Eric Koston
Koston performing the Fandangle skate trick.
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| Personal information | |
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| Nickname(s) | Frosty, Froston |
| Ethnicity | Thai-American |
| Born |
April 29, 1975 Bangkok, Thailand |
| Residence | Los Feliz, California, U.S |
| Height | 6 ft (1.8 m) |
| Weight | 160 lb (73 kg) |
| Spouse(s) | Ashlee Gaston-Koston (m. 2012) |
| Website | www |
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| Country |
 United States
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| Sport | Skateboarding |
Eric Koston (born April 29, 1975) is an American professional skateboarder and company owner. He has been featured in the Tony Hawk's video game series, and the Electronic Arts (EA) video games Skate 2 and Skate 3. Koston co-owns both Fourstar Clothing (with Guy Mariano) and the skatepark/website "The Berrics" (with professional skateboarder Steve Berra).
Eric Koston was born in Thailand, in the same hospital as fellow professional skateboarder Alphonzo Rawls (a shoe designer as of 2011). Koston was raised in San Bernardino, California, United States (U.S.) and began skating in 1986.
One of Koston's first board sponsors was the H-Street company that was co-founded by Tony Magnusson and Mike Ternasky. During Koston's time with the company the team included Danny Way and Matt Hensley, but Koston sought a larger entity and later parted ways with the company. Following H-Street, Koston joined the Girl team and appeared in the videos Goldfish, Mouse, Yeah Right, and Pretty Sweet.
Koston was a leading team rider for the éS brand and an "Eric Koston éS Game of Skate" was held annually over numerous years. Koston also appeared in the éS video Menikmati in which he returns to his birthplace of Bangkok.
Following his departure from éS, Koston joined the Lakai roster and a video was published onto YouTube to announce the move. After joining the company in 2006, Koston filmed a part for the 2007 Lakai video Fully Flared. Koston's eventual departure for a place on the Nike SB team was accompanied by a YouTube video that parodied the George W. Bush shoe-throwing incident.
Nike SB immediately promoted Koston's recruitment to the brand's team with a signature shoe—the "Eric Koston 1" model—and a contest for consumers, entitled "Mr. Control It All".
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