• May/June 1982

    May/June 1982
      "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: StecykInside This Mag: An interview with Stacy Peralta and downhill shreddingAlso In This Issue: Photograffiti and competition round-upsMusic Articles: The best in Hardcore featuring Black Flag, the Meatmen, Bad Brains, Void, Zero Boys and more
  • April 1982

    April 1982
    Cover: Street Scott – Driveway FlyoffPhoto: MofoInside This Mag: Skating on Catalina Island and downhill skating in a parking garageAlso In This Issue: Photograffiti, CASL results and the Texas Backyard SeriesMusic Articles: TSOL
  • March 1982

    March 1982
    Cover: Duane Peters – Slide Drop-in Photo: Kevin Thatcher Inside This Mag: Desert skating and an interview with Duane PetersAlso In This Issue: Photograffiti, the closing of Mogul Bowl in Fresno, CA and a ramp contest in the Santa Cruz MountainsMusic Articles: The Damned
  • February 1982

    February 1982
    Cover: Steve Caballero – Fakie Ollie Photo: Mofo Inside This Mag: A radical skate manifesto, the $1,000 Pomona World Challenge and an interview with Steve CaballeroAlso In This Issue: Photograffiti and an interview with D. David Morin, former editor of Action Now MagazineMusic Articles: The Professionals and the Hates
  • January 1982

    January 1982
    Cover: Mike Smith – Backside Air Photo: Mofo Inside This Mag: An interview with Mike Smith and Lakewoods' last contest with competitors Billy Ruff, Steve Caballero, Tony Hawk, Neil Blender and more Also In This Issue: Photograffiti and the Texas Fall Series round-upMusic Articles: Big Boys and Keith Joe Dick and the Goners
  • December 1981

    December 1981
    Cover: Steve Rocco - Nose Wheelie Photo: Stecyk Inside This Mag: San Diego skating and indoor boardingAlso In This Issue: Thrasher's 1982 calendar, Texas Fall Series and the North Alabama Ditch ContestMusic Articles: The Big Boys, Iggy Pop, Bow Wow Wow and the Chromatics
  • November 1981

    November 1981
    Inside This Mag: Pool skating, freestyle skating with the League of Wimpy Skaters and boarding in AlabamaAlso In This Issue: Skate fiction and the Bellevue openMusic Articles: The Big Boys
  • October 1981

    October 1981
    Cover: Top: Tony Hawk – Lien to Tail Re-Entry at Del Mar Bottom: John Hutson and Paco Prieto- Downhill Finish Photos: Top: Marechal Bottom: Mofo Inside This Mag: Del Mar Pool and Freestyle Contest, the Capitola Classic and skaters get lost in Los AngelesAlso In This Issue: The Ramp Ranch, Music Articles: The Big Boys and rockabilly
  • September 1981

    September 1981
    Cover: Steve Caballero – Lien Air Photo: Kevin Thatcher Inside This Mag: Variflex/Kona Summer Nationals and the Great Canadian OpenAlso In This Issue: Texas Underground Competition and the Rat Hole ContestMusic Articles: The Big Boys
  • August 1981

    August 1981
    Cover: Roger Hickey and John Hutson - Downhill Photo: Caselli Inside This Mag: Laguna Seca maximum downhill skating and controlled insanity with Tony Hawk, Steve Olson and moreAlso In This Issue: The Baldy Pipeline, ramp building and the League of Wimpy Skaters
  • Thrasher Weekend: New Balance in Chicago

    Thrasher Weekend: New Balance in Chicago
    New Balance brings its best to Chicago for a weekend of switch back tails, first T rail rips and an electrifying demo. Tap in with Tiago, Foy, Reynolds, Westgate and their all-star roster.
  • Michael Sieben's "Let It Kill You" Episode

    Michael Sieben's "Let It Kill You" Episode
    Vice shines a light on our guy Sieben, tracing his early zine days up to working for the mag and highlighting all the projects in between.
  • PUMA SKATEBOARDING Presents “Ivy”

    PUMA SKATEBOARDING Presents “Ivy”
    Puma's Japan squad steps to steep banks and sizable stacks in this energetic edit.
  • Washington Street's "25 Years of Terror" Bash

    Washington Street's "25 Years of Terror" Bash
    Best tricks, secret obstacles, bands, cash prizes and all the concrete you can eat ––WSVT is 25 and they're celebrating August 10th. If you miss this you better be DEAD or IN JAIL!
  • The Bunt Jam 2024 Presented by Vans Photos

    The Bunt Jam 2024 Presented by Vans Photos
    What good is any competition without surprise upsets, flagrant fouls and heartwarming underdog stories? Not good, that's how! Luckily, The Bunt Jam brought all that and more for the return of its famed event in Toronto. Check the flicks to see it all go down.
  • In The Mag
    April 2024 Filipe Mota Thrasher Cover_Burnett_350
    Alexis Sablone is an architect, coach, artist and icon, with pro shoes on two different companies at the same time. Congrats on the front, Alexis! Speaking of powerful women in skating—Elissa dishes on people she’s known and we’ve got coverage of the 12th annual Wheels of Fortune brought to you by Skate like a Girl. We also have the Nike team posted up in Puerto Rico, a 12-pager on skaters and their dogs (woof), a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Blokes 2, Daan Van Der Linden gets the interview treatment and more! Pick one up today.