Cover: Wade Speyer – Frontside Air
Photo: Ogden

Inside This Mag: Interviews with Tim McKenney and Big Dirty James and seven days in Arizona with Kirby, Sage, Raf and Tait

Also In This Issue: Wez Lundry's solo mission to Indonesia

Music Articles: Guitar Wolf, Pulley, Camplo and Stanley

Cover: Mark Gonzales – Pole Jam
Photo: Morf

Inside This Mag: T-Eddys, Tampa Am and interviews with Johnny Fonseca and Crazy Eddie

Also In This Issue: Rad ams Jason Phares and Joe Pino

Music Articles: Odd Numbers, SNFU, the Muffs, and Poof

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: Mark Hubbard – Backside Ollie
Photo: Ogden

Inside This Mag: Cross country trippin' with Sean Cronan, Jim Gagne, Jesse "Dirty" Daner, Jim Greco and more, skating in Scotland and New Orleans and the Santa Cruz/Creature Summer Tour

Also In This Issue: Best trick names, rad ams Chip Van Hamm and Dave Probus and a drunken desert skate sesh at the Nude Bowl

Music Articles: De La Soul, Dog Eat Dog and Automatic Head Detonator

Cover: Jonathan Bohannon
Artwork By: Gomez Bueno

Inside This Mag: Interviews with Neil Heddings, Pigpen and Jim Gagne

Also In This Issue: 15 best Thrasher covers and skating the Bowl of Dreams in Alberta, Canada

Music Articles: Lagwagon, Goldfinger and the Loudmouths

Cover: Karma Tsocheff – Backside Shifty
Photo: Kanights

Inside This Mag: A road trip with Scott Amore, Lou Cox, Nos, Todd Luciere, Oz, Jim Greco, Mother and Sean Cronan, an interview with Matt Pailes and a contest at the Skatepark of Tampa

Also In This Issue: Damsels of skating Jamie Reyes, Alison Lee and Cindy Gorset, 15 pool punishers and West Coast shredding

Music Articles: White Zombie, a concert for the people of Tibet and Slagheap

Cover: 15th Anniversary
Skater: Salman Agah
Photo: Dalgart
Skater: Rodney Mullen
Photo: Kanights
Skater: Tommy Guerrero
Photo: Kanights
Skater: Ray Barbee
Photo: Ogden
Skater: Tony Hawk
Photo: Dalgart
Skater: Duane Peters
Photo: Dalgart
Skater: Mike Carroll
Photo: Kanights

Inside This Mag: Thrasher's 15th Anniversary Issue featuring interviews with Duane Peters, Wade Speyer, Christian Hosoi, Steve Caballero, Rodney Mullen, Salman Agah, Tony Hawk, Ray Barbee, Natas Kaupas, Mike Carroll, Mark Gonzales, Salba, Tommy Guerrero and Mike Vallely

Music Articles: A look back on Thrasher's favorite featured bands

Cover: CR Stecyk III – Toes On The Nose
Photo: Stecyk

Inside This Mag: Lance Mountain then and now, skating in Puerto Rico, the Cult of the Longboard and an interview with Frank Hirata

Also In This Issue: Awesome ams Gabe Angemi, Mikey Chin and Barry Walsh, a memorium for Sean Miller and skating in Las Vegas and Socal

Music Articles: Bouncing Souls, New Bomb Turks, Wax and Urban Dance Squad

Cover: Mark Gonzales – Frontside Ollie
Photo: Kanights

Inside This Mag: Interviews with Henry Sanchez and Mark Gonzales

Also In This Issue: How to get sponsored and skate art

Music Articles: Ice-T, Primus, Brand Nubian, the Cramps and Quicksand

Cover: Eric Britton – Nosegrind
Photo: Block

Inside This Mag: The history of street style and the Long Beach junkyard rumble

Also In This Issue: Step by step tricks and contest at the Skatepark of Houston

Music Articles: Meat Puppets, Helmet, Nitzer Ebb and Didjits

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: Tony Hawk – Melon Fakie
Photo: Starr

Inside This Mag: Thrasher's 10th Anniversary Issue featuring a look back on the past decade of skating in photos and a sample of skateboarding's modern heroes including Tony Hawk, Eric Dressen, Danny Way, Tommy Guerrero, Noah Salasnek, Andy Howell, Steve Caballero, Mark Gonzales, Chris Miller, Jason Rogers, Tom Knox, Frankie Hill, Wade Speyer, Natas Kaupas, Mike McGill, Al Losi, Jeff Phillips, Bucky Lasek, Reese Simpson, Alan Peterson, Jason Lee, Bob Boyle, Omar Hassan, Jeff Kendall, Mike Vallely, Lance Mountain, Ed Templeton and Justin Girard 

Cover: Lance Mountain – Sad Plant
Photo: Ogden

Inside This Mag Capitol Burnout in Sacramento with Lance Mountain, Micke Alba, Eric Dressen, Jason Jesse, Mark Gonzales, Steve Caballero and Ben Schroeder and skating in Germany

Also In This Issue: Spotlight on skating in Boise, ID

Music Articles: Social Distortion and Guns 'n' Roses