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. 4 include the Cover: Pat McGee, Editorial: Skateboarding's Rights and Duties, Profile: Pat McGee, Skateboard Tips, Skateboarding France, Murphy Gets a Story (Rick Griffin cartoon), Profile: Woody Woodward, The Moscow Adventures of Secret Agent Rodney Dangerfield (fiction), Getting Around (reader submissions), Wheelies (cartoons). Major ads include Crest Skate Wheels, Sterling's Mustang and Hobie.

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