Thrasher Magazine

Four bands, four SOTY's, and over 30 maniacs—this one's for the books. Detroit Skate Rock City starts Friday. Come one, come all...

Cover: Jaya Bonderov – Nosegrind Photo: Martineau Inside This Mag: Skating in Brazil and the East Coast and an interview with Omar HassanAlso In This Issue: Steve Caballero on sponsorshipMusic Articles: Beastie Boys, Entombed, the Frumpies, Dre Dog, NOFX and the Germs

Cover: Carl Shipman – Front Blunt Photo: KanightsInsert: Avalon Photo: Johnson Inside This Mag: Thrasher's 13th Anniversary Issue featuring the Blue and Grey Tour and an interview with Simon Woodstock Also In This Issue: Hot ams Fred Gall, Pancho Moller, Matt Pailes and John Minor and an interview with the artist behind Pitt, Dale KeownMusic Articles: NOFX, KRS-1, Morbid Angel, Cadillac Tramps and the Phantom Surfers

Anti-Hero in Las Vegas is all we need to say. But we'll mention that a wet and weird pool gets skated, Trujillo turns up the street-skating heat, and Andy Roy is still a rad timebomb.

Angry homeowners, longboards, and Andy Roy's gnarly nose piercing all equal up to a struggle for Anti-Hero in Salt Lake City. But Decenzo shows why he got MVP.

The mid-way point is a bizarre mix of competition, relaxing, and having a blast. Here's a board toss, high-speed relay race, and the Mystery Guests revealed: Jaws, Ryan Decenzo, Austyn Gillette, and David Gonzalez.

Here's gnarly, raw footage of Julien at his all-terrain best, including that surprise Burnside switchflip. Jim Greco is a fan of skating and introduces this classic from 1993.

It's here. The gnarliest, funniest, best KOTR yet. We start off with Antihero in Portland. Gerwer, Pfanner, Roy, Trujillo, Allen, Hewitt, Russo, and Cardiel. If you didn't get the DVD free with the February mag we weren't going to leave you behind. Here we go...

Vans Syndicate Project sent test subjects Julien Stranger, John Cardiel, and Mike Archimedes to Hawaii to study the effects of decay on the smell of success.