September 2005
Justin Eldridge Answers Your Questions!
Justin responded to a whoppin' 27 of your favorite questions. So, what are you waiting for? Mosey on in and check 'em out!
Cale Nuske's Top Five Favorite Restaurants
- Sushi Zen (Los Angeles)
- Heavenly Hamburger (Santa Rosa, California)
- In-N-Out
- Chipotle
- Toi Tai (Los Angeles)
Team Report 09-28-05
Eric Koston has been working on his golfing technique at the local resort. When not driving, he's been spending time putting around on his skateboard.
Greece Gallery!
Feast your eyes on the Greece Gallery we recently posted. These pics are from the éS filming mission over there earlier this year.
Nyjah Huston Gets Paid!
Nyjah Huston once again destroyed all comers at the Am Getting Paid contest in Montreal over the weekend.
2000: Menikmati
éS Footwear premieres it's heavily anticipated Menikmati video to wide public acclaim. The arrival of Menikmati inspires a new movement of shoe company skate videos into an arena that had previously been dominated in large part by hardgoods manufacturers.
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New Brazilian import Rodrigo Tx. finds his way onto the éS team by way of Bob Burnquist. Rodrigo will go on to amaze everyone with his uncanny switch skating ability and his penchant for combining tricks in a way that no one thought possible.
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Eric Koston threepeats contest wins at the Globe World Contest in Dortmund, Germany; X Games in San Francisco, California and Gravity Games in Providence, Rhode Island.
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The éS Spring line adds the Cyber, the Diode and the Scheme. The Fall line adds the Eclipse, the Logic, the Pulsar and the Vega. The Holiday line adds Eric Koston's third pro model skate shoe, the K3.
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éS introduces Tri-Tek™, a completely new kind of Ollie protection developed from EVA, rubber crystals and phylon, which grips like rubber without wearing down quickly or destroying grip tape, on the Cyber and the Diode models.
2000 Headlines
- Millennium celebrations take place throughout the world. Y2K passes without the serious, widespread computer failures and malfunctions that had been predicted.
- In Sacramento, California, a commercial truck carrying evaporated milk is driven into the State Capitol building, killing the driver.
- The final original Peanuts comic strip is published.
- Microsoft is ruled to have violated United States anti-trust laws by keeping an oppressive thumb on its competitors.
- A Concorde carrying Air France Flight 4590 crashes just after takeoff from Paris, killing all 109 aboard and five on the ground.
- The 2000 Summer Olympics open in Sydney, Australia.
- Hillary Rodham Clinton is elected to the United States Senate, becoming the first First Lady of the United States to win public office.
- U.S. retail giant Montgomery Ward announces it is going out of business after 128 years.
P.J. Ladd Answers More of Your Questions
You asked, and P.J. Ladd answered! In the Ask the éS Team section, P.J. responded to 13 of your favorite questions.
éS T-Shirt Design Contest Winner!
We here at éS Footwear would like to congratulate Dan L. of Leola, Pennsylvania for winning our éS T-Shirt Design Contest!
Am Getting Paid Contest!
Look for éS flow riders Nyjah Huston and Bobby Worrest shredding it up live and in-person at the Am Getting Paid contest this coming Saturday and Sunday, September 24-25.