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Christian Hosoi | Skateboarding legend
If you were at all into skateboarding back in the day, then the name CHRISTIAN HOSOI should ring a bell. Along with Tony Hawk, he was one of the most popular skaters of the '80s. What happened to him? Looks like he went to prison...and now he's found God--he's living up to his nickname Christ...
(Source: Los Angeles): "When asked, Christian will tell you he's Japanese, though he also inherited traces of Chinese, Hawaiian, Scottish, Irish, and French from his mom. Strangers sometimes speak to him in Spanish, believing he is one of their own. When he was reigning as one of the greatest skateboarders of his time, though, Hosoi was known simply as Christ. Christ!
In the 1980s, during the peak of his run, Hosoi was heralded as the most stylish rider alive. Mentored by some of the famed Dogtown riders of Venice...Hosoi is now doubly free, liberated from his 60-man dormitory in the San Bernardino Central Detention Center and from the addictions that controlled him for much of his adult life. He has been renewed, his sins washed clean. When he was released in 2004, Hosoi returned to Huntington Beach to preach the Gospel to old-timers he knew back in those bad, great days and to minister to kids who know of him only as the legendary Christ, the guy who, if he hadn't lost his way, might have been bigger than Tony Hawk. He has a wife, kids, friends, and fans, his own signature shoes, boards, and skate team. He has a home and a church."
More: Full article Heaven on Wheels by Robert Ito @ Los Angeles | Christian's Go211 profile @ www.go211.com/u/christian | Hosoi Skateboards @ www.hosoiskates.com
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Posted by TamikoJanuary 23, 2008 at 12:32 AM
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