Eric Koston

Eric Koston is a Thai-born American professional skateboarder and company owner, born on 29 April 1975 in Thailand, in the same hospital as fellow skateboarder Alphonzo Rawls, and raised in San Bernardino, California, where he began skating in 1986. He co-owns Fourstar Clothing with Guy Mariano and the skatepark and website The Berrics with Steve Berra, and he has been featured in the Tony Hawk video game series and in Skate 2 and Skate 3. He rode for H-Street, joined 101 in 1992 and the Girl team in 1993, appeared in the videos Goldfish, Mouse, Yeah Right and Pretty Sweet, and later rode for éS, Lakai and Nike SB, which gave him signature shoes.