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

Cover: Butch Sterbins – Railslide
Photo: Mofo

Inside This Mag: The Voodoo Queen, pool sharks and hot new pros Christian Hosoi, Tony Hawk, Reese Simpson, Bod Boyle, Danny Way, Al Losi, Micke Alba, Jeff Kendall, Natas Kaupas, Chris Miller, Steve Caballero and Mark Anthony

Also In This Issue: Del Mar NSA contest revisited and how to play the game Slam or Jam

Music Articles: Nine Inch Nails, Mudhoney, Wolfsbane, Lunachicks, Nomeansno, Killing Time, Warrior Soul, Testament and Jungle Brothers

Cover: John Hutson – At Speed
Photo: Casselli

Inside This Mag: Thrasher's 100th issue featuring interviews with Duane Peters, Tony Hawk, Christian Hosoi and Steve Caballero and a 100 issue retrospective in photos and words

Also In This Issue: The history of the skateboard

Music Articles: Big Boys and Skate Rock 1989 with MCM and the Monster, House of Wheels, Skatemaster Tate and his Concrete Crew and Screaming Lord Salba

Cover: Christian Hosoi – Fakie Ollie
Photo: Blanchard

Inside This Mag: The First Mini-Ramp Challenge in Vancouver, Canada, Don Bostic talks about skating in Sacramento and the Cow Skates Pro Streetstyle contest in Ohio

Also In This Issue: Doubles teams

Music Articles: Motorhead, takin' the rap and Fields of the Nephilim

Cover: Steve Alba – Carve
Photo: Keenan

Inside This Mag: Skate party in Austin and a radical decade at the Upland Pipeline

Also In This Issue: An am contest in Dayton, OH

Music Articles: The Meatmen, Verbal Assault and an Ozzy Osbourne/Randy Rhoads tribute

Cover: Glenn Danzig – Portrait
Photo: Burns

Inside This Mag: Skating in Houston, alternative vehicles and skating, rain or shine, in Eugene, OR

Also In This Issue: The third death of skateboarding

Music Articles: Danzig

Cover: Steve Caballero – Frontside Invert
Photo: Mofo

Inside This Mag: Inverts, NSA Pro/Am season opener at Del Mar Skateranch and interviews with Mark Gonzalez and Natas Kaupas

Also In This Issue: Spot check and step by step skate tricks

Music Articles: Chris Isaak

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

Cover: Andy Kessler – One Foot Nose Wheelie
Photo: Bocxe

Inside This Mag: An interview with Hans Jacobsson, San Francisco street style, new etiquette for street society and rad street sequences

Also In This Issue: East Coast scene report

Music Articles: Agression

 

"May was the only mag we ever missed...we were too fucked up on drugs."-Fausto Vitello

Cover: Stacy Peralta – Nose Wheelie Around Corpse
Photo: Stecyk

Inside This Mag: An interview with Stacy Peralta and downhill shredding

Also In This Issue: Photograffiti and competition round-ups

Music Articles: The best in Hardcore featuring Black Flag, the Meatmen, Bad Brains, Void, Zero Boys and more

Cover: Mike Smith - Frontside Smith
Photo: Kevin Thatcher

Inside This Mag: The Ranch Spring Nationals with competitors Mike Smith, Duane Peters, Mike Alba, Neil Blender and more and Steve Caballero, Roger Hickey and Steve Rocco talk about their favorite skates

Also In This Issue: Top secret spots revealed and Texas spring competitions

Music Articles: The Big Boys and U2