Cover: Jaya Bonderov – Nosegrind
Photo: Martineau

Inside This Mag: Skating in Brazil and the East Coast and an interview with Omar Hassan

Also In This Issue: Steve Caballero on sponsorship

Music Articles: Beastie Boys, Entombed, the Frumpies, Dre Dog, NOFX and the Germs

Jaya Bonderov was a rad dude; from skating to photography, he could do it all. Check his shit from this 1997 Volcom vid. The guy was down! NorCal's taken some deep hits over the years, but this one hurts like a kick in the nuts. We'll all skate forever in the afterlife. Off to Valhalla. —Jake Phelps

 

Skating, Hawaii, and California have lost a favorite son with the passing of our friend, Jaya Bonderov. He went from Photo-G to the front of the mag, and then continued to give back to 'boarding from behind the lens. "Jaya means victory of the spirit." Never forget.

Cover: Eric Koston – Frontside Noseblunt Slide
Photo: Ogden

Inside This Mag: Thrasher's 1996 Skater of the Year Eric Koston and a twenty year retrospective of Thrasher's SOTYs

Also In This Issue: Crazy Chicago skating and a trip to Ecuador

Music Articles: Sick of it All, Reel Big Fish, Brutal and Blue Tip

Cover: Quim Cardona – Frontside Air
Photo: Morf

Inside This Mag: Skating in New York, Virginia Beach and Europe

Also In This Issue: Neil Blender

Music Articles: Guttermouth, Hole, The Queers, Vision and JT the Bigga Figga

Cover: Andy Roy - Lien
Photo: Sedway
Inset: Grant Minor – Down-shifty Off Rock Face
Photo: Bing

Inside This Mag: Interviews with Ray Barbee and Shawn Mandoli

Also In This Issue: Rad ams Ben Sanchez, Chad Knight, Bam Margera and Ryan Aningalan and a skate celebrity scrapbook

Music Articles: House of Pain, Into Another, Quinton, Red Aunts, Raw Fusion and a column by Mike Watt

Cover: Mike Frazier – Kickflip Mute
Photo: Kanights

Inside This Mag: Interviews with Matt Hoffman and Ron Chatman and skating in Indianapolis

Also In This Issue: Rad ams Justin Strubing, Noah Rector, Stevie Williams and Craig De Nolf

Music Articles: The Fugees, Super Natural, an ode to John Coltrane by Page Hamilton of Helmet and Casual

Cover: Salman Agah – Portrait
Photo: Madeo

Inside This Mag: Thrasher's 1993 Skater of the Year Salman Agah and interviews with Jaya Bonderov and Ron Whaley

Also In This Issue: Awesome ams Sage Humphries, George Terekhov and Alex Terekhov, the SUAS Pro-Am Contest in Houston, the San Luis Obispo Thrash-A-Thon and Glen E. Friedman's photos of Dogtown era skating, Black Flag, Beastie Boys and more

Music Articles: A Tribe Called Quest, Sepultura, Kurious Jorge, Girls Against Boys and SNFU

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: Alphonso Rawls – Back Smith
Photo: Ortiz

Inside This Mag: Interviews with Rob Dyrdek and Rob Boyce and three days of skating in Chicago

Also In This Issue: PSL Pro contest at the San Jose Skatepark

Music Articles: Thud, Wool, Beat Happening, Flop meets the Supersuckers and Therapy?

Cover: Wade Speyer – Frontside Air
Photo: Kanights

Inside This Mag: An interview with Danny Sargent and skating in Vancouver

Also In This Issue: Step by step tricks and a one act play about the devil

Music Articles: Screamin' Jay Hawkins and the greatest shows on earth featuring Fishbone, Sick Of It All, Circle Jerks, Fugazi, Mudhoney, the Damned, Public Enemy, Sonic Youth, Guns N Roses, the Mummies, Nine Inch Nails and more

Cover: Jonah Guzzi – One-Footed Ollie
Photo: Mofo

Inside This Mag: Raw meat David Griffin, Jaya Bonderov, Eric Koston, Fausto "Kory" Lopez Casamayo, Marc Shigenaka and Paul De Jesus and killer ramps

Also In This Issue: Step by step tricks, an article by Aaron Cometbus about life on the road, skate fashion, an update on the latest am jams and an interview with Pushead

Music Articles: Fluid and TSOL