• 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
  • Madcity Meltdown Event

    Madcity Meltdown Event
    Flying Low is bringin' the action back to the block in Wisconsin. Madison, get there!
  • Copy of Digby Luxton's "Fakename" Part TEST

    Copy of Digby Luxton's "Fakename" Part TEST
    Quality lines and impressive tech, Digby gets his kicks with Stevie Nicks.
  • Digby Luxton's "Fakename" Part

    Digby Luxton's "Fakename" Part
    Quality lines and impressive tech, Digby gets his kicks with Stevie Nicks.
  • Today, Tomorrow and Ruby

    Today, Tomorrow and Ruby
    The Super Co does it again! Friends and fanatics descend on the OC for the latest Foundation flick and a surprise for our gal Ruby Lilley.
  • Texalona Presents: "Texalona Flood"

    Texalona Presents: "Texalona Flood"
    The Texalona gang brings the VX from the Lone Star State to Stalin Plaza.
  • Events
    In The Mag
    Dylan Jaeb Thrasher Magazine Cover June, 2026 Fakie Flip Rincon
    A massive four block needs a fakie flip? There’s only one man for the job: Dylan Jaeb! He puts Rincon back on the map by going over the bar and onto the cover of our June ’26 mag. In this issue, we tap our 2014 SOTY Wes Kremer to interview the Mafia’s Alexis Ramirez as he wraps a bow on his first part as full-fledged member of Nike SB’s esteemed roster. More big game gets hunted when Red Bull goes to South Africa. Don’t worry, they didn’t hurt the animals, but the spots are another story. There’s even more muddy action outta Swampfest with Greyson and gang. No fire in Florida this year, but maybe for the best since we see the aftermath of what a Burn Zone looks like with Raney and co. on California’s coast. We got all that more! But you gotta grab the mag to get the full experience. What are you waitin’ for?