April 3 has unofficially develop into Ken Block Day, so named in honor of the quantity 43 he carried all through his racing profession. To rejoice, the Hoonigan YouTube channel uploaded the most important Ken Block Gymkhana video of all time. It’s not new footage, however moderately a compilation of each single Gymkhana video within the collection, grouped collectively for over two hours of nonstop tire destruction. And it is completely wonderful.

You’ve in all probability seen most or all of those movies earlier than. Having them organized in chronological order for one large compilation clip is actually handy, however there’s additionally some satisfying symmetry taking place right here. Block’s first Gymkhana Practice video hit YouTube in 2008, the early years of the platform and lengthy earlier than the Hoonigan channel was a factor. DC Shoes, the corporate Block co-founded, hosted a number of different clips, and you’ll nonetheless discover them on the channel at present. But having every part below the home of Hoonigan feels wholly acceptable.

So dive in and revisit 16 years of drifts, donuts, spins, jumps, close to misses, close to hits, and the sounds of tires being tortured to destruction. You’ll see two generations of the Subaru WRX, quite a few iterations of the Ford Fiesta, each variations of the insane Hoonicorn, the Focus RS RX, Block’s first Escort Cosworth, the Hoonitruck, and the final automobile he thrashed, the Audi S1 E-Tron Hoonitron. His exhibitions spanned the globe, garnering a whole lot of thousands and thousands of views on YouTube whereas influencing a era of racers. And it began with a easy testing session in a 2006 WRX at a decommissioned navy base in California.

It’s value noting that the compilation video options all of the official Gymkhana performances, together with the Climbkhana hill climbs. But you will not discover Block’s Top Gear appearances for apparent causes. You additionally will not discover extras just like the quirky Gymkhana 2.1 filmed with Rob Dyrdek, however the video does embrace Footkhana—a enjoyable competitors between Block and soccer star Neymar Jr. that you simply may need missed.

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