• April 1986

    April 1986
    Cover: Tommy Guerrero – Lien Air Photo: Kevin Thatcher Inside This Mag: Skating in Hawaii and girl skatersAlso In This Issue: The Fresno Ark, Arizona street style and the Palmdale ramp battleMusic Articles: 7 Seconds, the Weirdos, Samhain and the Pandoras
  • March 1986

    March 1986
    Cover: Natas Kaupas – Bert Photo: Baboot Inside This Mag: Freestyle fanatics featuring Rodney Mullen, Per Welinder and more and new blood Also In This Issue: Skate poetry and longboarding Music Articles: Gang Green and Red Kross
  • February 1986

    February 1986
    Cover: Allen Losi – Portrait, Invert Photo: Mofo Inside This Mag: An interview with Allen Losi, a five year Thrasher timeline and so-cal contestsAlso In This Issue: Zines, downhill skating and problems during a skate contest as told by Boboba Banzai Brannon and the Scottsdale Community College Security ForceMusic Articles: Minutemen
  • January 1986

    January 1986
    Cover: Claus Grabke – Invert Photo: RouseInside This Mag: Skating in Czechoslovakia and Houston Also In This Issue: Skater organized skate contests from the west coast of California to Japan, massive terrain and step by step skate tricksMusic Articles: Misfits, Subhumans, Possessed, Final Conflict, Iron Angel and Powerage
  • December 1985

    December 1985
      Cover: Dave Hackett – Walkover Photo: Valeska Inside This Mag: The Skateboard Plus Pro Am event in Little Rock, AK and skating in New York City Also In This Issue: The best and the worst of photograffiti and step by step skate tricksMusic Articles: The Cure
  • November 1985

    November 1985
    Cover: Christian Hosoi – Head-High Fly Over Photo: Tkacheff Inside This Mag: The NSA wrap up at the Skate Ranch in Del Mar, the Capitola Street Style Classic and a trip to EuropeAlso In This Issue: Skating in Boston and step by step skatingMusic Articles: Bad Brains and D.O.A.
  • October 1985

    October 1985
    Cover: Bruno Peeters – Fakie Ollie Photo: Mofo Inside This Mag: Skating in London, Germany and SwedenAlso In This Issue: Oceanside Beachstyle NSA event, the Skandanavian Open '85, the Midwest Am Ramp Series, butt shots and step by step tricksMusic Articles: The Lords of the New Church
  • September 1985

    September 1985
    Cover: Lance Mountain – Portrait Photo: Mofo Inside This Mag: NSA events in Tahoe and Vancouver and Lance MountainAlso In This Issue: Zines, air terms, ramp theory and step by step tricksMusic Articles: Christ on Parade
  • August 1985

    August 1985
    Cover: Lester Kasai – Backside Air Photo: Mofo Inside This Mag: Traveling to Virginia Beach and the NSA No. 3 Pro contest, Tony Hawk and Stacy Peralta tells it like it isAlso In This Issue: M.A.R.S., Ocean Bowl Am Contest, step by step tricks and the skate saga of a Navy skaterMusic Articles: G.B.H.
  • July 1985

    July 1985
    Cover: Chris Miller – Frontside Air Photo: Mofo Inside This Mag: Sacramento streetstyle, NSA/Variflex Rage at Badlands and skating through LA Also In This Issue: Toke Ramp Jam, New England International Contest League of Skateboaders series, the International Showdown at the Tropica, Wake Up and Smell The Pavement" in the Northwest and step by step skate tricksMusic Articles: Motorhead, JFA and Danzig