Erik Ellington

Erik Ellington (born August 9, 1977 in Anchorage, Alaska) is a professional skateboarder. Ellington is goofy footed. He currently resides in Hollywood, California.

Ellington rides for Deathwish Skateboards, Spitfire Wheels, Thunder Trucks, Supra Footwear, KR3W Clothing, Active Mailorder, and MOB Grip. He turned pro at the age of 21 for the Zero Skateboards team.

Ellington was a member of the "Piss Drunx' c. mid to late 1990s to 2000s with Jim Greco, Ali Boulala, Andrew Reynolds, Dustin Dollin.

He has appeared in videos such as Zero's "The Thrill of It All", & "Misled Youth", Emerica's "This Is Skateboarding," & "Kids in Emerica" and "Baker 3".

In 2005, Ellington left his shoe sponsor, Emerica. He started a new footwear company, Supra, along with Jim Greco, Tom Penny, Antwuan Dixon and Chad Muska. In 2006, his pro model shoe from Supra hit stores named "DOUBLE E". The shoe's design resembles his older shoe, "Ellington 1" from previous sponsor, Emerica. The Ellington 1 was remade by Emerica as the "Vettes".

Ellington co-founded a new eyewear company called Brigada with Jim Greco, Andrew Reynolds, and Terry Kennedy in 2007. They started the company without the help of any distributor and finance it with their own savings [ [http://www.twsbiz.com/twbiz/features/article/0,21214,1573819,00.html Italian For Brigade - Transworld Business Magazine ] ] .

Ellington is married to Lucianna. They have one child, Julius Luther Ellington, born September 17, 2005.

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