Erik Ellington

Erik Ellington (born August 9, 1977) is an American professional skateboarder.

He established Bakerboys Distribution with Andrew Reynolds and Jim Greco in 2007. The company provides distribution for closely related skateboard companies. In 2008, Ellington co-founded Deathwish Skateboards with Greco.

Early life Ellington was born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska. In his teens, he moved to Tempe, Arizona. On the "Epicly Later'd" episode of Vice Media's Internet channel, he said of his early life,

We moved around a lot. When we lived in Alaska, my stepdad had money. He made a decent living; he had a body shop for cars and stuff. But then you move back and forth. Shit goes wrong up there, you move into a janky apartment, whatever. But we['ve] been up and down. I think it's a good experience, you know? To know both sides of the tracks.

He established Bakerboys Distribution with Andrew Reynolds and Jim Greco in 2007. Bakerboys Distribution provides distribution for closely related skateboard companies.

In 2008, Ellington co-founded the skateboard deck brand Deathwish with professional skateboarder Jim Greco and, as of 2013, the two partners continue to co-own the company. The company's initial professional team roster consisted of Ellington, Greco, and Lizard King. Deathwish and Baker released the promotional video Baker Has A Deathwish. As of 2013, Copalman is an employee of Deathwish. where he was welcomed by the local media as a "living legend". While in the Philippines, Ellington participated in a street skateboarding demonstration at the Centris Walk in Quezon City and got a tattoo that reads "Thrilla In Manila".

In April 2013, the first full-length Deathwish video was released worldwide and Ellington appeared at premiers to promote the video. Entitled The Deathwish Video, the brand's inaugural production features Ellington, Greco, Jon Dickson, Hansen, Neen Williams, Furby, Moose, and Lizard King. Production of the video was overseen by Ellington with assistance from other professional skateboarders like Dustin Dollin.

Sponsors Ellington is sponsored by Deathwish, Supra, KR3W, Thunder, Spitfire, Mob Grip, and Shake Junt.

Bakerboys Distribution In 2007, Ellington and fellow professional skaters Andrew Reynolds and Jim Greco established Bakerboys Distribution as an umbrella company for four skateboard companies—Baker Skateboards, Deathwish, Brigada sunglasses, Heroin, and Shake Junt.

Influence Skateboard journalist Patrick O'Dell has identified Ellington as one of his favorite skateboarders.

Personal life Ellington resides in Los Angeles with his two children.

In a 2011 interview, Ellington said that in his group of friends he is "probably" best known for "being a bit of a lagger. I'm always late. Nobody can really rely on me, for, uh ... being on time." In his spare time, Ellington enjoys carpentry. 411VM: Issue 20 (1997) Baker and Bootleg: Baker Bootleg (1998) Zero: Misled Youth (1999) Landspeed: CKY (1999) ON Video: Spring 2001 (2001) Baker: Summer Tour 2001 (2001) ON Video: Fall 2002 (2002) Emerica: This Is Skateboarding (2003) V7: Teenage Tour (2004) Emerica: Kids In Emerica (2004) Baker: Baker 3 (2005) Thrasher: King Of The Road 2006 (2006) The Berrics: "Battle Commander" (2007) Streets: LA (2007) Baker and Deathwish: Baker Has A Deathwish (2008) Shake Junt: Chicken Bone Nowison (2009) Baker and Deathwish: Baker Has A Deathwish Summer Tour (2009) Supra: European Tour (2011)

Ellington has said that the music record label companies make it difficult to get rights to music for skateboard videos and that he doesn't think that the companies understand that kids end up buying music they hear on video featuring their favorite skateboarders.