Eric Koston: Epicly Later'd (Part 1/6)

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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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@BestFitnessBands 10 жыл бұрын

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."

@yeezywesty3651 5 жыл бұрын

yeah it's important.

@chrisellersagangsta 4 жыл бұрын

That’s a rare find

@MycoMatty 3 жыл бұрын

That’s el gato for you.

@K26epic 3 жыл бұрын

Cheers to that!

@Teknakill Жыл бұрын

HIT HARD

@HarrySchilbach 5 жыл бұрын

Yo. Do a Kick-flip

@jamesbest9741 4 жыл бұрын

Dick

@moaazkhalil1028 4 жыл бұрын

Ffs can somebody do a fucking kick flip ???

@chaonghabibdiev 11 жыл бұрын

"he's been sick for 21 years" get well soon eric, love your skateboarding

@lustforlow-end6022 2 жыл бұрын

I really wish people would stop saying “sick” when they mean good. It sounds so stupid 🤦‍♂️

@mtparkourartist 2 жыл бұрын

@@lustforlow-end6022 siiickk

@mtparkourartist 2 жыл бұрын

@@lustforlow-end6022 hes Sikh*

@Swansen03 2 жыл бұрын

@@lustforlow-end6022 'sic' ...... just like 'werd'....

@lovelyrat33 Жыл бұрын

Dude you made me laugh out loud!

@afrikan1641 9 жыл бұрын

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

@Jerrywasaracecardriver225 9 жыл бұрын

Lolo Ndlovu hahaha most skaters drink and do drugs dude antwuan isn't the only one

@propskate 9 жыл бұрын

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

@Keskosbar 8 жыл бұрын

+Ab CRXsi peeps use drugs and drink before the fame too. It just gets easier and wilder

@LunchBXcrue 7 жыл бұрын

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

@s8ba 5 жыл бұрын

Bring me Peter pan yea thank god novak changed his ways cause he really wasted his talents truth be told.

@hunterlafountain6060 8 жыл бұрын

What I learned: -He always rode new trucks -He was hella good at shuvs

@jamesbest9741 4 жыл бұрын

U didn’t learn shit then!

@gunplakiwi 10 жыл бұрын

Such an amazing mentor

@Ross-pb1cu 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@moldyrefrigerator 9 жыл бұрын

I met Eddie Elgeurra yesterday hes an awesome dude still rippin' it.

@HeyJodyBryan 8 жыл бұрын

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.

@balriel7229 7 жыл бұрын

Jody Bryan you probably did the right thing

@evgenykholodov9924 5 жыл бұрын

good for you m8, im sure he appreciated it

@roncriswell2685 5 жыл бұрын

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"...

@dougthealligator 4 жыл бұрын

George Ramos to take a shit and then snort it, you know?

@audioamateur 4 жыл бұрын

@George Ramos as in, an electrical short

@nexpnyzml6613 6 жыл бұрын

Who else got hyped when he mentioned San Bernardino and Redlands

@spacedoutl4634 5 жыл бұрын

Man has been my favorite skaters for years and never knew he was from San Bernardino

@cobraking7146 4 жыл бұрын

Big ups to Eddie. People need that shit homie, encouragement, support, role models. ✊ Respect

@king216OH 10 жыл бұрын

watching this video just makes you feel good inside

@googlemail9110 11 жыл бұрын

Eric Koston is one of the most inspiring of our day

@NoRestForTheWeary 11 жыл бұрын

YESSSS!!!! i KNEW vice was waiting to drop something awesome!

@stolendrugs 11 жыл бұрын

great episode. koston is a real legend in the game. that es menikmati video part is on of my favorites

@theeturnone 11 жыл бұрын

its cool to see mike carrol interviewed about eric koston. . . both my favorite skaters for the last 20plus years

@dannyjonesjr4188 3 жыл бұрын

Between him and Stevie Williams are my favorite skaters of all time!! Koston's skateboarding career is legendary!!

@Gameboy-Unboxings Жыл бұрын

Stevie Williams is black.

@swagfordaaays 11 жыл бұрын

sick vid im definitely watching all the parts

@DerekBlais 11 жыл бұрын

Great! Thanks for this.

@jarkokoo 11 жыл бұрын

Awesome stuff, once again.

@slimchance7748 4 жыл бұрын

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

@kronker 11 жыл бұрын

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.

@autopsy202 4 жыл бұрын

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

@fixeduzx73 5 жыл бұрын

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 🤓

@TheVision114 11 жыл бұрын

Respect to Eddie man. Good dude, deserves recognition.

@societyofsin 11 жыл бұрын

Great series! This brought back a lot of good memories. Should do Daewon Song next.

@larryzeno7133 5 жыл бұрын

I remember skating with you in upland 90 bad lands! Improv skate scenes! What a ride brother!

@michaelchacon4784 8 жыл бұрын

San Bernardino, Redlands, and highland is the area I'm from. That's crazy knowing these guys would skate around my area.

@youpoopedyourtube6075 8 жыл бұрын

i lived in rancho cucamonga for a while thats trippy tho

@alexcorona 6 жыл бұрын

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.

@korylooper3170 6 жыл бұрын

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.

@panterino 5 жыл бұрын

Believe in you for who you are as a person, not for what they can get out of you. - Eddie

@albertofradique326 3 жыл бұрын

BONS TEMPOS 👏😀 QUE SAUDADE! 🤜🤛

@MikeHoczbig Жыл бұрын

Skating in the 90’s & early 2000’s was the best.

@skatingpamper3181 11 жыл бұрын

best series on youtube

@JG-nk7ld 6 жыл бұрын

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.

@erickmedina2747 5 жыл бұрын

Jamie Guidry 0

@evgenykholodov9924 5 жыл бұрын

true that but still theres so many things out there maybe they were doing different things that hadnt been done yet. things.

@johnnydrama8709 5 жыл бұрын

No dought

@night1247 5 жыл бұрын

well look, there‘s so many ways to skate, they all might have been telling the truth

@dougthealligator 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@BRIANGOODSP33D 10 жыл бұрын

good story thanks for sharing

@KingOfTings1 11 жыл бұрын

thank u for being a proskater who answers comments

@cfitzg 3 жыл бұрын

Koston the legend. Great piece.

@cfitzg 3 жыл бұрын

Somebody needs to re-open Lake Owen ASAP. The next wave is coming...

@narayguy 10 жыл бұрын

thank you

@gerhardbronkhorst2239 4 жыл бұрын

I was in school, when this dude skated back in 99 - 2002 eric koston es shoes, yeah man!

@jchastain789 11 жыл бұрын

been fucking with koston for hella years, glad to see some new footage....

@maxrasche 6 жыл бұрын

Lake Owen tho!!! Had the best week ever there like 15 years ago... Rad to see it in this video.

@MainOffenderKZ 5 жыл бұрын

damn elguera speaking some real words in here

@heathcliffe8446 5 жыл бұрын

Sick it, Vice.

@brandonsouba2295 6 жыл бұрын

Nice Lake Owen Skate Camp (closed, previously an off-shoot of Woodward based in Wisconsin) appearance at 9:11

@JohnSmith-ij6ms 5 жыл бұрын

germs sticker on his board in the early 90s? pretty sick

@bennyshambles 11 жыл бұрын

Epicly Later'd comes through again... skateboarding's History Channel? O'Dell is doing us all a tremendous service.

@YourBeastRoy 11 жыл бұрын

If its even possible i have even more respect for Koston, THE MAN

@spyderhex 7 жыл бұрын

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..

@meatloafzombie 11 жыл бұрын

Koston had some of the sickest pro shoes in the late '90's.

@lustforlow-end6022 4 жыл бұрын

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!

@kylegray3838 Жыл бұрын

KOSTON STILL A FUCKING LEGEND 10 years after this was posted.

@crikey1mate 3 жыл бұрын

Eddie dude is like the most insightful and sound speaking pro skater to ever live

@thinglizzy2718 2 жыл бұрын

Dude he back 360d that enormous spine at the end. Good god that was insane

@Shiftttyyy 5 жыл бұрын

Anyone finally find out the song at 4:22? It's been 7+ years 🤣

@arianazuniga611 3 жыл бұрын

Yo I found it! It’s called out rage is by thee fourgiven

@larryzeno7133 5 жыл бұрын

Remember the 16th street sk8 shop? I never knew you made Hst. Ya baby!

@soulcheckw2 11 жыл бұрын

Koston. Still my fav street skater!

@ThePokemonCard 5 жыл бұрын

Legendary!

@williams7713 3 жыл бұрын

He's my favorite

@erichanhauser3190 5 жыл бұрын

This shit is great. Love it.

@MultipleChoice162 7 жыл бұрын

10:00 that is so true and so deep

@imarandomeer 11 жыл бұрын

I always used Eric Kostons' gear in Tony Hawks Pro Skater 1, 2 & 3. I always had faith!

@joslinnick 6 жыл бұрын

Skateboards do tip! That was a very astute observation by Koston's Daughter.

@MrTrevorg18 11 жыл бұрын

Back in the Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3 days on Playstation 1, You were the only character i'de play as. Legend

@littlebear2477 3 жыл бұрын

Eddie is a legend

@traumaaofficialpage 11 жыл бұрын

Legend.

@raiderrichard7291 5 жыл бұрын

I remember watching this dude skate on my Nickelodeon video now portable dvd player

@prontoshadylane 11 жыл бұрын

right on

@djanigav 11 жыл бұрын

fuck yeah love skating vidz. Good on you Vice =)

@Technoko 7 жыл бұрын

Could someone ID the song at 4:22 ?

@illmuskyhunter3313 6 жыл бұрын

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

@rebusd 5 жыл бұрын

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.

@joenobody5913 2 жыл бұрын

Got chased off plenty of times roller blading back in the day

@CSDonohue11 11 жыл бұрын

Koston SO OG. I have 1 of his Girl decks, i still use in my trunk. SO DOPE.

@Nirvezz 8 жыл бұрын

Now I know what daewon song meant by "some pro's that are good at tranny and won't show it in present videos".. Because it might ruin their image

@juvedoo99 8 жыл бұрын

I don't think Koston thinks it'll ruin his image. Maybe in his prime, but not now.

@daonpa 11 жыл бұрын

I didnt know that :) Thank you... Anyway Id say hes the best.

@SimonWorlds 4 жыл бұрын

Eddie Elguera knew what was up, the guy has great wisdom and an all round nice guy.

@michaelchacon4784 11 жыл бұрын

I'm from Redlands.. Cool to know Koston is from the City over.

@tomf4087 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@TheGeckn 11 жыл бұрын

yeaahh killer footage :P

@Blunderous919 9 жыл бұрын

this is cool as aye

@anthonygonsalves7020 7 жыл бұрын

Aaaand he co-started a new skate company. Psyched for him!

@JDeanMurray 11 жыл бұрын

Koston= Greatness.

@leahsdreams 11 жыл бұрын

God i love Eric..

@UrJefasPimp226 4 жыл бұрын

Nobody: Subtitles: S K A T E B O A R D I N G S O U N D

@hysteriahpc 11 жыл бұрын

Lake Owen Wisconsin..Big up!

@mwes24 11 жыл бұрын

Eddie Elguera seems like a genuinely good person.

@yungjamez312 10 жыл бұрын

same here brother!!

@coreysmith9166 5 жыл бұрын

I believe he's the best and he's avoid huge career ending injuries.

@AlastairMcIlrae-wy4ul Жыл бұрын

90s King.

@dhopss 10 жыл бұрын

koston is the man!!

@jenkemblunt879 4 жыл бұрын

germs logo on his board about 3:30. sick

@conorokeefe9161 11 жыл бұрын

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

@hilo221 11 жыл бұрын

This makes me respect skating.

@milessmith1080 10 жыл бұрын

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 (: