The journey of Christian Hosoi is all too familiar. Described as the “most naturally gifted skateboarder in the world,” Christian experienced notoriety and wealth at a very young age. Lacking the ...

Skateboard legends Christian Hosoi and Steve Caballero celebrated the release of new Tech Deck branded products last week and talked family, their legacy in the sport and how the skateboard theme toy ...

Check out this video by VBS of two of the most important figures in skating in the 80’s and till now. The interview shows Mark Gonzales & Christian Hosoi talking about their early days in skating and ...

HUNTINGTON BEACH – Christian Hosoi wants to explode. The 39-year-old skateboarding legend steps onto a board he just made and drops into the boomerang-shaped, outdoor bowl at Quiksilver headquarters ...

This post has been amended to remove passages that did not meet ESPN standards for original language. With the worldwide success of the documentary "Rising Son: The Legend of Skateboarder Christian ...

“He is one of the most legendary skate figures, and easily one of the most inspirational people to have ever skated.” Those words weren’t spoken of Tony Hawk, they were spoken by Tony Hawk, in ...

I have taken a recent sabbatical from Bleacher Report and writing in general for about a month now. Personal problems and the holidays are partly to blame, but the true reason for my absence (not that ...

Start talking skateboarding demos in Fresno and Rodney Rodriguez gets kind of nostalgic for the days of the Ark, a famous vertical skate ramp that was set up in a back yard in Clovis. This was the ...

Christian Hosoi had it all. Long before he was legally old enough to drink, the skateboarder nicknamed “Christ” was a stud on the pro circuit who was touted as an emerging rival to the legendary Tony ...

It only took one week in federal prison for Christian Hosoi to realize his life was on the wrong path. He had invented the “Christ Air” trick in skateboarding, had been deemed the rock star of the ...

For stylish airs, no one came close to Christian Hosoi. At his peak in the mid-80s he was the "rock star" of skating, pulling down money that rivaled Tony Hawk's paycheck. Innovating crazy vertical ...