Hassan – Lien Air
Photo: Starr

Inside This Mag: Skating trip to Europe and the NSA Amateur Finals in Reno, NV

Also In This Issue: Skate fiction

Music Articles: Revolting Cocks, Skatenigs, Sacred Reich, BL'AST and White Kaps

Cover: Tim Galvin – Pipe Thruster
Photo: Kevin Thatcher

Inside This Mag: An interview with Eddie Reategui, the NSA roadshow stops on the Polynesian shores and raw meat Dan Castillo, Martin Brewce, Aaron Lennox, Gabriel Rodriguez and Jason Brown

Also In This Issue: Step by step tricks and profiles on Justin Lynch and Mike Conroy

Music Articles: Ministry, Bad Religion, the Psychedelic Furs, Young Fresh Fellows, Sonic Youth and Mike Hersch

Cover: Jeff Kendall – Frontside Smith Grind
Photo: Oscarsson

Inside This Mag: A trip to Munster, Germany for the Skateboard World Championships, skating in London and an interview with Jeff Kendall

Also In This Issue: Ice burners, NSA street style in Chicago and raw meat Omar Hassan, Jeff Ronnow, Rudy Johnson, Aaron Devine and Metal Man

Music Articles: Excel, Nevermore, Igor's record collection and the Cure

Cover: Scott Oster – Bert
Photo: Van Dusen

Inside This Mag: Raw meat Frankie Hill, Chet Thomas, Ron Emory, Brian Ferdinand, Mike Taylor, Mark Cernicky, Caleb Moore and Ruben Orkin and a Russian skate trip

Also In This Issue: Skating in Indiana, some snowboarding action and Camp Millwood

Music Articles: Bad Brains, Tad and 7A3

Cover: Jeremy Henderson – Wallride
Photo: Thomas

Inside This Mag: Vans Jam, skating in NYC and an interview with Lester Kasai

Also In This Issue: G&S Cup in Hamburg, Germany, the NYC Street Obstacle Contest, NSA am competitions in TX, MD and IL and the Europa Cup in West Germany

Music Articles: Throwing Muses, the Hangmen, Mordred, Sick Of It All, Iggy Pop and the Ramones

Cover: Danny Sargent – Nosepick
Photo: Thatcher

Inside This Mag: An interview with Tom Groholski, skating in Minneapolis and a guide to skating the globe with Bill Runaway and his crew

Also In This Issue: The Savannah Slamma in Georgia

Music Articles: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Leeway, Underdog and 999

Cover: Robby Olhisher – Wallride
Photo: Starr

Inside This Mag: The art of freestyle skating, skating in Atlanta and Australia and the Czech Euroskate '88

Also In This Issue: The NSA Regional Amateur Winners Pride Pavillion in Phoenix

Music Articles: Slayer, Circle Jerks, Dag Nasty, Social Distortion, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bad Brains and Igor's record collection

Cover: Grant Taylor – Gap to 50-50
Photo: Rhino

Inside This Mag: King of the Road super issue, Nike vs Circa vs Converse vs Etnies

Cover: Grant Taylor – Frontside ollie
Photo: Rhino

Inside This Mag: Thirty years of Thrasher. Free poster, free sticker, Grant Taylor on the front, a Classic Covers article on the '80s mags, the first ever Thrasher tattoo, the story behind the first cover…

Music Articles: Burning Spear, Danzig, Social Distortion, and Guided By Voices.

Cover: James Hardy - Noseblunt
Photo: Burnett

Inside this Mag: Ishod Wair interview, Leo Romero, Cory Kennedy, RVCA Europe trip, IPath in Thailand

Music Articles: Amebix, Odd Future, Band of Horses

Cover: Alex Olson - Boardslide up
Photo: Gabe Morford

Inside this Mag: Beauty and the Beast 3, JT Aultz interview, Guru Khalsa interview, Glenn Danzig Classic Covers

Music Articles: Flogging Molly, Ancestors, The Zeros

Cover: Andrew Reynolds - Fakie flip
Photo: Burnett

Inside this Mag: Stay Gold, Andrew Reynolds, Jerry Hsu, Brandon Westgate, Collin Provost, Justin Figueroa, Krooked 3D video, Real tour

Music Articles: Cursive, Sean Paul, Toro Y Moi, The Sword, Adamiral Radley, Ecoli

Cover: Leo Romero - Frontside Smith grind
Photo: Burnett

Inside this mag: Leo Romero interview, Skate Rock tour, Flip in the Philippines, Chris Pfanner

Music Aritcles: Vampire Weekend, Agnostic Front, Steel Train, Spoon

Cover: Eli Reed – Frontside hurricane
Photo: Cronan

Inside this Mag: Sean Malto and the Black Pearl, Nick Dompierre, John Motta, How to ruin a Summer road trip, Brujeria

Cover: Dave Bachinsky – Backside lipslide
Photo: Dan Zaslavsky

Inside this Mag: Interview issue with Paul Rodriguez, Brian Anderson, Dave Bachinsky, Austin Gillette, Jon Allie, Chad Bartie, and more...