Slam 63

Issue 63 of Slam Skateboarding takes readers on a rough and ready tour across skateboarding’s weird corners and wild personalities. It kicks off with the Chilli Bus Tour tearing through Newcastle, showing that the local scene’s still firing. Luke “Jaffa” Curtis gets his moment with a raw interview where he's crowned a king in his own right—straight talk, no fluff. Then it's off to Northern Thailand where Aussie and Kiwi skaters collide with strange terrain and stranger stories in “Tick Dicks and Flying Moguls.”

The visual side kicks in with “Momentum,” delivering a clean hit of skate photography. Meanwhile, Thomas Kanz proves age is just a number, ripping it up at seven years old in “All Aboard for Toyland.” Competition heats up with the Mindgames finals in “Reign Supreme,” and somewhere between all the hammers and the hype, “Delusions of Grandeur” keeps things cheeky. And for the gear heads, there’s a full 2001 Skate Shoe Guide pull-out to fuel your next cop.