Phil Esbenshade

Phil Esbenshade, also known as Phil E., was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a well known professional skateboarder in the second skateboard heyday of the late 1980s. His oddball antics and his unusual appearance garnered him magazine and video coverage worldwide. Several skateboards bearing the E logo on them were made in his honor. He retired from the sport in the 1990s and later became a Prosecutor in Northern California.

Esbenshade also played bass guitar and sang in the underground indie rock band Custom Floor with Miki Vuckovich, Garry Davis, and then later, Atom Willard (currently the drummer for The Offspring and Angels & Airwaves). Custom Floor released one 7" while Phil was in the band, on Goldenrod Records.

Phil E. appeared in Transworld Skateboarding magazine, Thrasher Magazine, Freestylin', Homeboy Magazine, Warp Magazine, and Poweredge Magazine numerous times between 1987-1992. Sponsors included Gullwing Trucks, Santa Cruz Skateboards Speed Wheels, Venture Trucks, Smallroom, Zorlac Skateboards, and G&S Skateboards.

There is a chapter about Phil Esbenshade in the book, A Skateboarder's History of the World by Jocko Weyland. Photos of Phil Esbenshade appear in the photography book, "Rat a Tat Tat Birds" by Jeff Winterberg.

Esbenshade is an alumnus of the University of La Verne College of Law,^[1] United States International University (now Alliant International University) and San Diego Miramar College.

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• Skull Skates Phil E.'s sponsor