Cover: Jovontae Turner – Backside Heelflip
Photo: Kanights

Inside This Mag: Interviews with Mike Carroll and Mike Frazier and skating in Ohio

Also In This Issue: Capitol Burnout III in Sacramento

Music Articles: Stagedivers and Infectious Grooves

Cover: Brandon Chapman – Backside Disaster
Photo: Starr

Inside This Mag: Capitol Burnout #2 in Sacramento and tricks that have changed the course of history

Also In This Issue: Step by step tricks, a course in the manufacturing and fabrication of skateboard decks, trucks and wheels and some skate fiction

Music Articles: Sonic Youth, the Sisters of Mercy, Buglamp, the Hellbillys and Bad Brains

Cover: Aaron Deeter – Frontside Air
Photo: Mofo

Inside This Mag: Interviews with Mike Youssefpour and Wade Speyer, Jamie Dirtbag goes to Mexico and raw meat Gianni Cass and Mike Carroll

Also In This Issue: Pool skating and a back to school guide from Thrasher

Music Articles: The Vandals Creatures, Prong, Ace Frehley, the Almighty and Fugazi

Cover: Sam Esmoer – Floater
Photo: Mofo

Inside This Mag: Skating in Toronto with Craig Johnson, Jeff Grosso, Christian Hosoi, Natas Kaupas, Ken Park and more and ripping in Phoenix

Also In This Issue: Skaters behind bars, the NSA Southwest Qualifier, the NSA North Central Amateur District Qualifier and the Raging Waters contest in San Jose

Music Articles: Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction, Henry Rollins and Danzig

Cover: “Fire Pick”
Artwork By: Pushead

Inside This Mag: Skating in Toronto at the Skatewave event, ditch skating, hot ams Jeff Hedges, Ben Shroeder, Mark Saito, Greg Aguilar, John Fabriquer, Chris Lowe, Todd Swank and more and an interview with Eddie Elguera

Also In This Issue: A guide to skating in Europe, a frat house jam by UC San Diego and the Golden Gate Bridge's 50th birthday bash in San Francisco

Music Articles: The Mission

Cover: Mark Gonzales – Beanplant
Photo: Mofo

Inside This Mag: The St. Louis VP Fair Independence Day Celebration, an interview with Mark Gonzales and the Summerfest Ramp Contest in Milwaukee

Also In This Issue: Step by step skate tricks and an interview with Frank Hawk from the N.S.A.

Music Articles: Skaterock with Septic Death, Drunk Injuns, Christ on Parade, Slapshot, Target Video and the Adolescents

Cover: Lance Mountain – Portrait
Photo: Mofo

Inside This Mag: NSA events in Tahoe and Vancouver and Lance Mountain

Also In This Issue: Zines, air terms, ramp theory and step by step tricks

Music Articles: Christ on Parade

Cover: Natas Kaupas – Wallwalk
Photo: Stecyk

Inside This Mag: Shredding in Tennessee and skating the Mile High in South Lake Tahoe

Also In This Issue: Sick sequences and NSA #4 in Venice Beach, CA

Music Articles: Dead Kennedys

Cover: Top Left: Mike McGill – Backside Air
Photo: Schmitt
Top Right: Craig Johnson – Frontside Air
Photo: Newton
Bottom Left: John Gibson – Frontside Air
Photo: Newton
Center: Jay Cabler – Loose Frontside Edge Out Photo: Newton Bottom
Right: Anonymous – Street Push
Photo: Newton

Inside This Mag: Thirteen skaters like Tony Hawk, Neil Blender, Christian Hosoi and more answer six important questions and the Thrasher Summer Tour '83 gets wild

Also In This Issue: NSA Paramount in LA, the Devil's Pit 3rd Annual Fogtown Contest and tons of other contest results

Music Articles: Code of Honor

Cover: Per Welinder – Pogo
Photo: Mofo

Inside This Mag: Paramount Rusty Harris Pro/Am Contest, the Kona/Variflex Summer Nationals and flatland follies in Canada

Also In This Issue: Street sliding

Music Articles: Black Flag

Cover: Steve Caballero – Lien Air
Photo: Kevin Thatcher

Inside This Mag: Variflex/Kona Summer Nationals and the Great Canadian Open

Also In This Issue: Texas Underground Competition and the Rat Hole Contest

Music Articles: The Big Boys