Transworld Skateboarding
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| Editor-in-Chief | Jaime Owens |
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| Categories | Action sports |
| Frequency | 12 monthly issues and 1 special issue |
| Total circulation (March 2013) |
87,308 |
| Year founded | May 1983 |
| Company | Source Interlink Companies, Inc. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Website | skateboarding |
| ISSN | 0748-7401 |
Transworld SKATEboarding (also known as TWS) is an international magazine on skateboarding that is based in Carlsbad, California, United States. The publication also runs an accompanying website and video production company. As of May 2013, the publication was owned by the GrindMedia company.
A satellite edition Transworld SKATEboarding Japan is published in Japan.
Founded in 1983, TWS was intended as a more accessible alternative to Thrasher Magazine. For example, a December 1982 Thrasher article, "Skate and Destroy" written by C. R. Stecyk, III under the pen name "Lowboy", was criticized. In addition a February 1983 advertisement for Independent Trucks, featured a topless female model with the brand's decals displayed on her breasts.
The public release of TransWorld SKATEboarding occurred under the ownership of Peggy Cozens and Larry Balma, owner of the Tracker Trucks brand. Initially, the magazine's editorial teams were known collectively as the "United Skate Front" and Balma later spoke of the magazine’s beginnings as a reaction to Thrasher, explaining in a 2003 Union-Tribune interview: "They were pretty harsh, sex and drugs and using four-letter words and all that and in the early '80s, the sport started growing and [Thrasher] wasn't the best magazine for young kids".
The first issue of TWS contained the article "Skate and Create" and its author Peggy Cozens noted, "I have become increasingly concerned about a new skate attitude being pushed on skaters: Skate and Destroy" . She highlighted the positive and creative side of skating. The stance of the new magazine remained positive, to the extent that even Thrasher owner Fausto Vitello wrote, "They were about Skate and Create; we were about Skate and Destroy."
The magazine recruited graphic designer David Carson into the position of art director in 1984 and he remained with TWS until 1988; Carson imbued the magazine with a distinctive look. Between 1984 and 1988, the magazine featured the photographic work of J. Grant Brittain and Spike Jonze, and editorial contributions from professional skateboarders, such as Lance Mountain, Tony Hawk, Neil Blender, Steve Berra, Marty 'Jinx' Jimenez, Garry Scott Davis and Mark Gonzales.
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