Digging through the old crates, you find the craziest images of the strangest things… —Jake Phelps

Well, the mag has tons of it. Here's some gems to gander at while you're in your cubicle. Timeless.

Cover: Ethan Fowler – Switch Wallride
Photo: Morf

Inside This Mag: Tony Hawk recollections, skating in Ireland and Vermont and interviews with Steve Keenan, Tina Paez, Oscar Reyes, Karina Morishige, Rick Winsor and Bob Just

Also In This Issue: Awesome ams Chris Strausbaugh, Mat O'Brien and Eric Peoro

Music Articles: 1995 Readers' Music Poll results, best band winner the Beastie Boys, Fear and Brothas Unda Madness

Cover: Mark Rogowski – Slashback
Photo: Mofo

Inside This Mag: Interviews with Mark "Gator" Rogowski, Bod Boyle and Steve Douglas and the final session at Soquel with Mike "Smiley" Goldman, John Hutson, Gary Herbst, the Carter Brothers and more

Also In This Mag: The NSA Pro Vert season launch in Stone Mountain, Georgia, street plants and snowboarding at Breckenridge

Music Articles: Big Apple sounds featuring Today, Cause for Alarm, Reagan Youth, Kraut and Agnostic Front

Cover: Mark Rogowski – Frontside Grind
Photo: Kevin Thatcher

Inside This Mag: Dogtown and the NSA Skateboard Olympics in Del Mar

Also In This Issue: Pool skating and Arizona pipes

Music Articles: The Kingpins and Slam

We keep on diggin' up cool stuff. Hey, these boards are hot on eBay. 

 

 

Burnout takes it back to the first time he ever saw pros in person: 1987.

 

Long before the digital revolution, dudes had to set up the shots. Not quite rocket science but damn-near close. Shoebox pinhole.

The Shut Up And Skate contest hit Houston like a ton of bricks in 1988. Make no mistake—as vert was dying and street was coming in, these guys were still killing it. Here are a few gems that’ll have you dreaming of that old pad stentch.