King Of The Road (title)

The title of King of the Road is given out once a year by '' Thrasher'' magazine. The tradition was started in 2003 by Thrasher editor Michael Burnett.

In the 'King of the Road' contest, three separate, pre-invited teams of professional skaters are each given a book containing a series of challenges. The challenges themselves involve hard skateboarding tasks, as well as more trivial and humorous ones. There are various points available for each challenge, usually dependent on how difficult or uncomfortable the challenge is. The teams compete at the same time over a two-week period, in which they travel across the U.S. to complete as many challenges as possible.

KOTR has been held annually since its inception, with the exceptions of 2008, 2009 and 2018. In 2011, Thrasher and Converse hosted an addition KOTR competition in China, with the participation of four Chinese skateboard brands.

King of the Road 2003

Teams

Team Deluxe
* Dan Drehobl
* Darrell Stanton
* JT Aultz
* Ernie Torres
* Tony Trujillo

Team Tum Yeto
* Ethan Fowler
* Gareth Stehr
* Diego Bucchieri
* Johnny Layton
* Adrian Mallory

Team Volcom
* Rune Glifberg
* Caswell Berry
* Dustin Dollin
* Dennis Busenitz
* Javier Sarmiento

Team éS
* Eric Koston
* Rick McCrank
* Paul Rodriguez
* PJ Ladd
* Alexis Sablone

Final Standings

::1st Place: Deluxe
::2nd Place: Tum Yeto
::3rd Place: Volcom
::4th Place: éS

King of the Road 2004

Teams

::Team Almost
* Daewon Song
* Greg Lutzka
* Chris Haslam
* Ryan Sheckler
* Cooper Wilt
::Team Girl
* Eric Koston
* Mike Carroll
* Rick Howard
* Brian Anderson
* Jereme Rogers
::Team Real
* Peter Ramondetta
* Dennis Busenitz
* Tony Trujillo
* Darrell Stanton
* Ernie Torres
::Team Zero
* Jamie Thomas
* Jon Allie
* Tommy Sandoval
* Chris Cole
* James Brockman

Final Standings

::1st Place: Zero
::2nd Place: Girl
::3rd Place: Almost
::4th Place: Real

King of the Road 2005

Teams

Team Zero

* Jamie Thomas
* Chris Cole
* Garrett Hill
* John Rattray
* Tommy Sandoval

Team Habitat
* Fred Gall
* Silas Baxter-Neal
* Stefan Janoski
* Kerry Getz
* Danny Garcia

Team Flip
* Geoff Rowley
* Bastien Salabanzi
* Shane Cross
* Arto Saari
* Alex Chalmers

Team Element
* Jeremy Wray
* Mike Vallely
* Brent Atchley
* Tosh Townend
* Colt Cannon

Final Standings

:: First Place : Zero 4,190 points
:: Second Place : Habitat 3,470
:: Third Place : Flip 3,460
:: Fourth Place : Element 2,680

King of the Road 2006

Teams

Team Zero
* Jamie Thomas
* Chris Cole
* Tommy Sandoval
* John Rattray
* James Brockman

Team Darkstar
* Chet Thomas
* Paul Machnau
* Gailea Momolu
* Paul Trep
* Adam Dyet

Team Baker
* Andrew Reynolds
* Erik Ellington
* Jim Greco
* Bryan Herman
* Leo Romero

Team Toy Machine
* Ed Templeton
* Billy Marks
* Josh Harmony
* Johnny Layton
* Matt Bennett

Final Standings

::1st Place: Zero - 5,530 points
::2nd Place: Darkstar - 4,610 points
::3rd Place: Baker - 4,540 points
::4th Place: Toy Machine - 3,690 points

King of the Road 2007

Teams

Team Blind
* Ronnie Creager
* Jake Duncombe
* James Craig
* Danilo Cerezini
* Morgan Smith

Team Foundation
* Don Nguyen
* Sierra Fellers
* David Reyes
* Angel Ramirez
* Abdias Rivera

Team Black Label
* Chet Childress
* Adam Alfaro
* Brian "Slash" Hansen
* Shuriken Shannon
* Chris Troy

Team Zoo York
* Zered Bassett
* Aaron Suski
* Anthony Shetler
* Lamare Hemmings
* Brandon Westgate

Final Standings

::1st Place: Blind
::2nd Place: Foundation
::3rd Place: Black Label
::4th Place: Zoo York

King of the Road 2010

1st Place
Team Nike SB
Eric Koston,
Grant Taylor,
Ishod Wair,
Cory Kennedy,
Justin Brock.
Mystery Guest Marissa Del Santo.

2nd Place
Team C1RCA
David Gravette,
Scott Decenzo,
Sierra Fellers,
David Reyes,
Robbie Brockel.
Mystery Guest Alexis Sablone.

3rd Place
Team Converse
Angel Ramirez,
Kenny Anderson,
Sammy Baca,
Julian Davidson,
Eli Reed.
Mystery Guest Lacey Baker.

4th Place
Team Etnies
Sean Malto,
Mike Taylor,
Jose Rojo,
Willow,
Ryan Sheckler.
Mystery Guest Elisa Steamer.

King of the Road 2011

1st Place – 6060 points
Team Lakai
Guy Mariano,
Marc Johnson,
Daniel Espinoza,
Vincent Alvarez,
Mikemo Capaldi,
Sam Smyth TM,
Ryan Lovell, Videographer,
Joe Brook, on Photography,
Aaron Meza on 2nd Angle.
Mystery Guest Andrew Reynolds.

2nd Place – 5680 points
Team Vans
Tony Trujillo,
Elijah Berle,
Daniel Lutheran,
Johnny Layton,
Gilbert Crockett,
Griffin Collins TM,
Cody Green, Videographer,
Joe Hammeke on Photography.
Mystery Guest Arto Saari.

3rd Place – 5480 points
Team Nike SB
Eric Koston,
Grant Taylor,
Ishod Wair,
Cory Kennedy,
Shane O’Neill,
Bob Reynolds TM,
Jason Hernandez, Videographer,
Rhino on Photography,
Steve Chalme on 2nd Angle.
Mystery Guest Leo Romero.

4th Place – 5340 points
Team Dekline
Chad Tim-tim,
Matt Bennett,
Nick Merlino,
Dakota Servold,
Ryan Spencer,
Mike Sinclair TM,
Jared Lucas, Videographer,
Dan Zaslavsky on Photography,
Tim Cisilino on Second angle.
Mystery Guest Salman Agah.

King of the Road China 2011

Presented by Converse

1st Place – 2930 Points
Team Gift
Mystery Guest Raymond Molinar.

2nd place - 2710
Team Shox
Mystery Guest Angel Ramirez.

3rd place - 2615
Team Society
Mystery Guest Kenny Anderson.

4th place - 1930
Team Vagabond
Mystery Guest ??? .

King of the Road 2012

King of the Road 2013

Teams

Teams were announced August 27, 2013. People were able to follow each team via blogs on the Thrasher site.

Final Standings

Winners were announced on September 19, 2013.
* Winning Team: Birdhouse
* Phelper's Choice: Raven Tershy
* MVP: Ryan Susim

Web Episodes

The 2013 edition of KoTR was shown in a series of videos on the Thrasher site and on YouTube.

Teams AnnouncedYT

Team Riders AnnouncedYT

TeaserYT

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Meet The Mystery GuestsYT

Highest Longest MostYT

Chocolate YardsaleYT

Real YardsaleYT

Birdhouse YardsaleYT

King of the Road 2014

Teams

Team were announced September 3, 2014. Mystery guests were announced September 12, 2014 and were all featured in the Osiris video, "The Storm".

Final Standings

Winning team was announced on December 13 in the final Web episode.
# Birdhouse
# Element
# Flip

Web Episode

The 2014 edition of KoTR was shown in a series of web episodes on the Thrasher site and on YouTube.

Meet The Mystery GuestsYT

Episode 1YT

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Episode 3YT

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Episode 5YT

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Episode 11YT

Highest, Longest, MostYT

Evan Smith MVPYT

Birdhouse Detroit ExtrasYT

King of the Road 2015

Teams

The 2015 teams were announced August 25, 2015. The Mystery guests were announced September 2, 2015.
Team Birdhouse was the winner. Elijah Berle was the MVP. In 2016 this season of King of the Road aired as eleven hour-long TV episodes on the VICELAND channel.

Web Episodes

Meet the Mystery GuestsYT

King of the Road 2016

Teams

The 2016 teams were announced October 14, 2016.
Team Enjoi was the winner. Jackson Pilz was the MVP. In 2017 this season of King of the Road aired as eleven hour-long TV episodes on the VICELAND channel.

King of the Road 2017

Teams

The 2017 teams were announced July 6, 2017.
Team Element was the winner. Evan Smith was the MVP. This season of King of the Road aired in 2018 as eleven hour-long TV episodes on the VICELAND channel and the Thrasher website.https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/viceland-king-of-the-road

References

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External links

Official Web Page

King of the Road 2003 at Skatevideosite.com

King of the Road 2004 at Skatevideosite.com

King of the Road 2005 at Skatevideosite.com

King of the Road 2006 at Skatevideosite.com

King of the Road 2007 at Skatevideosite.com

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