Cover: Eric Koston – Frontside Flip
Photo: Morris

Inside This Mag: Happyland skate sesh with Matt Moffet, Reese Simpson, Peter Hewitt, Weasel, Danny Way and more, the City 5 Contest and a trip to Europe with Neal Hendrix, Danny Way and more

Also In This Issue: Awesome ams Joe Sierro, Chris Keefe, Brian Chung and Mike Kirchoff

Music Articles: Behind the scenes with Gwar, New Kingdom, Above The Law, Season To Risk and Portland's Punk Fest featuring the Exploited, DOA, MDC, Dr. Know, JFA, The Adicts, CH3 and more

Cover: Mike Carroll – Crooked Grind
Photo: Kanights

Inside This Mag: 50 unknowns tearing it up and the NSA Back to the City 4 contest featuring Agah, Senn, Carroll, Santos, Ricks, Duffy and more

Also In This Issue: Tricks on the edge of insanity, the PSL Junkfest at Grover Beach and the NSA Airwalk Amateur Finals in Houston

Music Articles: Pantera, Carcass, M.C. Re and Motorhead

Cover: Danny Way – Mute To Fakie
Photo: Ortiz

Inside This Mag: The NSA's am contest in Atlanta, GA, interviews with Mike Crum and Chris Gentry and NSA's Back to the City II at the San Francisco Fair

Also in This Issue: Step by step tricks, skating in Ljubljana in Slovenia, a shindig at the Sign-In Bowl and a toys pullout

Music Articles: Fugazi and Public Enemy

Cover: Lance Mountain – Sad Plant
Photo: Ogden

Inside This Mag Capitol Burnout in Sacramento with Lance Mountain, Micke Alba, Eric Dressen, Jason Jesse, Mark Gonzales, Steve Caballero and Ben Schroeder and skating in Germany

Also In This Issue: Spotlight on skating in Boise, ID

Music Articles: Social Distortion and Guns 'n' Roses

Cover: Eddie Reategui – Frontside Thruster
Photo: Keenan

Inside This Mag: Savannah Slamma

Also In This Issue: Tahiti takeover, skate injury terminology, summer skate wrap up and the return of slalom

Music Articles: D.R.I.

Cover: Chris Miller – Frontside Air
Photo: Mofo

Inside This Mag: An interview with Rob Roskopp, skating banks and the Transworld Skate Championships in Vancouver

Also In This Issue: Thrifting, a summer of rad contests and some skimboarding action

Music Articles: The Boneless Ones, Chuck Treece and more

Cover: Dave Hackett – Walkover
Photo: Valeska

Inside This Mag: The Skateboard Plus Pro Am event in Little Rock, AK and skating in New York City

Also In This Issue: The best and the worst of photograffiti and step by step skate tricks

Music Articles: The Cure

Cover: San Jose Navaho
Artwork By: Chris Buchinsky

Inside This Mag: Killer ramps

Also In This Issue: Photograffiti featuring reader submissions

Music Articles: The final chapters of the JFA tour saga, DOA and PIL

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: 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: 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