King of the Road (2016)
King of the Road is an institution in skateboarding. Started by Thrasher magazine in 2003, it's a demented, roving adventure that follows various skate teams across the country as they compete to accomplish a set list of tasks, some of which carry great risk of bodily harm, and others that don't involve skateboarding at all (but still might carry great risk of bodily harm).
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Episode 1 - Episode 1
Release Date: 2014-01-06After a rad intro section, Enjoi starts things off with a bunch of manual and transition tricks, they find a mom who can kickflip, and Jimmy Carlin shows he's gonna have the most fun of all.
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Episode 2 - Episode 2
Release Date: 2014-01-07Chocolate starts off with an unreal bank-to-wall session, Stevie Perez gets 10 tricks on one handrail, Vincent Alvarez makes everything look good, and Raven gets a wild barefoot boneless.
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Episode 3 - Episode 3
Release Date: 2014-01-08Real is in this to win and the guys find a stripper who skates, Brock gets inked, Brockel does a huge bar snap, and Jake Ruiz grinds one of the gnarliest 50-50s in KOTR history.
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Episode 4 - Episode 4
Release Date: 2014-01-09Here's Birdhouse killing it. Ben Raybourn is a transition genius, Clint Walker gets 25 make-outs, and you gotta see Mike Davis frontside flip a spine. It's so sick.
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Episode 5 - Episode 5
Release Date: 2014-01-10A panda gets to second base, the whole team gets the dubstep blues, and Zack Wallin snaps a rare no-comply fakie.
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Episode 6 - Episode 6
Release Date: 2014-01-13Elijah Berle shows his ATV abilities, Stevie Perez battles a backlip shove-it, and the filmer makes a love connection with a girl who has a probation ankle monitor.
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Episode 7 - Episode 7
Release Date: 2014-01-14Real makes a potato gun, Justin Brock grinds up, across and down a rail, a longboard gets focused, and the team gets 21 females into their van.
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Episode 8 - Episode 8
Release Date: 2014-01-15Everyone wondered if Tony Hawk would get involved and get dirty to help Birdhouse on KOTR. Hell yes, he does. Also, Clint Walker is the make-out king, and Clive Dixon lipslides a monster rail.
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Episode 9 - Episode 9
Release Date: 2014-01-16Generator races, jousting, kegboards, and a near disaster of blazing proportions all contributed to the midway madness in Sacramento.
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Episode 10 - Episode 10
Release Date: 2014-01-17Some teams fade as KOTR progresses, but Enjoi turns up the energy and weirdness. This is their best clip by far.
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Episode 11 - Episode 11
Release Date: 2014-01-20It's rad how Chocolate has evolved into such an all-terrain team over the years. Here they skate deep pits, ledges, rails, and there's even a red curb session.
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Episode 12 - Episode 12
Release Date: 2014-01-21The Real team battles harsh bank-to-wall challenges, Mystery Guest TJ Rogers is a tech ledge-wizard, they find a mom who can kickflip, and Jake Ruiz continues to be the big surprise of KOTR with his shocking handrail assaults.
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Episode 13 - Episode 13
Release Date: 2014-01-22Enjoi goes down South for a pool session with Salba, a prank call to Shier, and a big snapper at Willshire from Wallin as King of the Road nears the end of the line.
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Episode 14 - Episode 14
Release Date: 2014-01-23The stoke and delirium combine as Chocolate nears the end. Here's a gnarly pool roll-in session, tech madness, filmer hijinx, a Too $hort cameo, and Cory Kennedy continues to rip while gaining no points.
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Episode 15 - Episode 15
Release Date: 2014-01-24Here's Real in the final stretch. They have to push Arrighi into a pool, they meet up with Lil' Wayne, Brock battles a kickflip late shove-it, and TJ Rogers again tackles some wild tech moves.
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Episode 16 - Episode 16
Release Date: 2014-01-27Mike Davis, Clive Dixon and Clint Walker are skate demons, Wee-Man swings by, Jaws blasts the biggest ollie of KOTR (of course), and you gotta see the enders with Gravette and Raybourn. Amazing. Congrats, guys.