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The Nine Club #406 · Show notes

Erik Ellington

May 25, 2026

About this episode

Erik Ellington discusses moving around when he was growing up, Scott Copelman brought Erik with him to Zero Skateboards, why he almost got kicked off Zero, riding for Emerica & his two pro shoes, help start Supra Footwear, filming his Baker 3 part & the Carlsbad gap, getting sober & almost getting locked up, starting Deathwish Skateboards, why he started a non-alcoholic brand "Easy Does It" and much more!

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The guest

Chapters

1. 00:00:00Erik Ellington
2. 00:00:35Crakin a "Easy Does It"
3. 00:04:00Moving around - Alaska to Arizona
4. 00:07:39Turtle Skateboards
5. 00:12:28Scott Copelman brings Erik with him to Zero
6. 00:16:11Almost got kicked off Zero
7. 00:18:57Riding for Emerica
8. 00:24:12Never got a third shoe on Emerica. Started Supra
9. 00:42:28His Baker 3 part
10. 00:47:14Carlsbad gap "Getting F**ked Up Tonight!"
11. 00:52:22Why Back Bigspins
12. 00:54:10Looking back at his past and the PissDrunx days
13. 00:58:02Starting Deathwish Skateboards
14. 01:04:41The Baker Team is always relevant - Jaime Foy
15. 01:11:22Why he started Easy Does It
16. 01:22:35Erik x Prod x Easy Does It commercial
17. 01:24:36Getting sober & Almost getting locked up
18. 01:33:21Filming for Deathwish 3 video
19. 01:36:10Antwuan Dixon

Links

• Erik Ellington's Instagram

Talked about in this episode

Baker 2G2000 · Full video · Baker Has A Deathwish

Videos / Articles

Erik Ellington's "Under Pressure" Video2014 · ThrasherMagazineClassics: Erik Ellington "Misled Youth"2012 · ThrasherMagazineBaker 3 (official full film)2021 · Baker Has A Deathwish · Official full video / shared part

Skate Shop & sponsors

Erik co-founded Deathwish. His pro model and brands discussed in this episode, from our shop:

DW ELLINGTON BREAKING AND ENTERING DECKDeathwish · From $87.00 USD DW DEATHSPRAY DECKDeathwish · From $87.00 USD BAKER BRAND LOGO DECKBaker · From $87.00 USD PISS DRUNX CAN DO SSPiss Drunx · From $35.00 USD

People mentioned

• Tim Gavin

  Mentioned at 00:05:40 — “…like Colby Carter, Chris Livingston, Tim Gavin Rachner, You know, it was like…”

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• Lil Wayne

  Mentioned at 00:28:17 — “…rocking at Lil Wayne and Jay-Z and everybody started wearing.…”

  Lil WayneThe Nine Club #25
• Brad Hayes

  Mentioned at 00:41:58 — “…Bro, it's like you have Brad Hayes. Brad Hayes was on the show.…”

  Brad HayesThe Nine Club #264
• Jamie Foy

  Mentioned at 00:58:13 — “…You got, I mean Jamie Foy, obviously, Neen. You got, I mean…”

  Jamie Foy & Patrick PramanThe Nine Club #288 Jamie FoyThe Nine Club #31 Jamie Foy - Stop And ChatThe Nine Club — Stop And Chat
• Paul Rodriguez

  Mentioned at 01:24:14 — “…Perfect shout out to Paul Rodriguez. Yeah, yeah, for real. Congrats on…”

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