The goofy foot from Anchorage Alaska has accomplish a lot as a professional skateboarder but he's best known for helping start the widely successful skate company Supra in 2005.

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's "Baker 3" & "Baker Has a Deathwish".

Erik Ellington's impact on skateboarding can be felt throughout the industry. In 2008 along with Jim Greco and Antwuan Dixon Ellington left Baker to start Deathwish Skateboards.

So while on tour with Supra in Copenhagen Ellington sat down with Bitch Slap Mag to shed light on starting companies, his role in the industry with Baker and Deathwish, people getting Piss Drunx tattoos and how deadlines bum him out.

When a skate entrepreneur like this speaks I suggest we listen...