Four bands, four SOTY's, and over 30 maniacs—this one's for the books. Detroit Skate Rock City starts Friday. Come one, come all...
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
Cover: Carl Shipman – Front Blunt
Photo: Kanights
Insert: Avalon
Photo: Johnson
Inside This Mag: Thrasher's 13th Anniversary Issue featuring the Blue and Grey Tour and an interview with Simon Woodstock
Also In This Issue: Hot ams Fred Gall, Pancho Moller, Matt Pailes and John Minor and an interview with the artist behind Pitt, Dale Keown
Music Articles: NOFX, KRS-1, Morbid Angel, Cadillac Tramps and the Phantom Surfers
Anti-Hero in Las Vegas is all we need to say. But we'll mention that a wet and weird pool gets skated, Trujillo turns up the street-skating heat, and Andy Roy is still a rad timebomb.
Angry homeowners, longboards, and Andy Roy's gnarly nose piercing all equal up to a struggle for Anti-Hero in Salt Lake City. But Decenzo shows why he got MVP.
The mid-way point is a bizarre mix of competition, relaxing, and having a blast. Here's a board toss, high-speed relay race, and the Mystery Guests revealed: Jaws, Ryan Decenzo, Austyn Gillette, and David Gonzalez.
Here's gnarly, raw footage of Julien at his all-terrain best, including that surprise Burnside switchflip. Jim Greco is a fan of skating and introduces this classic from 1993.
It's here. The gnarliest, funniest, best KOTR yet. We start off with Antihero in Portland. Gerwer, Pfanner, Roy, Trujillo, Allen, Hewitt, Russo, and Cardiel. If you didn't get the DVD free with the February mag we weren't going to leave you behind. Here we go...
Vans Syndicate Project sent test subjects Julien Stranger, John Cardiel, and Mike Archimedes to Hawaii to study the effects of decay on the smell of success.
Julien Stranger worked with Vans to create these new takes on some Off The Wall classics.
Xeno and the Anti-Hero team pick up Ryan Decenzo and head to Vegas.
Xeno and the Anti-Hero crew finish up in Portland and continue on their path.
Xeno checks in from Portland with the Anti-Hero team.
They may not be earning points, but the KOTR road crews provide vital support driving the tanks, smoothing the cracks and herding the MILFs. Let's meet the other dudes in the vans.
Went to Puerto Rico in 1995 after remembering there was shit to skate. Met up with Bolly and hit the infamous "Ditch of Death." Someone died there on a board in the '70s. Happy birthday Julien! —Jake Phelps
Pack the crew into the van in San Francisco and get to Austin in four days. Got it! Throw in some solid driving, parks, backyards, and a couple pit stops in epic towns, then turn it up a notch at Thrasher's Death Match. Good times, warm beers!
First rip-ride in Northampton. Vert and street. The riot at the bar Five Bells was 10 times better than this shit. Mini-vert and warm beer, Justin Ashby rules!
John Cardiel and Julien Stranger go for a long bike ride on this episode of Shore Break Baby. 
Julien Stranger and Frank Gerwer bomb hills all over San Francisco in the newest episode of Shore Break Baby.
| Wild in the Parks North America May 22 |
| CAMTEST Arvada, CO May 25 |
| Dickies Midwest Trip Midwest May 27 |
| Few and the Far Skate Jam Sacramento, CA Jun 01 |
| South Kitsap Skatepark Opening Port Orchard, WA Jun 22 |
In This IssueFree Ambig Modern Art DVD included with every mag in which Clint Walker more than earns his newfound pro status and the rest of the Ambig team backs it up with post-modern madness. Fast forward to the mag and dive into 14 pages of freeze frame Clint Walker gnarlitude securing him a spot as one of the heaviest dudes out. T-Puds goes high tech in China; Volcom and Co. bring the heat to Peru and Argentina; Converse tours through TX on the way to the Thrasher/Cons SXSW TX Death Match; and Clive Dixon and Raney Beres prove the future of rad is nothing to worry about. Score This Mag For Free
