• 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
  • July 1981

    July 1981
    Cover: Mike Pust – Handplant Photo: Mofo Inside This Mag: Ramp raging, Ray Rodriguez discusses ditch skating with Stacy Peralta and the Second Annual Morro Bay Slalom ContestAlso In This Issue: Modern moves with Rodney Mullen and Per Welinder and the GLSA Contest at Apple Skatepark in Columbus, OHMusic Articles: The Big Boys and the Dregs
  • June 1981

    June 1981
    Cover: Mike Smith - Frontside Smith Photo: Kevin Thatcher Inside This Mag: The Ranch Spring Nationals with competitors Mike Smith, Duane Peters, Mike Alba, Neil Blender and more and Steve Caballero, Roger Hickey and Steve Rocco talk about their favorite skatesAlso In This Issue: Top secret spots revealed and Texas spring competitionsMusic Articles: The Big Boys and U2
  • May 1981

    May 1981
    Cover: Duane Peters and Steve Caballero – Aggro Sweeper Re-entry, Lien Air Photos: Kevin Thatcher Inside This Mag: Skate City Whittier Pro/Am Contest with competitors Duane Peters, Lance Mountain, Steve Caballero, Neil Blender and more and a Swedish skate competitionAlso In This Issue: A day in the street, a night on the town, Sensation Basin's Third Anniversary Contest and the Galveston, TX contestMusic Articles: Adam and the Ants and the Big Boys
  • April 1981

    April 1981
    Cover: Allen Losi – Fakie Footplant Ollie Photo: Rose Inside This Mag: LA skatepark paradise and the mission to find the best pipes in Florida Also In This Issue: The ollie air and other unassisted, no handed aerial acrobatics and skating in DallasMusic Articles: The Big Boys and the Jam
  • March 1981

    March 1981
    Cover: Chris Miller - Bio Frontside Air Photo: Goodrich Inside This Mag: LA skatepark paradise and the Kona Pro/Am competitionAlso In This Issue: The art of dropping in and ASPOMusic Articles: 415 Compilation tunes and the Big Boys
  • February 1981

    February 1981
    Cover: Chris Strople - Frontside Slash Photo: Kevin Thatcher Inside This Mag: Lakewood Half-Pipe Pro/Am Contest, an interview with Shawn Peddle and rad public skateparksAlso In This Issue: Skate sessions in Berkeley, the Third Annual Pepsi Pro/Am Sensation Basin Skatepark Contest
  • January 1981

    January 1981
    Cover: artwork by Kevin Thatcher Inside This Mag: Upland Gold Cup Finale, downhill racing at in Capitola and at the Laguna Seca Raceway and semi-secret spots revealedAlso In This Issue: Street shredding and modern skate comics
  • A Day In The Life of B.A.

    A Day In The Life of B.A.
    Crailtap has a day in the life of Brian Anderson.
  • This Old Ledge: Los Angeles Mall

    This Old Ledge: Los Angeles Mall
    For most, the LA Mall is an uninviting Downtown fortress, but skaters have been flocking there since the '80s. Walk the grounds with Ted Barrow as he traces the bricks' history from early Guy to modern Greco.
  • Welcome Madrid X Spitfire Video

    Welcome Madrid X Spitfire Video
    Adrian Del Campo, Felipe Bartolome, Gabi Ferrero and the crew from Madrid's Welcome shop charge their city's bounty of granite spots for Spitfire.
  • Chris Joslin's "Joyce" Rockstar Part

    Chris Joslin's "Joyce" Rockstar Part
    Barcelona's got more blocks than just Macba, and Joslin hunts down the city's sets with his world-famous arsenal for Rockstar. 
  • Opera Holiday 2024 Boards

    Opera Holiday 2024 Boards
    Opera shows off their new sleds just in time for a holiday park rip.   
  • Chris Russell's "OJ Part Battle Scars" Video

    Chris Russell's "OJ Part Battle Scars" Video
    OJ brings out all the sticks and slams from the Muscle's unhinged part.
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    Greyson Fletcher Thrasher Cover February 2025
    Greyson Fletcher lets it dangle with a barefoot one-footer high above Oahu's North Shore. In this issue, we've got GX1000 in Japan, Indy in Germany, Atlantic Drift in Kazakhstan. Plus interviews with Shawn Hale, Donovon Piscopo and Greyson Fletcher himself.