Articles
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1/06/2010
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 -
1/06/2010
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 -
1/06/2010
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 -
1/06/2010
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 -
1/06/2010
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 -
1/06/2010
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 -
12/24/2009
A Day In The Life of B.A.
Crailtap has a day in the life of Brian Anderson. -
11/13/2009
Nihilist Kills!!!
"Who would have thought that a few hundred drunk skaters in one building could be so destructive?" -
11/09/2009
Burnout: Cacka The First
Burnout starts an East Coast tour with the Toy Machiners in North Carolina. -
11/06/2009
Mark Appleyard Interview
"I’m more selective with my stunt work."
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3/06/2025
The Watts Skatepark Opening Photos
It took over 15 years, but the Watts neighborhood in LA finally got a skatepark. Atiba went down to check the opening with Spanky, Cordano, Malto and a host of adaptive skaters. Get a preview of the plaza here. -
3/06/2025
ICHPIG at Primitive Park Video
Gary pops by Primitive park for a fired up session with Jace, K White and the ICHPIG posse from Australia. -
3/06/2025
John Dilo's "Choking The Bat" Jacuzzi Part
Dilo recently moved to The City, but he's already got another full part ready with absurd mannies from the pier to the library for Jacuzzi. -
3/06/2025
Wallride Skate Co's "Dirty People" Video
If you saw the Drift trip in the mag, you know Kazakhstan's got spots. Our friends at Wallride show off the beauty of Almaty with a powerful vid full of proper plazas and wild rails. -
3/06/2025
Elissa Steamer's "Smile Interview" for The Ben Raemers Foundation
The Ben Raemers Foundation sits down with Elissa to talk early days in Florida, her mental health experience and gettin' sober. Listen up.
In The Mag
T-Funk on the tree trunk. Tristan Funkhouser barks hard with a wrong-way tree transfer at a classic Natas spot. In this issue we have Blake Carpenter and Tom Schaar interviews, Chris Joslin's 5 Greats, a behind-the-scenes look at "War Cry," and a Monster mission to Europe. Get yours.