Cover: Ed Templeton – Nose Bonk
Photo: Starr

Inside This Mag: Interviews with Mark Roach, Buster Halterman and Bucky Lasek and skating in New Zealand

Also In This Issue: The NSA Pro Vert Showcase in Norfolk, VA, the S.U.A.S. Contest at the Skatepark of Houston and some snowboarding action

Music Articles: JFA

Cover: George Nagai – Air
Photo: Starr
Cover Insert:
Mike Ranquet Rocks Out
Photo: Miller

Inside This Mag: Ramp riot in Australia, an interview with Jeff Grosso and raw meat Jake Burns, Erik Jueden, Big Jim Moore, Ron Chatman, Gary Cross and Remy Stratton

Also In This Issue: Nine commandments for the 90s, skating vs. snowboarding and the San Luis Obispo Thrash-A-Thon

Music Articles: Igor's record collection, Gwar, the Cramps, Love and Rockets, Corrosion of Conformity, Fugazi, Gang of Four, L7 and more

Cover: Vladimir Morozov – Tic-Tac
Photo: Boyd

Inside This Mag: Contests, demos and expositions and skate scene reports from Japan, the U.S.S.R., Israel and Peru

Also In This Issue: Pool skating, street plants from hell and some snowboarding action

Music Articles: Devo, Sick Of It All and Igor's record collection
 

Cover: Skater: Tony Vitello
Model: Katrina Baumgartner
Photo: Stecyk

Inside This Mag: East coast skate scenes and skating mini-ramps

Also In This Issue: N.S.A. Eastern Regional Qualifier, rad ams Mike Mapp, Peanut Brown, Donny Myhre and Eddie Gutierrez and an interview with Robert Englund AKA Freddy Krueger

Music Articles: Sonic Youth and Voivod

Cover: Chris Doherty – Gang Green
Photo: Mofo

Inside This Mag: The NSA/Bare Cover Pro/Am ramp/street jam in Tempe, AZ and 72 hours of continuous skating at the Trash-A-Thon in San Luis Obispo, CA

Also In This Issue: 13-year-old ripper Lance Benson

Music Articles: The sound that roared featuring Samhain, the Jesus and Mary Chain, Cro-Mags, Septic Death, Accused, Echo and the Bunnymen, Metallica and Slayer

Cover: Allen Losi – Portrait, Invert
Photo: Mofo

Inside This Mag: An interview with Allen Losi, a five year Thrasher timeline and so-cal contests

Also In This Issue: Zines, downhill skating and problems during a skate contest as told by Boboba Banzai Brannon and the Scottsdale Community College Security Force

Music Articles: Minutemen

Cover: Neil Blender and a Friend
Photo: Mofo

Inside This Mag: Letters from Virginia Beach and an interview with Neil Blender

Also In This Issue: Street ramps and street skaters' survival guide

Music Articles: Agression

Cover: Monty Nolder – Gay Twist
Photo: Newton

Inside This Mag: St. Pete Jam and Holiday Pro/Am at Del Mar Skate Ranch

Also In This Issue: Half-pipe photograffiti, Konstanz Challenge Cup and the Titus Cup in Germany, Wallo's Contest in Tennessee and modern skate comics

Music Articles: Free Beer

Cover: Bob Denike – Frontside Lap Over
Photo: Etheridge

Inside This Mag: Oakland Pro/Am Christmas Classic, an interview with Steve Alba and ramp building tips

Also In This Issue: Skating in '82 in review

Music Articles: Subhumans

Cover: Steve Caballero – Fakie Ollie
Photo: Mofo

Inside This Mag: A radical skate manifesto, the $1,000 Pomona World Challenge and an interview with Steve Caballero

Also In This Issue: Photograffiti and an interview with D. David Morin, former editor of Action Now Magazine

Music Articles: The Professionals and the Hates

Cover: Chris Strople - Frontside Slash
Photo: Kevin Thatcher

Inside This Mag: Lakewood Half-Pipe Pro/Am Contest, an interview with Shawn Peddle and rad public skateparks

Also In This Issue: Skate sessions in Berkeley, the Third Annual Pepsi Pro/Am Sensation Basin Skatepark Contest