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

Cover: Tom Groholski – Backside Air
Photo: Groholski

Inside This Mag: Fall 1982 contest wrap-up and sick pool skating

Also In This Issue: Skate and destroy article by Lowboy

Music Articles: Metal madness with Girlschool, Iron Maiden and more

Cover: John Hutson – Downhill
Photo: Etheridge Cover
Insert: Terry Orr – Frontside Air
Photo: Mofo

Inside This Mag: Canadian skate insanity, Caballero and McGill UK Invasion Tour and the Capitola Classic

Also In This Issue: Scene reports from England, Japan, Netherlands, Italy, France, Germany, Sweden and the Soviet Union and the European Cup

Music Articles: SS Decontrol, Beastie Boys and more

Cover: Rodney Mullen – Ollie
Photo: Mofo

Inside This Mag: The Rusty Harris Series Finals at the Del Mar Skate Ranch and freestyle skating with Chris Chaput, Dennis Martinez, Rodney Mullen and more

Also In This Issue: Eurocana Summer Camp for skaters in Sweden

Music Articles: The Beach Boys get ripped and Minor Threat

Cover: Per Welinder – Pogo
Photo: Mofo

Inside This Mag: Paramount Rusty Harris Pro/Am Contest, the Kona/Variflex Summer Nationals and flatland follies in Canada

Also In This Issue: Street sliding

Music Articles: Black Flag

Cover: Jay Adams – Street Slash
Photo: Stecyk

Inside This Mag: An interview with Jay Adams, the Rusty Harris Pro/Am Series in Whittier with competitors Duane Peters, Rodney Mullen, Christian Hosoi, Steve Caballero, Lance Mountain and more and the Norcal Summit V Ramp Contest

Also In This Issue: Photograffiti from Guatemala and the States and the Cherry Lane Ramp

Music Articles: Fear

Cover: Micke Alba – Backside Air
Photo: Friedman

Inside This Mag: The Dusty Harris Pro/Am Series, Texas skate madness and an interview with Micke Alba

Also In This Issue: Swedish hot shots

Music Articles: The Jam, the Misfits and more

"May was the only mag we ever missed...we were too fucked up on drugs."-Fausto Vitello

Cover: Stacy Peralta – Nose Wheelie Around Corpse
Photo: Stecyk

Inside This Mag: An interview with Stacy Peralta and downhill shredding

Also In This Issue: Photograffiti and competition round-ups

Music Articles: The best in Hardcore featuring Black Flag, the Meatmen, Bad Brains, Void, Zero Boys and more

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: Duane Peters – Slide Drop-in
Photo: Kevin Thatcher

Inside This Mag: Desert skating and an interview with Duane Peters

Also In This Issue: Photograffiti, the closing of Mogul Bowl in Fresno, CA and a ramp contest in the Santa Cruz Mountains

Music Articles: The Damned

Cover: Mike Smith – Backside Air
Photo: Mofo

Inside This Mag: An interview with Mike Smith and Lakewoods' last contest with competitors Billy Ruff, Steve Caballero, Tony Hawk, Neil Blender and more

Also In This Issue: Photograffiti and the Texas Fall Series round-up

Music Articles: Big Boys and Keith Joe Dick and the Goners

Cover: Steve Rocco - Nose Wheelie
Photo: Stecyk

Inside This Mag: San Diego skating and indoor boarding

Also In This Issue: Thrasher's 1982 calendar, Texas Fall Series and the North Alabama Ditch Contest

Music Articles: The Big Boys, Iggy Pop, Bow Wow Wow and the Chromatics

Inside This Mag: Pool skating, freestyle skating with the League of Wimpy Skaters and boarding in Alabama

Also In This Issue: Skate fiction and the Bellevue open

Music Articles: The Big Boys

Cover: Steve Caballero – Lien Air
Photo: Kevin Thatcher

Inside This Mag: Variflex/Kona Summer Nationals and the Great Canadian Open

Also In This Issue: Texas Underground Competition and the Rat Hole Contest

Music Articles: The Big Boys

Cover: Roger Hickey and John Hutson - Downhill
Photo: Caselli

Inside This Mag: Laguna Seca maximum downhill skating and controlled insanity with Tony Hawk, Steve Olson and more

Also In This Issue: The Baldy Pipeline, ramp building and the League of Wimpy Skaters

Cover: Mike Pust – Handplant
Photo: Mofo

Inside This Mag: Ramp raging, Ray Rodriguez discusses ditch skating with Stacy Peralta and the Second Annual Morro Bay Slalom Contest

Also In This Issue: Modern moves with Rodney Mullen and Per Welinder and the GLSA Contest at Apple Skatepark in Columbus, OH

Music Articles: The Big Boys and the Dregs