1. Erik Ellington was born on August 9,1977 and is an American professional skateboarder.
12 Facts About Erik Ellington
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Erik Ellington established Bakerboys Distribution with Andrew Reynolds and Jim Greco in 2007.
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Erik Ellington made a decent living; he had a body shop for cars and stuff.
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Erik Ellington first appeared on video when he played a Zero rider in Thrill of it All.
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Erik Ellington had relocated from San Diego to Tempe around the same time that he was recruited by professional skateboarder Jamie Thomas, the founder and owner of Zero.
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Erik Ellington explained the initial development of his relationship with Thomas:.
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Erik Ellington has released six different Ellington signature skate shoe designs, with the sixth model, "The Ellington", released in late 2012.
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Erik Ellington established Bakerboys Distribution with Andrew Reynolds and Jim Greco in 2007.
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In 2008, Erik Ellington co-founded the skateboard deck brand Deathwish with professional skateboarder Jim Greco and, as of 2013, the two partners continue to co-own the company.
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Erik Ellington travelled to the Philippines as part of the "2012 Supra Asian Tour" where he was welcomed by the local media as a "living legend".
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Erik Ellington is sponsored by Deathwish, Supra, KR3W, Thunder, Spitfire, Mob Grip, and Shake Junt.
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Erik Ellington has said that the music record label companies make it difficult to get rights to music for skateboard videos and that he doesn't think that the companies understand that kids end up buying music they hear on video featuring their favorite skateboarders.