This one opens with the Nike SB Belco Bowl Jam, marking 20 years of Belco carnage with blokes flying out of the deep end. Trip the Light Fantastic sees Volcom finally pulling their socks up for an Aussie tour, while Bjorn Johnston fields 36 questions as skating’s resident Viking. Cedric Violet brings a moody, artistic touch to the issue with his under-the-radar French vision, and Hoon Run 2009 captures a decade of chaos: frogging parks, draining beers, and barely making it out in one piece. Tom Cuthbertson’s story is all noodles and sleeping in weird places, while The Hangover delivers a three-city slamfest from New York to Vegas to L.A.

Regulars do their thing: Warning Shots follows Lanoe Mountain leaving scars at Belco, and Moments in Time revisits legendary Melbourne pipes decades apart. The Skaterat makes its usual return, Feaster’s Freakout highlights the latest gear, and First Steps breaks it down for total beginners. Culture Vulture drops a cultural grab-bag from Wake in Fright to Slave, and Gallery showcases the best of the lensmen. Chris Nieratko closes out with In Pursuit Of..., a twisted musing on beauty, money, and whatever it is we think we’re chasing. A big, rowdy issue packed with slams, style, and strange charm.