Grant gets to it and the media battle a maneater!

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.

After all is said and done, we lived like pirates. Sleeping in a hotel or bushes, it doesn't matter. This is the best crew, straight mental cases. If you want us in your town, let us know. We will rock your world.

After a week of busted bones and ear ringing, Skate Rock Japan winds down at a sea wall spot that didn't help much two years ago. Thanks to all of the Japanese skaters, hosts, ramp owners, and everyone we met. Felem rules and nothing is safe when the Skate Rock crew is in town.

Alien Workshop rolls into Omar's hometown and continues to check tricks off the list.

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.

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.

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.

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!

Great trips, sick crews, tons of miles, smiles, and brews all led up to a year in rebru for 2012.

"Went to Oz, witnessed the gnarliest skateboarding in the history of urethane and even kicked the Mayans in their cosmic balls. 2012 was heavy fuckin' duty."

Midway through the year we began a feature called Magnified, highlighting epic stunts straight from the pages of the mag. Here's a montage of some of the shockers.

It was a year of epic fronts, from legends like MJ and D Way to young bucks like Trevor Colden and Dane Burman. Which was your favorite cover of 2012?

Rhino sent in his leftover photos from the Thrash and Burn trip with the Spitfire team.

Portugal with Grant, Pedro, and Hewitt, before the Spitfire trip started.

When you're on the road for three weeks with the Spitfire team, a lot shit happens—and it all adds up to one great yardsale.

More epic spots and epic skating with the Spitfire team. Hamburg and Rotterdam have the goods, and we finally get shut down at the end of the road with a 30-year storm.

Chima, Ishod, Pfanner, and the rest of the Spitfire team keeps the fire lit, burning up spots all around Copenhagen.  More good times coming: Back to the mainland into Hamburg and on to Rotterdam. Look out!

The whole crew convenes on Berlin, and spots get slaughtered before they head to the Nordic territories. Copenhagen's up next.