Erik Ellington
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Erik Ellington is a professional skateboarder. Ellington is goofy footed
Footedness
Footedness, similar to handedness, is the natural preference of one's left or right foot for various purposes. While purposes vary, such as applying the greatest force in a kick or stomp, footedness is most commonly associated with the preference of a particular foot in the leading position while...

. He currently resides in Hollywood, California.
Ellington was/is a member of the "Piss Drunx" c. mid to late 1990s to 2000s with Jim Greco, Ali Boulala
Ali Boulala
Ali Boulala is a professional skateboarder who rides for Flip Skateboards, Flip Clothing, Independent trucks and Flip wheels...

, Andrew Reynolds, Dustin Dollin
Dustin Dollin
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.

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's "Baker 3" & "Baker Has a Deathwish".

In 2005, he started a new footwear company, Supra, co-owned by KR3W owner Angel Cabada along with Jim Greco, Tom Penny
Tom Penny
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, Antwuan Dixon and Chad Muska
Chad Muska
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. 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 financed it with their own savings.

Ellington left Baker Skateboards in 2008 along with Jim Greco and Antwuan Dixon to start Deathwish Skateboards, the sister company to Baker Skateboards.

Ellington is sponsored by:

Deathwish Skateboards,
Supra Footwear,
KR3W Clothing,
Brigada Eyewear,
Thunder Trucks,
Spitfire Wheels,and
Shake Junt Bearings and Hardware.

His Supra pro model shoes are the Diablo, the Diablo 1.5, the Vega, the Avenger and the Double E.
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