King of the Road is an American

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tournament held by

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magazine, founded by its editor Michael Burnett in 2003.

History

The tournament involves three or four teams of professional skaters competing over a two-week period. All teams are given "The Book", which contains a series of challenges. The challenges themselves typically involve hard skateboarding tasks and humorous ones, such as making out with a certain number of women, or getting a tattoo. There are various points available for each challenge, usually dependent on how difficult or uncomfortable the challenge is. The teams travel across numerous American cities to complete as many of these challenges as possible. The tournament was held annually from 2003 to 2007, with each of these years being released on DVD. In 2010, the tournament was returned, however would be released as an Internet series going forward, instead of a DVD. In 2011, Thrasher and

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hosted a special one-off edition of the competition in

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, with the participation of four Chinese skateboard brands. Later on, Thrasher would sign an agreement for

Viceland Viceland (stylized in all caps; also known as Vice TV in the United States) is a brand used for television channels owned and programmed by Vice Media. The brand launched on February 29, 2016, with two cable channels in North America. The Vice ...

to broadcast the 2015 tournament, and this agreement would continue for the next two years. Ultimately, Viceland did not renew the rights to distribute any future King of the Road tournaments after the 2017 edition, and there has yet to be any held since.

Tournaments

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2010

2011

2011 (China)

2012

2013

2014

2015 eason 1 on Viceland

Mystery guests: Heath Kirchart (Birdhouse), Forrest Edwards (Toy Machine),

Jereme Rogers Jereme Rogers (born January 13, 1985) is an American professional skateboarder, well known in the skateboarding sub-culture for his early retirement and rap music production. Rogers returned to professional skateboarding in June 2010 with a pr ...

(Chocolate)

2016 eason 2 on Viceland

Mystery guests:

Samarria Brevard Samarria Brevard (born September 22, 1993) is a goofy-footed American skateboarder and musician. Skateboarding career Growing up in Riverside, California, Brevard started skating at the age of 13, spending time with brothers and cousins who s ...

(Enjoi), Leo Baker (Deathwish), Nora Vasconcellos (Creature)

2017 eason 3 on Viceland

Mystery guests:

Jamie Foy Jamie Foy (born June 14, 1996) is an American regular-footed skateboarder. He was crowned 2017 and 2024 Skater of the Year by ''Thrasher'' magazine. He skates for Death Wish Skateboards, Thunder Trucks, Spitfire Wheels, Redbull and New Balanc ...

(Element),

Aaron Homoki Aaron Homoki (; born February 2, 1990), also known as Jaws, is an American professional Skateboarding, skateboarder and was featured in the ''True Blue Retrospect'' video part. He is from Phoenix, Arizona. He is famous for his ability to withsta ...

(Real),

Axel Cruysberghs Axel Cruysberghs (born October 12, 1994) is a Belgian professional street skateboarder. In 2015, Cruysberghs made his debut at the X Games in Austin, Texas. He made his first appearance at the X Games in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 2018. Cruysbe ...

(Foundation)

References

External links

Official website
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