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Eric Koston has consistently been one of the most brilliant skaters in the game for quite a while, so when news first broke that he was leaving his longtime shoe sponsor, Lakai, all sorts of speculation began to brew on what company he would wind up with. After being photographed in a pair of Big Gulp Nike Dunk SB’s a few months back, rumors of a possible Nike SB sponsorship began to circulate around the web. With all that idle chatter buzzing around already, Koston was recently caught on video skating with plastic bags over his shoes. People immediately began to wonder why his kicks were being kept such a secret, and now today, the official announcement came down that Eric will indeed be joining the Nike SB team.
The addition of Koston instantly adds even more superstar firepower to the brand and it’s safe to say that it’s only a matter of time now before an Eric Koston signature model is in the works. Upon joining the team, Eric had this to say:
“Not only am I psyched to be a part of the great group of guys that makes up the Nike SB team, but I’m equally as excited to work with them creatively. I’m sure many people know that a lot of different Nike’s have been the inspiration for my shoe designs over the last 12 years, so I feel like a fucking kid in a candy store when it comes to this partnership between Nike and I.”
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11 Responses to “Eric Koston Joins the Nike SB Team”
June 10th, 2009 at 6:08 pm
Dope, koston is a baller. cant wait to see a signature model.
June 10th, 2009 at 6:09 pm
Thanks for the useful info. It’s so interesting
June 10th, 2009 at 6:19 pm
Damn!!! sign Muska, lasek, and mullen!!!
June 10th, 2009 at 8:20 pm
Muska would never sign, are you serious supra owns his ass, and he’s all about it. And mullen would never sign, but he would be the equivalent to mj skating, the dude’s christ on a skateboard. lasek who cares?
June 10th, 2009 at 8:46 pm
Pfft fuck muska lasek and mullen , Koston kill’s em all ! Im so down for a signature shoe from frosty !
June 10th, 2009 at 10:10 pm
i used to always use koston on tony hawk for n64 haha can’t wait….
June 10th, 2009 at 10:54 pm
hes already got a sig shoe or something in the works why else would he cover his shoes, wait for something black or dark blue
June 10th, 2009 at 11:44 pm
shiiiitt, I thought it was just a joke that he was leaving LAKAI….
Nike did a good job on this one. ten toes up.
June 11th, 2009 at 2:14 am
Wow..great job for this pull nsb..kudos
June 11th, 2009 at 2:22 pm
did anyone else hear him say rainbow 2s?
June 13th, 2009 at 10:13 am
Koston owned a part of lakai and they have not been doing great since the economy fell…Rather than trying to help lakai and wait for things to get better he sold his shares of lakai then sold out to the highest bidder which was between Nike and Vans (Vans is also a huge corporate beast #2 Poser shoe IMO)…This year there will be some major shoe brands and skate brands go under…Nike is a major part of the problem…Call me fuckin gay or whatever you want, but the truth is that Nike forces you to buy so many of their shoes every season and small shops end up having to cancel orders from real skate shoe companies to give all their money to Nike…That is the truth and you cannot argue with that….The current trend will put out even more core skateshops out of business until the only place left to buy your skate shit is Sport’s Authority…That’s Fuckin Gay As HELL!!!!!!