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Skate Spot: Carlsbad Gap

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Skate Spot: Carlsbad Gap

Skate Spot: Carlsbad Gap

The Carlsbad Gap is an 11 stair set skateboard spot located in Carlsbad, California at Carlsbad High School. It first gained prominence in the early 90s after several pros started skating over it in addition to the stairs right beside it. Unlike many spots, the landing is an uphill one which adds to the difficulty.

Here are just a few of the tricks that went down at the Carlsbad Gap. This is only a partial list of who threw em down and what they did.

Andrew Reynolds – Backside Cabaleriall
Chris Cole – Switch Frontside 180 Heelflip
Brandon Turner – Switch Hardflip
Erik Ellington – Backside Bigspin
Tom Penny - Switch Frontside 180 Kickflip

Baker Skateboards Erik Ellington Logo Skateboard Deck

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Baker Skateboards Erik Ellington Logo Skateboard Deck

Here is some information about Erik
Erik Ellington (born August 9, 1977 in Anchorage, Alaska) is a professional skateboarder. Ellington is goofy footed. He currently resides in Hollywood, California.

Ellington rides for Baker Skateboards, Spitfire Wheels, Thunder Trucks, Supra Footwear, KR3W Clothing, Active Mailorder, and Black Hole Griptape. He turned pro at the age of 21 for the Zero Skateboards team.

Ellington was a member of the “Piss Drunx’ c. mid-to-late 1990s to 2000s with Jim Greco, Ali Boulala, Andrew Reynolds, Dustin Dollin.

He has appeared in videos such as Zero’s “The Thrill of It All”, & “Misled Youth”, Emerica’s “This Is Skateboarding,” & “Kids in Emerica” and “Baker 3″.

In 2005, Ellington left his shoe sponsor, Emerica. He started a new footwear company, Supra, along with Jim Greco, Tom Penny, Antwuan Dixon and Chad Muska. In 2006, his pro model shoe from Supra hit stores named “DOUBLE E”. The shoe’s design resembles his older shoe, “Ellington 1″ from previous sponsor, Emerica. The Ellington 1 was remade by Emerica as the “Vettes”.

Ellington co-founded a new eyewear company called Brigada with Jim Greco in 2007. They started the company without the help of any distributor and finance it with their own savings.

Ellington is married to Lucianna. They have one child, Julius Luther Ellington, born September 17, 2005.

Baker Skateboards

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Baker Skateboards is one of the most popular skateboarding brands out there because they have one of the best teams ever assembled. Andrew Reynolds, Jim Greco, Dustin Dollin, Erik Ellington, Jeff Lenoce, Kevin “Spanky” Long, Bryan Herman, Terry Kennedy, Braydon Szafranski, Leo Romero and Antwuan Dixon.

Krew Clothing or Kr3w Clothing Team

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Krew Clothing or Kr3w Clothing is leading skateboarding fashion. Slim, stretch jeans and cords, adjustable fit, flat bill hats and great looking t shirts. Krew is an apparel-only company, focusing on a proper fit and high quality pieces. The skateboard team includes Terry Kennedy, Jim Greco, Chad Muska, Erik Ellington, Antwuan Dixon and Tom Penny.