They don't call him the Vertical Vampire for nothing. Navs digs deep in his VHS collection today with this Shut Up And Skate Pro-Am championship in Houston,TX from 1986. Phillips, Mountain, Hawk… they're all in there.

People really seemed to get a kick out of this old flick of Craig Johnson hucking a Texas plant we used on the Death Match flyer...

Cover: Scott Johnston – Crooked Grind
Photo: Ogden

Inside This Mag: West Coast road trip with Texas Dan, Roth, Steve Revord and more and the adventures of Norm and Dick 

Also In This Issue: Skating in Brazil, Tijuana and NYC and rad ams Ben Bodilly Childs, Kale Sandridge, Chaney Given and Pontus Alv

Music Articles: The Roots, Vision of Disorder and One Man Army

Cover: “Bridge Of Grindenstein”
Artwork By: Mark Desalvo

Inside This Mag: 1995 T-Eddys and an interview with Tim Upson

Also In This Issue: Last place skaters

Music Articles: Grunge-A-Palooza, the Buzzcocks, Man or Astroman?, the Mr. T Experience and Genius

Cover: Marc Hollander – Carve
Photo: Starr

Inside This Mag: Interviews with Texas skaters John Gibson, Craig Johnson and Jeff Phillips, new blood Danny Way and Tom Knox and a trip to Japan for the Far East contest

Also In This Issue: First White Wave Winter Whomp Out in the Northern Sierras, Shut Up and Skate Competition in Dallas and Houston, the Czechoslovakia Euro Cup and skating in Boston

Music Articles: Ice-T, Pushead's 100 favorite records of the 80s

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