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

This was the first contest in Prague after they escaped communism in 1989. Add John Cardiel, Ed Templeton, Phil Shao, Wade Speyer, Tim Brauch, Jamie Thomas, and Skip Pronier, and you're going to have some sick-ass skating in a great fucking city.

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: Coco Santiago – Frontside Thruster
Photo: Kanights

Inside This Mag: Skatepark of Tampa Contest, an interview with Israel Forbes and skating in Minnesota

Also In This Issue: Sick ams Eddie Nemeth and Huy Lee

Music Articles: Fun Lovin' Criminals, Motorhead and Snuff

Cover: Ron Whaley – JR Frontside
Photo: Kanights

Inside This Mag: Thrasher's 1995 Skater of the Year Chris Senn and the SOTY bash

Also In This Issue: Rad ams Tim Wells, Judd Hertzler and Charlie Watts, skating in Arizona and New Zealand, Sean Young and an East Coast skate sesh

Music Articles: Fugazi, Meatmen and Sister Machine Gun

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: Wade Speyer – Method
Photo: Kanights

Inside This Mag: A trip to Europe with Wade and crew and the Venice Street Contest

Also In This Issue: Rad ams Richard Paez, Drake Jones, AJ Massu and Hideo Sakuragi

Music Articles: Bootsy Collins, Gas Huffer, The Roots, Suicidal Tendencies, Tad, Mighty Mighty Bosstones and Guided By Voices

Cover: Alan Petersen – Ollie
Photo: Kanights

Inside This Mag: A trip through 14 states with Ron Whaley, Tim Brauch, Israel Forbes, Andrew Falkowski, Greg Lamson, Rob Brown and Noah Martineau and a skate trip from Philadelphia to New England and back

Also In This Issue: Awesome ams John Klein, Shamil Randle, Bear Hughes and Jon Puca and skating in Pennsylvania and Denver, CO

Music Articles: Rock Steady Festival featuring Brand Nubian and more, Kill Dozer, G Love and Special Sauce, Motocaster and Life of Agony

Cover: “Hey, Do I Look Like A Street Skater?”
Artwork By: Mark Gonzales

Inside This Mag: The legacy of Laura Thornhill and interviews with Sean Sheffey and Matt Rodriguez

Also In This Issue: Rad ams Matt Field, Nada Zipp and Doug Saenz

Music Articles: George Clinton, Sleep, De La Soul, Alcohol Funnycar, Galliano and Rancid

Cover: Jaime Reyes – 360 Flip
Photo: Starr

Inside This Mag: Interviews with Jason Lee and Jesse Paez

Also In This Issue: Rad ams Gene Rosmarin, Sean Young, Travis McGlothlin and Ricky Szurko

Music Articles: Supersuckers, Schoolly D, Fishbone, Corrupted Ideals and Reverend Horton Heat

Cover: Jason Adams – Kickflip Fakie 15 Feet Up
Photo: Kanights
Insert: Remy Stratton – Eggplant
Photo: Kanights

Inside This Mag: Interviews with Gabriel Rodriguez and Keith Hufnagel and the NSA 1993 Finals

Also In This Issue: Rad ams Ben Liversedge, Adam Crawford, Matt Eversol and Tonny Tieu and skate attitude in DC

Music Articles: Motorhead, Ice Cube, Pitchblende, Whooliganz and Black Train Jack

Cover: Karma Tsocheff – 180 Nosegrind To Forward
Photo: Sean Dolinsky

Inside This Mag: An interview with Jason Adams and Tim Brauch and a pop quiz by Mike Gonzales

Also In This Issue: Rad ams Shelter Serra, Fabian Alomar and Ivory Serra and NSA Pro Streetstyle and Snowboard Slopestyle Contest

Music Articles: Bad Religion, GG Allin, Mad Flava, Guru's Jazzmatazz and Bottom 12

Cover: Jeff Pang – Backside Shifty
Photo: Ortiz

Inside This Mag: Interviews with Ron Knigge and Jeff Pang and a San Jose profile with locals Salman Agah, Tim Brauch, Jason Adams, Ed Devera, Crazy Eddie, JJ Rogers and Jim Young

Also In This Issue: A tale of two skateparks in Portland and a scene report from Seattle

Music Articles: Tom Waits, Jaw Box, All, Laughing Hyenas and Geto Boys

Cover: Tim Brauch – Nosegrind
Photo: Kanights

Inside This Mag: The history of skateboarding and other crimes part four and an interview with Josh Beagle

Also In This Issue: How to take a good skate photo

Music Articles: Mudhoney, Jesus Lizard, Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E. and Rocket From The Crypt

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: Eric Dressen – Ollie Nose Bonk
Photo: Sleeper

Inside This Mag: Skating in Brazil, Aqua Jam in Minneapolis and a skater's journal of European travels

Also In This Issue: Step by step tricks, the Burnside Project in Portland and tons of photos

Music Articles: G.G. Allin, L.A. Guns, Napalm Death, Godflesh, Urge Overkill and Cows

Old photos make the world go around; here's some rippers.