Thrasher Magazine – King of the Road Issue
This wild issue celebrates the controlled chaos that is King of the Road, Thrasher’s infamous, no-holds-barred skateboarding scavenger hunt across America. It's not just about tricks—it's about enduring weird challenges, road fatigue, and bonding through absolute mayhem.

The features pit four powerhouse teams—Anti-Hero, Creature, Toy Machine, and Alien Workshop—against each other in a grueling journey filled with jail threats, broken bones, bad timing, cosmic hallucinations, and full-send trickery. Anti-Hero wrestles with the chaos of time zones and injury. Creature turns road dust into gold, particularly through Sam Hitz’s reflections and the Shep Dawgs' raw momentum. Salt Lake City becomes a battlefield of speed. Toy Machine, true to form, brings chaos and charm with “one hell of a baby palette.”

The High, Long, Most section captures the biggest, gnarliest feats of the tour—like switch bigspin inward heelflips and unbelievable gap clearances. Every team leaves a distinct imprint on the terrain they hit.

Departments amplify the absurdity and admiration: Mail is full of scar tissue and hardware; On Board breaks down who rode what. Results crown Ryan Decenzo as MVP. Sieben dares skaters to flip their trucks and try madness. Photo-G, Trash, Firing Line, and Somethin’ are packed with humor, grit, and gutter-glory snapshots.

It’s an issue that captures skateboarding’s most unpredictable and heartfelt tradition—part road trip, part war story, all adrenaline.