They may not be earning points, but the KOTR road crews provide vital support driving the tanks, smoothing the cracks and herding the MILFs. Let's meet the other dudes in the vans.
Posted: September 7, 2012
ANTIHERO
Dan Wolfe
aka: Wolfe
Age: 39
Home: San Francisco
Status: Master lensman
KOTR experience: none
Strengths: experience, authority figure
Weaknesses: the call of the East
Verdict: Ansel Adams
Peter Hewitt
Follow on Instagram @goonsac
aka: Pedro
Age: 38
Home: San Diego
Status: Pro
KOTR experience: None
Strengths: coping knowledge, air smarts
Weaknesses: the switch loop
Verdict: Shamu
Julien Stranger
aka: Larry
Age: 40
Home: San Francisco
Status: Pro/ company overseer
KOTR experience: none
Strengths: legend status
Weaknesses: antisocial
Verdict: lead by example
John Cardiel
Follow on Instagram @_breakfree
aka: Cards
Age: 38
Home: Sacramento
Status: Pro
KOTR experience: doesn't need any
Strengths: legend status, inspirational
Weaknesses: could cycle away at any time
Verdict: All Hail
CREATURE
Noah Quale
aka: DAF Noah
Age: 31
Home: Santa Cruz
Status: lensman, coozie magnate
KOTR experience: none
Strengths: road ready
Weaknesses: warm beer
Verdict: Livin' on the run!
Sam Hitz
aka: Hitler
Age: unavailable at this time
Home: Ocean Beach
Status: covert opps
KOTR experience: none
Strengths: the Triple, the Footy, visual effects, pyrotechnics
Weaknesses: grudge against humanity
Verdict: Blader hater
ALIEN WORKSHOP
Jeff Dickson
aka: file not found
Age: 39
Home: Chicago
Status: Ex-Marine
KOTR experience: none
Strengths: no bullshit, mechanical mindset
Weaknesses: bank skating, coffee
Verdict: back from 'Nam
TOY MACHINE
Josh Martinez
aka: J Mar
Age: 23
Home: Reno, NV
Status: Second angle
KOTR experience: None
Strengths: Fisheye, Final Cut, SLC spots
Weaknesses: Untested on the road
Verdict: Rolling long
David Reyes
Follow on instagram @davidreyes303
aka: Diggler
Age: 22
Home: Denver
Status: along for the ride
KOTR experience: 2007 with Foundation
Strengths: Colorado spots, PMA
Weaknesses: magnet head
Verdict: Yeah buddy!
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King of the Road 2012: AWS Edit
Alien Workshop takes a victory lap with their own edit from last year's King of the Road.
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King of the Road 2012: Webisode 17
Alien ends strong in SF and takes the win. This clip also includes KOTR awards and outtakes from all the teams. Thanks everyone involved for the best King of the Road ever.
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King of the Road 2012: Webisode 16
Here's Toy Machine lurching toward the San Francisco finish-line. Tommy Guerrero takes them to a gnarly hill bomb and they meet up with Embarcadero OG's.
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King of the Road 2012: Webisode 15
Creature wraps things up in San Francisco with some hill bombs, yoga, and prank calls.
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King of the Road 2012: Webisode 14
Anti-Hero closes in on the end of the road and Ryan Decenzo proves his MVP status.
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King of the Road 2012: Webisode 13
Alien Workshop rolls into Omar's hometown and continues to check tricks off the list.
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King of the Road 2012: Webisode 12
Here's Toy Machine in LA. Leo goes on a skate date with Lizzie, there's a Lockwood legends reunion, and the whole team gets on the Crail Couch.
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King of the Road 2012: Webisode 11
Venice, CA has a unique skate history and Creature goes all out. They meet up with Hosoi, skate beach spots, and Mystery Guest David Gonzalez does the time warp.
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King of the Road 2012: Webisode 10
Anti-Hero in Las Vegas is all we need to say. But we'll mention that a wet and weird pool gets skated, Trujillo turns up the street-skating heat, and Andy Roy is still a rad timebomb.
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King of the Road 2012: Webisode 9
Alien starts off with a bizarre New Wave music video, and then the shredding commences. Salazar gets pranked so bad he pukes and Grant Taylor rips as always.
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King of the Road 2012: Webisode 8
Toy Machine nears the finish line as Leo Romero conquers some of the craziest handrails of this year's KOTR… And Mike Sinclair continues his reign as an epic prank caller.
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King of the Road 2012: Webisode 7
Does Creature start feeling KOTR fatigue and slow down at this point? Hell no. This is their wildest part yet. Hell yeah.
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King of the Road 2012: Webisode 6
Angry homeowners, longboards, and Andy Roy's gnarly nose piercing all equal up to a struggle for Anti-Hero in Salt Lake City. But Decenzo shows why he got MVP.
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King of the Road 2012: Webisode 5
The mid-way point is a bizarre mix of competition, relaxing, and having a blast. Here's a board toss, high-speed relay race, and the Mystery Guests revealed: Jaws, Ryan Decenzo, Austyn Gillette, and David Gonzalez.
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King of the Road 2012: Webisode 4
Watch close: This clip reveals how Alien Workshop had all the right ingredients for a KOTR win. Here's Crockett, Salazar, Fitzgerald, Taylor, and Jake Johnson.
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King of the Road 2012: Webisode 3
Toy Machine starts off in Colorado. The wild cards on their team are New Jacks Dan Lu, Carpenter, and Leabres, but they're in good hands with all-terrain ripper Provost and the fearless Leo Romero.
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King of the Road 2012: Webisode 2
It would be pointless to rank which KOTR team had the most fun, but let's just say the Creature footage speaks for itself. Here's Gravette, Reyes, Partanen, Hitz, Conover, Bingaman, and Navarrette in ALBQ.
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King of the Road 2012: Webisode 1
It's here. The gnarliest, funniest, best KOTR yet. We start off with Antihero in Portland. Gerwer, Pfanner, Roy, Trujillo, Allen, Hewitt, Russo, and Cardiel. If you didn't get the DVD free with the February mag we weren't going to leave you behind. Here we go...
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GIlbert KOTR Sixty-6
Vans has a new installment of their Case of the Mondays Sixty-6 with Gilbert Crockett.
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KOTR Sixty-6 with Daniel Lutheran
Vans caught up with Dan Lu to get a set of six of his road memories from this year's KOTR.
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First Look: Geoff Rowley
This issue is a behemoth, so who better to flip through it first than Geoff Rowley?
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Sneak Peek: KOTR Super Issue
With a free DVD starring Taylor, Salazar, Pfanner, Gravette, Crockett, Romero, Decenzo, David Gonzalez and Jaws, The February 2013 Thrasher is hands-down the craziest King of the Road mag yet! Just try to keep up. We dare you. Watch the trailer now!
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Andrew Allen's KOTR Trip Sixty-6
Vans caught up with Andrew to get a set of six of his road memories from this year's KOTR.
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ALIEN WORKSHOP WINS KING OF THE ROAD
The Alien Workshop team wins King of the Road 2012.
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King of the Road 2012: AWS Blog 3
Joe Brook gives you a peek at what life on the road's like for the Alien Workshop team.
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King of the Road 2012: Toy Machine Blog 4
Dan Z and the Toy Machine team drive from Wyoming to Salt Lake City.
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King of the Road 2012: Anti-Hero Blog 3
Xeno and the Anti-Hero team pick up Ryan Decenzo and head to Vegas.
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KOTR on the Crail Couch
The Toy Machine team gets the Couch treatment over at the 'Tap. Starts slow, but ends with some bizarre facts about new filmer, J-Mar. 100 points!
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King of the Road 2012: AWS Blog 2
Joe Brook checks back in from the road with the Alien team.
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KOTR Instagram Feed
Gravette flipping out? Leo on a hot date? Check the #thrasherkotr2012 Instagram feed to see the latest.
peachy572
King of the Road 2012.
creaturefiends
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toy_machine
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skateboardcriminal
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toy_machine
What inspired more jealousy in you while watching the latest KOTR Episode? Leo's date with a beautiful woman...or the fact that that beautiful woman shreds harder than you do! #lizziearmanto #shreds #thrasherkotr2012
toy_machine
New King of the Road episode live on #Thrashermagazine.com! @cuates @jeremy_leabres @daniellutheran @bakedbaldhead @tumyeto @blakecarpenter #toymachine #thrasherkotr2012
pigwheels
@daniellutheran finds his doppelgänger and attacks a beastly rail in the new @toy_machine #thrasherkotr2012 episode #pigwheels #toymachine #danlu
toy_machine
One of the meanest AND funniest prank calls ever; Sinclair @tumyeto pretends to kick @foundationskateboards pro @nick_merlino off the F team in the new #thrasherkotr2012 episode!
toy_machine
@thrashermag has a new #ToyMachine #ThrasherKOTR2012 episode up! @cuates @bakedbaldhead @daniellutheran @blakecarpenter @jeremy_leabres @tumyeto
pigwheels
Have you seen the first #toymachine #thrasherKOTR2012 episode yet?! Go to @thrashermag.com to watch shredding and shenanigans in #colorado! @tumyeto #pigwheels
toy_machine
#ThrasherKOTR2012 #toymachine episode is live to watch on toymachine.com! #COsprings @cuates @bakedbaldhead @daniellutheran @blakecarpenter @jeremy_leabres @tumyeto @thrashermag #backit
parts
Flashback Saturday @davidgonzalez #thrasherKOTR2012 #soty2012 #possesedtoskate #80sHosoi #skateboarding @thrashermag
srconover
From #ThrasherKOTR2012 manual/hotdog challenge. Photo: @rtbftr78!
gnarthrills
king of the road 2012! #thrasherkotr2012 #skatelife #skateboarding
niejumpz_11
Its gonna be raining soon so i dropped by for a while looking any latest @thrashermag lucky got one pcs #thrashermagazinekingoftheroad2012 #skatelife #skateeverydamday #skateeverywhere #kotr2012 #skateboarding #skatevideosite
