It’s an event born out of a friendly rivalry on the challenging, rocky desert trails in the Johnson Valley OHV area in Southern California. The “OG13” was the original group who challenged the Hammers back in 2007. Since then the King of the Hammers has grown from a friendly competition to an event that draws tens of thousands of fans and racers to check out this unique competition that blends rock crawling and desert racing in person.

This year, the 2014 KOH will be preceded by a week full of events and races in Johnson Valley, including King of the Motos, King Shock Shootout at Backdoor, King of the Hammers UTV race, Smittybilt Every Man Challenge, King of the Hammers race and more. Off-Road.com will be on site this year covering all of the action, so be sure to check back for more on this year’s race.