Thrasher Magazine

Cover: Tony Hawk – Frontside Ollie Photo: Kevin ThatcherInside This Mag: A demo tour of Australia featuring Christian Hosoi, Jeff Phillips, Rob Roskopp, Tony Hawk and more and scoping the East Coast for skate spotsAlso In This Issue: Skate styleMusic Articles: Megadeth and Cocteau Twins

Cover: Mark Rogowski – Slashback Photo: Mofo Inside This Mag: Interviews with Mark "Gator" Rogowski, Bod Boyle and Steve Douglas and the final session at Soquel with Mike "Smiley" Goldman, John Hutson, Gary Herbst, the Carter Brothers and moreAlso In This Mag: The NSA Pro Vert season launch in Stone Mountain, Georgia, street plants and snowboarding at BreckenridgeMusic Articles: Big Apple sounds featuring Today, Cause for Alarm, Reagan Youth, Kraut and Agnostic Front

Cover: Steve Alba – Carve Photo: Keenan Inside This Mag: Skate party in Austin and a radical decade at the Upland Pipeline Also In This Issue: An am contest in Dayton, OHMusic Articles: The Meatmen, Verbal Assault and an Ozzy Osbourne/Randy Rhoads tribute

Cover: Mike Muir – Portrait Photo: Mofo Inside This Mag: Hell Tour featuring Jesse Martinez, Steve Rocco, Per Welinder, Hans "Hazze" Lindgren and Bob SchmelzerAlso In This Issue: Heavy rollers, the Swiss Open, the ups and downs of neighborhood ramps, a memoriam for Daniel Anthony Leonard "Jake" and the Cambodia RampMusic Articles: An interview with Mike Muir of Suicidal Tendencies, Big Black and Lipcream

Cover: Brian Brannon – Backside Kickturn Photo: Kanights Inside This Mag: Tall tales and expressions between the sessionsAlso In This Issue: Shopkeeps who skateMusic Articles: Cro-Mags, Poison Idea and Lovedolls Superstar

Cover: Jeff Phillips – Frontside Ollie Photo: Mofo Inside This Mag: The skate scene in Knoxville, TN, S.U.A.S. Houston and the tale of two cities featuring Wallos, HI and San Diego, CAAlso In This Issue: Step by step skate tricks, San Francisco 49ers halftime skate sesh, 1986 NSA Pro/Am Finals and behind the scenes of Atari's new skate video gameMusic Articles: Butthole Surfers and the Adolescents

Cover: Chris Doherty – Gang Green Photo: Mofo Inside This Mag: The NSA/Bare Cover Pro/Am ramp/street jam in Tempe, AZ and 72 hours of continuous skating at the Trash-A-Thon in San Luis Obispo, CAAlso In This Issue: 13-year-old ripper Lance BensonMusic Articles: The sound that roared featuring Samhain, the Jesus and Mary Chain, Cro-Mags, Septic Death, Accused, Echo and the Bunnymen, Metallica and Slayer

Cover: Jim Thiebaud – Frontside Grind Photo: MofoInside This Mag: NSA Pro/Am Series in Chicago, the European Championships in Warrington, England and skating in the rain with Tony Guerrero, Marty Jiminez, Chuck Treece, John Lucero, Mark Gonzales and moreAlso In This Issue: Rad sequences, the artist Squeal, the stats on Ken McGuire and the story of skate nomad Rick AshleyMusic Articles: Anthrax, Rudimentary Peni and more

Cover: Chris Miller – Frontside Air Photo: Mofo Inside This Mag: An interview with Rob Roskopp, skating banks and the Transworld Skate Championships in Vancouver Also In This Issue: Thrifting, a summer of rad contests and some skimboarding actionMusic Articles: The Boneless Ones, Chuck Treece and more