Thrasher Magazine

Burnside’s birthday marks 30 years of spills and thrills at the first renegade DIY. Read how the founders took it from vagrant hideaway to Northwest proving ground in our December ‘20 mag piece.

Cover: Carl Shipman – Front Blunt Photo: KanightsInsert: 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 KeownMusic 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 BowlMusic 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 MinnesotaAlso In This Issue: Sick ams Eddie Nemeth and Huy LeeMusic 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 seshMusic 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 HirataAlso In This Issue: Awesome ams Gabe Angemi, Mikey Chin and Barry Walsh, a memorium for Sean Miller and skating in Las Vegas and SocalMusic 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 SakuragiMusic 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 backAlso In This Issue: Awesome ams John Klein, Shamil Randle, Bear Hughes and Jon Puca and skating in Pennsylvania and Denver, COMusic Articles: Rock Steady Festival featuring Brand Nubian and more, Kill Dozer, G Love and Special Sauce, Motocaster and Life of Agony