• 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
  • 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
  • Ronnie Sandoval's "Loose Threads" Dickies B Sides

    Ronnie Sandoval's "Loose Threads" Dickies B Sides
    Whether under a bridge or the edge of a building, Ronnie's picture-perfect form is unmistakable. But beauty has its price. Check the work that went into every clip from Honeymoon.   
  • Barney Page's "Pixie" OJ Wheels Part

    Barney Page's "Pixie" OJ Wheels Part
    Barney swerves through Australia with swift lines, marathon slides and a big back Smith for his first part with OJ.
  • John Dilo's "Pro Shoe" Party Photos

    John Dilo's "Pro Shoe" Party Photos
    Bryan Herman and his crew at Hours Is Yours launched Dilo's new shoe with a wild night in Vegas. Think you're too good to drink from a shoe? This might change your mind.
  • EDGLRD'S "Point Cloud" Video

    EDGLRD'S "Point Cloud" Video
    EDGLRD comes through with its first big video. New dudes Rezza Honarvar and Josh Wolff mix it up in Miami alongside their esteemed teammates: Sean Pablo, Mike Arnold, Eric Koston, Vincent Touzery and Elijah Odom.
  • Patrick O'Dell: People I've Known

    Patrick O'Dell: People I've Known
    Despite describing himself as the “C-List” staff photographer at the mag, O’Dell’s been in the field with the game’s most enigmatic figures. Who talked shit on Jerry Hsu? Who slept while Heath rowed the Sea of Cortez? Read on for the official accounts from the Epicly Later'd host. As seen in our January, ‘25 mag. 
  • In The Mag
    Tristan Funkhouser Thrasher Cover April 2025
    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.