INTRODUCTION
You’re holding in your hands a little piece of history – the 30 Year Anniversary Edition of Slam Skateboarding Magazine. Three decades have passed since the former publisher, Morrison Media, took a risk on a new magazine in a competitive market; three or four other skate mags were already on the Australian newsstands. Peter Morrison briefed Slam’s original editor, Mike Perry: “I don’t care if this loses money for the entire first year. Just go for it and kick their arses.” Mike was a surfer from California who started skating in 1959. He grew up just a stone’s throw from Venice Beach, rolling through the steel-wheel era, on to clay and eventually witnessing the ultimate upgrade to urethane, which his roommate, Frank Nasworthy, invented! Mike was 42-years-old when he took on…