ÉS Footwear
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- The correct title of this article is éS Footwear. The initial letter is shown capitalized due to technical restrictions.
éS Footwear (pronounced like the letter S) is an American footwear brand owned by Sole Technology, Inc., who specialize in skateboarding shoes and clothing. The flagship shoe of éS is the Accel. Released in 1996, it is the company's strongest selling shoe and is still popular today. In Spring 2006, éS lost their last original team member and highest profile rider, Eric Koston, to Lakai Footwear. Longtime team rider Tom Penny, left to ride for Supra in 2005. The team remains strong, albeit without Koston, whose presence on any team enhances it greatly. With veterans like Rick McCrank and Rodrigo Teixeira, as well as an upper-echelon team of up-and-comers, the brand has brighter days ahead, although it will be hard to match their brightest days, which were no doubt during the late '90s and early 2000s, when the éS team was among the strongest in all of skateboarding.
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[edit] Current Professional Team
- Rick McCrank (pro model shoe)
- Rodrigo Teixeira (pro model shoe)
- PJ Ladd (pro model shoe)
- Justin Eldridge (pro model shoe)
- Danny Garcia (pro model shoe)
- Cale Nuske
- Javier Sarmiento
- Nyjah Huston
- Silas Baxter-Neal
- Bobby Worrest
- Raymond Molinar
- Kelvin Tayag
[edit] Previous Team Riders
- Arto Saari (moved to etnies)
- Eric Koston
- Antwuan Dixon
- Tom Penny
- Chad Muska
- Ronnie Creager
- Bob Burnquist
- Mike Taylor
- Paul Rodriguez Jr.
- Kerry Getz
- Sal Barbier
- Brandon Turner
- Paul Sharpe
[edit] Videos
[edit] Menikmati
Menikmati, which means "to enjoy" in Malay, is a skateboarding video released by éS in 2000. It features their team in a straight-forward skate video, meaning no skits, pranks, or other shenanigans. Each skater’s part is preceded by an introduction that provides a cultural skate perspective of where they come from. The music covers a range of genres from hip-hop to rock.
[edit] YéS!
The éS team is currently filming for their next video, entitled YéS!, which will be released in 2007. There are two skaters left who skated in Menikmati who still ride for éS: Rick McCrank, and Rodrigo Teixeira.
