Then the moment ended – spectacularly, like a bruising tumble on a 13-foot vertical ramp. He means skateboarding injuries – not the world of pain he created with a nonstop lifestyle of money, girls, booze and drugs.Ī Quiksilver employee watches in awe as Hosoi skates, just like worshipping fans did years ago as the brash, neon-clad kid would pull off stunning aerial moves like “The Christ,” thrusting out both arms and holding the pose for a second.īack then, life for Christian Rosha Hosoi was all about the moment. “I spent my whole life skateboarding and never had any problems.” These days, his right knee and ankle are ailing – not from any nasty spill, but from an injury he got doing leg curls in prison. In the 1980s, Hosoi was as big a skateboarding star as industry icon Tony Hawk. He catches some air over the edge of the bowl and solidly lands on the particle-wood deck. His skating is fluid, strong, assured – and he’s not even trying. The 39-year-old skateboarding legend steps onto a board he just made and drops into the boomerang-shaped, outdoor bowl at Quiksilver headquarters in Huntington Beach. HUNTINGTON BEACH – Christian Hosoi wants to explode.
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