Eric Koston: Epicly Later'd (Part 1/6)
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- čas přidán 7. 06. 2024
- Here it is, folks, the Epicly Later'd series on the man considered to be the greatest street skater of the modern era. What does that mean exactly? Nothing really, but Eric Koston is the standard by which all street skaters are judged. How did this come to be? Where did Eric hone his skills? Who was his guru? Answer: "El Gato." El Gato, or Eddie Elguera, nurtured young Eric's astonishing natural abilities and brought him places that allowed this talent to blossom. Many people will learn about Eddie after watching this series. Please enjoy.
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Wise old man Eddie "I think you need somebody who believes in you not for what they can get out of you, but for who you are as a person."
yeah it's important.
That’s a rare find
That’s el gato for you.
Cheers to that!
HIT HARD
Yo. Do a Kick-flip
Dick
Ffs can somebody do a fucking kick flip ???
"he's been sick for 21 years" get well soon eric, love your skateboarding
I really wish people would stop saying “sick” when they mean good. It sounds so stupid 🤦♂️
@@lustforlow-end6022 siiickk
@@lustforlow-end6022 hes Sikh*
@@lustforlow-end6022 'sic' ...... just like 'werd'....
Dude you made me laugh out loud!
He had a good mentor/friend to guide him the right path, most pro skaters join bad friends, start drinking beer and doing drugs and just vanish. Like Antwuan. Good thing this dude is laid back
Lolo Ndlovu hahaha most skaters drink and do drugs dude antwuan isn't the only one
Lolo Ndlovu okay so eric Ellington and andrew Reynolds were not THE perfect mentor to show twuan the right way through skateboarding ? come on dude antwuan was a fuckhead who threw his talents away, he showed up to demo for fame and getting wasted. BUT yeah good thing he's back on his board
+Ab CRXsi peeps use drugs and drink before the fame too. It just gets easier and wilder
yeah man makes me think of brandon novak, everyone around him said he had what it took to go pro but got into heroin and gave it all up
Bring me Peter pan yea thank god novak changed his ways cause he really wasted his talents truth be told.
What I learned:
-He always rode new trucks
-He was hella good at shuvs
U didn’t learn shit then!
I met at the Huntington Beach pier a few years ago. He's been one of my biggest idols growing up. I had like 3 pairs of his Koston es'. I almost shorted when I saw him in person. I wanted to take a pic and ask for an autograph but he was with his family and I didn't want to bother him.
Jody Bryan you probably did the right thing
good for you m8, im sure he appreciated it
Good on you,so many people nowadays feel entitled to a pic and autograph and don't care if someone is with their families or eating.
They will just get mad and scream "I pay your bills when I buy your shit so gimme gimme now"...
George Ramos to take a shit and then snort it, you know?
@George Ramos as in, an electrical short
I was fortunate enough to have Koston as a counselor at Lake Owen when he was amateur. He was already super talented. He would do effortless ollie impossibles to feeble grinds. His landings were always super clean. He also landed a 540 over the hip ramp (in the video). Truly one of a kind. Eddie El Gato was also super amazing, and a great mentor to all us kids. He was the first person I ever saw do a 180 to nose blunt on vert. Some of the best memories of my life.
Such an amazing mentor
I met Eddie Elgeurra yesterday hes an awesome dude still rippin' it.
watching this video just makes you feel good inside
Between him and Stevie Williams are my favorite skaters of all time!! Koston's skateboarding career is legendary!!
Stevie Williams is black.
Who else got hyped when he mentioned San Bernardino and Redlands
Man has been my favorite skaters for years and never knew he was from San Bernardino
Eric Koston is one of the most inspiring of our day
San Bernardino, Redlands, and highland is the area I'm from. That's crazy knowing these guys would skate around my area.
i lived in rancho cucamonga for a while thats trippy tho
Michael Chacon Joey from Andele is from the area also. As well as Daniel Espinosa, lots of history in the I.E. The Primitive guys come out here to Riverside once in a while. You'll see PRod and Spanish Mike eating at the local joints.
Michael Chacon Yup. Lots of video parts at Cajon and Pacific High. Do you know Mark and Jonathan Stewart AKA Bob and Ziggy? Black kids one with dreads. They are probably the two best skaters from San Bernardino when we were all growing up. And Rudy.
Koston was my favorite skater back in the day. He is still an epic champ but when I was younger I had the shoes the board all of his stuff. Great skater
its cool to see mike carrol interviewed about eric koston. . . both my favorite skaters for the last 20plus years
great episode. koston is a real legend in the game. that es menikmati video part is on of my favorites
Big ups to Eddie. People need that shit homie, encouragement, support, role models. ✊ Respect
Skated with Koston at a 118 board shop demo back in the 90’s I was like 13/14 just star struck as hell! He signed my Girl Board too... 😎 memories 🤓
thank u for being a proskater who answers comments
YESSSS!!!! i KNEW vice was waiting to drop something awesome!
I'm so happy Vice goes all over the place with their coverage. I hope they do something on an unknown or highly controversial MMA fighter that no one else is covering.
sick vid im definitely watching all the parts
thank you
Went to sk8 camp in Oregon, summer of 90’ Skated a lot of mini ramp w/ El Gato, & some w/ Koston...he was intense! 2 yrs older than me (huge difference then!), & obviously way better!! Fun times
BONS TEMPOS 👏😀 QUE SAUDADE! 🤜🤛
Great series! This brought back a lot of good memories. Should do Daewon Song next.
Great! Thanks for this.
Awesome stuff, once again.
Respect to Eddie man. Good dude, deserves recognition.
Koston the legend. Great piece.
Somebody needs to re-open Lake Owen ASAP. The next wave is coming...
best series on youtube
I remember skating with you in upland 90 bad lands! Improv skate scenes! What a ride brother!
I was in school, when this dude skated back in 99 - 2002 eric koston es shoes, yeah man!
Love Epicly Laterd but it seems like every single video has skaters talking about other skaters saying "no one else was doing this at the time" about all of them at the same time ha.
Jamie Guidry 0
true that but still theres so many things out there maybe they were doing different things that hadnt been done yet. things.
No dought
well look, there‘s so many ways to skate, they all might have been telling the truth
Skating was a lot more amorphous back then though, what would become street still hadn’t really been solidified and most dudes had pretty different styles. Just look at how different Kostons shit from this time is compared to what Mike V was up to.
Believe in you for who you are as a person, not for what they can get out of you. - Eddie
good story thanks for sharing
Nice Lake Owen Skate Camp (closed, previously an off-shoot of Woodward based in Wisconsin) appearance at 9:11
Lake Owen tho!!! Had the best week ever there like 15 years ago... Rad to see it in this video.
That front lip to front board on the ledge at ab 5:41 was amazing. Koston probably did it first try, just messing around, not even thinking about it!
Eddie dude is like the most insightful and sound speaking pro skater to ever live
Didnt realize froston was that good at such a young age.. incredible.. that blunt to frontside bigspin off the coping was bananas and was like 14 at the time.. so much pop..
Epicly Later'd comes through again... skateboarding's History Channel? O'Dell is doing us all a tremendous service.
If its even possible i have even more respect for Koston, THE MAN
Skating in the 90’s & early 2000’s was the best.
I look at Koston this way: in an era where skateboarding was developing
so fast that few were actually concentrating on performance and
consistency, Eric had both quality and quantity. And when style finally
went completely out the window, Eric and a few of his contemporaries
kept things both smooth and tech, influencing the Reynolds, the Coles,
the Haslams, et al, giving us the street skating we consider familiar to
this day. I know there are kids out there who can pick apart his 101
stuff, but a lot of those kids would have been into little league or
roller blading back in the day, and certainly not getting threatened,
chased and arrested in an activity that few were certain would be around
in ten years, let alone sponsored by Nike.
Got chased off plenty of times roller blading back in the day
Could someone ID the song at 4:22 ?
been fucking with koston for hella years, glad to see some new footage....
Skateboards do tip! That was a very astute observation by Koston's Daughter.
Legendary!
Remember the 16th street sk8 shop? I never knew you made Hst. Ya baby!
Koston. Still my fav street skater!
Dude he back 360d that enormous spine at the end. Good god that was insane
germs sticker on his board in the early 90s? pretty sick
damn elguera speaking some real words in here
Sick it, Vice.
10:00 that is so true and so deep
KOSTON STILL A FUCKING LEGEND 10 years after this was posted.
He's my favorite
Koston had some of the sickest pro shoes in the late '90's.
I always used Eric Kostons' gear in Tony Hawks Pro Skater 1, 2 & 3. I always had faith!
Eddie Elguera knew what was up, the guy has great wisdom and an all round nice guy.
Anyone finally find out the song at 4:22? It's been 7+ years 🤣
Yo I found it! It’s called out rage is by thee fourgiven
Back in the Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3 days on Playstation 1, You were the only character i'de play as. Legend
eddie are amazing person the vibe what i fell here in brazil last year in the church can push everyone up with this positivity ever...
epicly later'd dennis busenitz or matt mumford!!!
Legend.
Holy shit I grew up fishing on lake Owen and I got to see the camp didn't know he was an instructor. Sad it's gone
I didnt know that :) Thank you... Anyway Id say hes the best.
koston is the man!!
right on
Koston SO OG. I have 1 of his Girl decks, i still use in my trunk. SO DOPE.
same here brother!!
This shit is great. Love it.
I remember seeing him h-street video and thinking this is the future of street skating and why hasn't he got a bigger part in the video. Sealed the deal with 101 part.
I remember watching this dude skate on my Nickelodeon video now portable dvd player
I believe he's the best and he's avoid huge career ending injuries.
Hello, If you really are Erick Koston, I Just want to say that I love your style and your an awesome skateboarder that I wish do become someday. Thanks for Reading (:
whats the song when koston is talking about eddie elguera
Welcome back......
*to this new series we’re beginning*
Whats the name of the song that starts 4:22? :)
Aaaand he co-started a new skate company. Psyched for him!
God i love Eric..
I'm from Redlands.. Cool to know Koston is from the City over.
he is by far the best skater, have all of his shoes in my bedroom, half of them not even skated and even some of his old lakais- so sweet
this is cool as aye
Eddie is a legend
Does anyone know the song at 4:30?
Stuart Macfarlane did you find out i want to know as well
anyone know the song at 4:29 while they are showing the hocus pocus video when he was a kid 89?
wow i live in san bernardino thats crazy
Can somebody tell what song starts to play around 4:25
Lake Owen just closed u was cam per there in the previous years we need it back
yeaahh killer footage :P
PLEASE PLEASE do a Epicly Later´d with TOM PENNY or PETER SMOLIK!!
This makes me respect skating.
Koston= Greatness.
Nobody:
Subtitles: S K A T E B O A R D I N G S O U N D
Lake Owen Wisconsin..Big up!
after watching this I pretty much love koston I was just cut about the shoes.
Eddie sounds like a very humble and intelligent person