Eric
Koston (born April 29, 1975 in Bangkok, Thailand) is an
American professional skateboarder. His family moved
from Bangkok to California when he was 9 months old and
he settled in San Bernardino when his parents divorced.
He began skateboarding at the age of 11, when his older
brother handed him an old Mark Gonzales board with
mismatched trucks. He picked up skateboarding quickly
and eventually dropped out of school in the 10th grade
to become a full time professional skateboarder.
Koston turned professional in 1991 when he joined the
H-Street team. He went to live in the H-Street house in
San Diego for six months. In 1992 Koston moved to Los
Angeles when Natas Kaupas got him into the 101 team. On
101 he established himself as a leading switchstance
skateboarder—pioneering such technical tricks as the
nollie flip noseslide and the switch kickflip backside
tailside and also taking a switch 360 flip down the
Embarcadero 7 during his part in 101's 1993 video
Falling Down. He also invented the K-Grind, now known as
the crooked grind. In 1993 Rick Howard and Mike Carroll
started Girl and asked Koston to join the team. He
accepted and quickly became one of Girl's most
influential skaters—even creating his own trick, the
Fandangle, which is a one-footed crooked grind.
Eric Koston has been selected the "Skater of the Year"
by Trasher Magazine in 1996. He is one of the owners of
a clothing company called FourStar. The shoe
manufacturer éS produces a popular line of skateboarding
shoes that carries his name.
About
Ogio
From humble beginnings
to a modern phenomenon, top gear bag designer OGIO still
thrives on the substance that spurred its existence:
vision. Michael Pratt fostered the prodigy that is OGIO,
and with intuition and a little financial reinforcement
spawned the young company’s venture into gear bag
design. With an innovative line of duffels and packs
loaded with excess features, OGIO dished out the inner
extreme everyone craved. With this driving appetite,
OGIO reinvented golf with a fresh contemporary line and
a pimped out golf cart, more widely known as the BRV
(battle-ready vehicle).
Product Description
The Ogio Koston II
backpack brings you original with a slim design that
features skateboard carry straps and a drop-in audio
pocket with a headphone exit port. It also includes dual
side zippered pockets and an organizer panel for holding
extra gear.
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