Eric Koston

Eric Koston ( born April 29, 1975 in Bangkok, Thailand) is an American Street Skateboarding professional with Swedish and Thai roots. In his career, he recorded already some successes at the X Games, the Gravity Games and other known skateboard competitions.

Career

As Koston was 14 years old, he met the professional skater Eddie Elguera know, which then sponsored him with his skateboard company. He was also included in the legendary H- Street team and skated for six months in San Diego. In 1992 he left school and moved to Los Angeles, where he founded the Switchstanceskateboarder. Koston managed by its innovative and professional experts as particularly stylistically recognized skating and multiple video parts, to create a name with leading skate companies. Particularly well known for its Koston switch tricks, so the ability to perform a skateboarding trick in an inverted foot position. An often -heard rumor Eric Koston have the K -Grind, also called Crooked Grind invented. The K stands in this case for the first letter of his surname. However, this rumor frequently by Koston has been even denied. The Crooked Grind was instead invented by Dan Peterka, who drove in the same skate team like Koston, this has taken the trick only in his repertoire.

Today, Eric Koston is one of the most famous personalities in street skateboarding. He is also a playable character in the computer and console games Tony Hawk's Skateboarding and EA 's Skate 2 In addition, he designed his own collection of skate shoes for éS Footwear. Koston is also retract able with an amazing constancy and again on important Contests good rankings.

Beginning of 2006, he left his longtime sponsor éS Footwear and switched to lackey. He left the company in 2009 and now runs for Nike SB.

Koston is -sponsored by Girl Skateboards. His video parts are regularly milestones (such as Mouse, or Menikmati Yeah right ). He has continually set new standards in the scene and is seen by many as one of the best street hangover of all time.

Since 2008, Eric Koston operates along with Steve Berra The Berrics the website. With about 14,000 members, who have created on MyBerrics own profile and there can share pictures and videos, it is considered by many, not least because of the daily updates from various categories on the topic Skateboarding (eg Trickipedia Tuesdays, Battle at the Berrics or skate or Dice ), considered the most influential skateboarding website that there are considered.

Eric Koston, together with Guy Mariano founder and owner of the fashion company Fourstar Clothing.

Competition history

First Place:

  • PSL 1995: Street
  • Tampa 1996: Pro
  • Gravity Games 2000: Street
  • Gravity Games 2001: Street
  • Slam City Jam 2001: Street
  • Gravity Games 2002: Street
  • Tampa 2002: Pro
  • X Games 2002: Street
  • X Games 2003: Street, Global Championship
  • Gravity Games 2003
  • X Games 2004: Street
  • Tampa 2007: Pro
  • Street League 2011: Gas
  • BATB 2014: 1st Place
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