- Not only is "Seinfeld" hiss favorite TV show, he also shares the same birthday with comic-actor Jerry Seinfeld.
- Is co-owner of "FourStar" clothing.
- Appeared on: "Jackass: Backyard Bar-B-Q Special"
- Apeared in Andrew W K's music video: "We Want Fun", as one of the skaters.
- Dropped out of school in the 10th grade.
- Won the 1995 PSL Street Finals and the 1996 and 2002 Tampa Pro
- Invented the "Game Of S.K.A.T.E."
- Appeared on: "Tonk Hawks Trick Tips: 2"
- Appeared on MTV's Cribs on February 16th, 2003.
- Brother: Chris
- Sister: Eileen
- Took first place at the 2003 X-Games Global Championship (May- 2003)
- Was booed at the at the 2003 X-Games Global Championship in San Antonio, Texas for wearing an LA Lakers jersey.
- Was named Trasher Magazine's 2001 "Skateboarder of the Year"
- Threw the opening pitch at the L.A. Dodgers Baseball game on August 6th, 2003
- Won The 2003 X-Games Street Competition [August 10th, 2003]
- Took 4th place at The 2003 Gravity Games [September 15th, 2003]
- Born in Bangkok, Thailand, but grew up in San Bernardino, California.
- Won Gold in the Gravity Games Street Competition for 2000, 2001 and 2002.
- One of the skateboarders that inspired him into skateboarding was Mark Gonzalez
- His favorite skateboarding trick is the "Fandangle"
- Invented the skateboarding trick called "The K-Grind" which is short for "The Koston-Grind".
- Took 5th place in the 2004 X-Games Street Competition [August 5-7, 2004]
- Has a dog named Tiger
- His girlfriend's name is Ashlee
- When on time off from skating, he is also an active golfer.
- Invented the "One-Footed K-Grind" The "K" is short for Koston.
- Because he couldn't complete the rest of the tour dates for "Tony Hawk's 2002 Gigantic Skatepark Tour" - Koston was replaced by skater Willy Santos.
- Has his own line of Skateboarding shoes.
- Named Thrasher magazine's Skater Of The Year for 1996 and 2001
- Being fans - a Vancouver couple named their baby "Koston" after him.
- Has his own line of Skateboard Decks
- Has two dogs: Tiger and Rocket
- Has 3 dogs: Ash, Tiger (Golden Lab and German Shepherd) and Rocket (Teacup Chihuahua) [April 2005]
- Received a General Equivalency Diploma (GED) when he was 19.
- Shares birthdays with: Uma Thurman, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Daniel Day-Lewis.
- Fan of the LA Lakers
- Is an active Skateboarder, Golfer and Basketball player.
- Each winner that won Eric Koston's Game Of S.K.A.T.E. tour - Eric would call the winners and congratulate them personally. [July 2005]
- Took 7th place at the 2005 X-Games Street Competition on 4 August 2005.
- Has been a participant in skateboarding since 1986 and a competitor since 1991.
- After 10 years, he left éS footwear Co. [31 March 2006]
- Is touring in Hong Kong filming a skateboarding video due later this year. (January 2005)
- Is on a three-week Fourstar Tour from May 8th -- 30th in Japan filming a Fourstar limited-edition video. (May 2005)
- He and team rider P.J. Ladd are going on a "fliming mission" in Tokyo, Japan to film for a new Fourstar video called "Super Champion Funzone." They also will be doing a signing in Shibuya and a demo in Shinjuku. (May 2005)
- Fliming Skate footage (Fliming Mission) in Athens, Greece, April 4 - April 13. After that he (and the éS team) will head to Barcelona, Spain. (April 2005)
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