Erik Ellington
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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 Baker Skateboards, Spitfire Wheels, Thunder Trucks, Supra Footwear, KR3W Clothing, Active Mailorder, and Black Hole Griptape. 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 90s to 2000s with Jim Greco, Ali Boulala, Andrew Reynolds, Dustin Dollin.
He has appeared in videos such as "The Thrill of it all," "Misled Youth," "This Is Skateboarding," 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. Next year his pro model shoe from Supra hit stores and was named "DOUBLE E". The shoe's design resembles his older shoe, "Ellington 1" from previous sponsor Emerica.
Ellington co-founded a new eyewear company called Brigada with Jim Greco in 2007. They started the company without the help of any distributor and finance it with their own savings[1].
Ellington is married to Lucianna. They have one child, Julius Luther Ellington, born September 17, 2005.
