Set the dial on your Way Back Machine to 1964. That's the year skateboarding first exploded in popularity, prompting Surfer magazine founder John Severson to introduce The Quarterly Skateboarder, the first publication dedicated solely to covering the evolution of the newly-emerging sport. Pre-dating any other skateboard media you can name, The Quarterly Skateboarder (the name changed to Skateboarder Magazine with the third issue) went on to profile in its four 1960s issues some serious early skateboarding history! With original copies fetching well north of $100.00 each, these fully restored reprints printed on thick, premium paper are an easy way for collectors to acquire copies for considerably less.

The contents of Vol. 1 No. 1 include the Cover: Dave Hilton, Editorial: Sidewalk Surfing?, Profile: Mike Hynson, Tips From Tommy (Ryan), Night Rallies, The Big Jump (high jumps), the Well-Equipped Skateboarder (Rick Griffin cartoon), Performance Plus, People You Meet on the Slopes (Rick Griffin cartoon), Getting Around (reader submissions, including the first-ever published photo of pool skating), Surfer/Skier/Skateboarder, Wheelies (cartoons). Major ads include Skee-Skate, Jack's Banzai Exhibition Team, Roller Derby, Hobie, Bun Buster and Super Surfer.

Published with the permission of the owner of Skateboarder, The Enthusiast Network.