Trivia

Not only is "Seinfeld" hiss favorite TV show, he also shares the same birthday with comic-actor Jerry Seinfeld.

Is co-owner of "FourStar" clothing.

Appeared on: "Jackass: Backyard Bar-B-Q Special"

Apeared in Andrew W K's music video: "We Want Fun", as one of the skaters.

Dropped out of school in the 10th grade.

Won the 1995 PSL Street Finals and the 1996 and 2002 Tampa Pro

Invented the "Game Of S.K.A.T.E."

Appeared on: "Tonk Hawks Trick Tips: 2"

Appeared on MTV's Cribs on February 16th, 2003.

Brother: Chris

Sister: Eileen

Took first place at the 2003 X-Games Global Championship (May- 2003)

Was booed at the at the 2003 X-Games Global Championship in San Antonio, Texas for wearing an LA Lakers jersey.

Was named Trasher Magazine's 2001 "Skateboarder of the Year"

Threw the opening pitch at the L.A. Dodgers Baseball game on August 6th, 2003

Won The 2003 X-Games Street Competition [August 10th, 2003]

Took 4th place at The 2003 Gravity Games [September 15th, 2003]

Born in Bangkok, Thailand, but grew up in San Bernardino, California.

Won Gold in the Gravity Games Street Competition for 2000, 2001 and 2002.

One of the skateboarders that inspired him into skateboarding was Mark Gonzalez

His favorite skateboarding trick is the "Fandangle"

Invented the skateboarding trick called "The K-Grind" which is short for "The Koston-Grind".

Took 5th place in the 2004 X-Games Street Competition [August 5-7, 2004]

Has a dog named Tiger

His girlfriend's name is Ashlee

When on time off from skating, he is also an active golfer.

Invented the "One-Footed K-Grind" The "K" is short for Koston.

Because he couldn't complete the rest of the tour dates for "Tony Hawk's 2002 Gigantic Skatepark Tour" - Koston was replaced by skater Willy Santos.

Has his own line of Skateboarding shoes.

Named Thrasher magazine's Skater Of The Year for 1996 and 2001

Being fans - a Vancouver couple named their baby "Koston" after him.

Has his own line of Skateboard Decks

Has two dogs: Tiger and Rocket

Has 3 dogs: Ash, Tiger (Golden Lab and German Shepherd) and Rocket (Teacup Chihuahua) [April 2005]

Received a General Equivalency Diploma (GED) when he was 19.

Shares birthdays with: Uma Thurman, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Daniel Day-Lewis.

Fan of the LA Lakers

Is an active Skateboarder, Golfer and Basketball player.

Each winner that won Eric Koston's Game Of S.K.A.T.E. tour - Eric would call the winners and congratulate them personally. [July 2005]

Took 7th place at the 2005 X-Games Street Competition on 4 August 2005.

Has been a participant in skateboarding since 1986 and a competitor since 1991.

After 10 years, he left éS footwear Co. [31 March 2006]

Is touring in Hong Kong filming a skateboarding video due later this year. (January 2005)

Is on a three-week Fourstar Tour from May 8th -- 30th in Japan filming a Fourstar limited-edition video. (May 2005)

He and team rider P.J. Ladd are going on a "fliming mission" in Tokyo, Japan to film for a new Fourstar video called "Super Champion Funzone." They also will be doing a signing in Shibuya and a demo in Shinjuku. (May 2005)

Fliming Skate footage (Fliming Mission) in Athens, Greece, April 4 - April 13. After that he (and the éS team) will head to Barcelona, Spain. (April 2005)