This issue is a rolling demolition derby of sleep deprivation, bad ideas, and legendary skate damage, built entirely around King of the Road 2014. The cover captures Ben Raybourn handplanting into the sky in Detroit like gravity signed a surrender form, while inside, the madness multiplies. Teams pile into vans, crucifixion-level challenges kick off, mystery guests stir chaos, and every rule loophole gets abused until it screams. New tricks are born in the heat of exhaustion, highlighted by Evan Smith’s blessed nollie tré front board, while vans become mobile pressure cookers of rivalry, stupidity, and accidental brilliance.
Brand squads bring their own flavor of delirium. Flip tastes regret, Element swings between jacuzzi nonsense and midnight manual battles, Skatopia delivers authentic backwoods anarchy, and Birdhouse hunts loopholes like bloodhounds. The results section crowns the survivors, bodies wrecked, dignity optional, legends minted in sweat and filth. It’s KOTR at full throttle, hilarious, punishing, creative, and beautifully unhinged, where skateboarding turns into a roaming endurance experiment fueled by chaos and bragging rights.
