• 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
  • 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
  • Andrew Wilson for Pepper Grip

    Andrew Wilson for Pepper Grip
    Andrew Wilson slaps on a new sheet and rips through NYC's Mosquito Beach DIY for Pepper grip.
  • Deadline: Dickies' "Honeymoon" Video

    Deadline: Dickies' "Honeymoon" Video
    Workin' against arrests, brutal battles and a looming deadline, the Dickies crew pulled off a Herculean feat finishing up its blockbuster full length. Manderson, Foy, Bils and Joe Face break down the saga from the streets to the premiere.
  • 35th North's "Skate To The Plate 24" Video

    35th North's "Skate To The Plate 24" Video
    Seattle's 35th North teamed up with Nike SB and Skate Like a Girl to bring a ramp jam to the Mariners' home field.  
  • Pepe Tirelli's "I Love My Friends" Carhartt WIP Video

    Pepe Tirelli's "I Love My Friends" Carhartt WIP Video
    Pepe hits quick in the cuts across Europe with Eddie, Alexey and more homies adding heat to the edit for Carhartt WIP.
  • LOVE in Malmö

    LOVE in Malmö
    Skaters across the globe were crushed when LOVE Park's redesign scrapped the East Coast's most iconic ledges. However, the city of Malmö managed to resurrect a few to honor the legacy. Check Sweden's new plaza as Panebianco, Shanahan, Freddy, Jahmir and more of Philly’s finest break in the stone at its new home.
  • In The Mag
    April 2024 Filipe Mota Thrasher Cover_Burnett_350
    A top-shelf trick on a storied SF stone—Tiago busts an unthinkable switch backside noseblunt on the Bay Blocks, immortalized in skateboard history with the cover of our November ‘24 mag. Speaking of skateboard history, we got Washington Street’s 25-year recap. The Dickies team put in the hard work for their full-length Honeymoon. Smoke rises a mile high as Spitfire sets Colorado ablaze. Plus we packed in 5 Greats with Brian O’Dwyer, interviews with Mike Anderson, Emile Laurent and much, much more.