Eric Koston Leaving Lakai Footwear

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Either a well incorporated marketing tactic or truth and good humor. It appears Eric Koston is leaving Lakai Footwear. Prior to leaving to Lakai, Koston was sponsored by eS for 10 years. Full video / Press release after the jump.

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  • how sick would it be if he got on Nike? i would buy 100 pairs of Zoom Air Koston Sb's
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  • koston on nike... perfect timing for the rerelease of the gucci dunks
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  • that is the stupidest idea i have ever heard
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  • lol it would b sicc if he got on nike
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  • this sucks. hope he DOESNT go to nike. rumor is reebok though, as odd as that sounds
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  • It would be AWESOME if he got on Nike SB and helped them out
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  • Nike doesn't need Koston if you're thinking about the shoe hype and how dope it would look. but YES, it would look really good for the Nike Skateboarding Team but SB shoes were much doper when no one was into them.
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  • I hope he goes with reebok. i love reebok. those blazers with the kisses all over them makes me want to crap my pants. Koston on reebok would be perfect. this is BS anyway, marketing skills.
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  • Well Koston is a well rounded sneakerhead. Maybe he'll start his own shoe company. And the thought of him on Nike SB is kind of weird, but seeing the style of his shoes when he was on eS' it's a slight possibility. But I see Koston starting his own shoe company.
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  • he's going to DVS cause the Berrics advertises for them and also Steve is sponsored by them. It would be a long shot to go to Nike SB.
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  • Koston used to in the same team with Prod, when Prod was in Girl skatedoard team, that was the best team ever...Nike SB is my favorite sk8 shoe, but NSB team isn't my favorite team at all...lol...there are many other teams which i prefer to than the recent NSB team,...anyway, i like the end of this vid, someone was throwing a pair of Lakai to him...hahaha...is that acting or real?
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  • someone on internet said he is going to Vans, and his pro modle out in Nov
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  • Team Jordan



    straight up
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  • kesds, dvs and lakai are both apart of podium distribution. it would be pointless if he went to dvs.

    anyways air koston would be sick, though i doubt it. imo, another shoe company within podium and crailtap
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  • skatesbs, lakai is under crailtap, dvs is under podium, so no, they aren't in the same distribution.

    and to whoever said he's going to vans, you probably saw the wednesdays with reda where koston is wearing vans eras. but pretty much every pro has a pair of eras...
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  • im very well informed from a contact inside lakai that koston wont be on eS again. When asked about it his reply was "Pfft, we wish...". Dont think he'll be on nike after bitchin and moanin about big corps after p-rod went to nike, make him look like a bit of a hypocrite. Thinkin the likelihood probably is that he'll form a company off the back off lakai because their team is too big. that would maximise profits for them....
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  • Kosten is my hero <3
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  • FUK DIS NOBODY FAGGOT, WUR DA DUNKS!? I NEED QUAGS IN A 7!
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  • ^^^^ your a fagget but ahhh yeah most likely hes going to start a new company himself and im almost postitive at the end of the video they threw the shoes as a joke because the situation that bush had with shoes being thrown at him
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  • @ert, lakai is under both crailtap and podium. check the sites. meaning a switch to dVS is completely out of the question. its almost certain he's gonna go for one of the big brand names, probably reebok.
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  • wow. what a shame UNLESS he goes to nike. thatd be sick as hellllllllll
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  • WHAT IF JORDAN STARTED A SKATE TEAM? JORDAN 1 PHATS COULD BE A COMFORTABLE SKATE SHOE.... I JUST HOPE HE DOESNT GO TO CONVERSE =/ VANS WOULD MAKE THE MOST SENSE.
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  • He is going to SB. Should see something about it in 2-3 weeks.

    Word is Bond.
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  • sources? how do you know that?
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  • you guys are fuckin idiots. Koston is really good friends with Marc Denoebie who happens to own Asic. Denoebie skated for GIRL i the 80s and Koston has been seen wearing Asics!
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  • i own a skate shop and we carry sb.. i know for 100 percent he is going to nike sb...
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  • He will not go to SB, he will not go to DVS because DVS and Lakai is under podium. But you never know what can happen with the Kos man, i think everyone should leave it as is, and let him do him. If he went on Vans it would be tight. I heard the Reebok rumor, and thats not true. Reebok is not investing any more money into skateboarding because of the huge failure of the Stevie Williams shoes. And of course he is not gonig back to ES. Who remembers the Es/Girl team back in 04-05??, f**k yeah they ran skateboarding. The End.
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  • dvs is so wack. to me sb is lookin like the pick. reebok has ice creams i dont see him in those or anything close
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  • Nike Team Jordan
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  • Fuck Nike...If he goes to Nike I will not even carry his pro decks anymore...Nike kills skateshops, skateshoe companies, and core skateboarding in it's entirety
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  • He is on Nike SB, saw him with some orange sb'z...
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