A couple of weeks ago I interviewed Christian Hosoi on 102.5 KDON’s The Morning Madhouse for the Tim Brauch event (which he took 1st place by the way) and we kind of hit it off. Yesterday, I got a text from my boy Barry at Pocket Pistols that Hosoi, Chris Hammrock, Chicken and a few am’s were floating through Santa Cruz and wanted to drop by Santa Cruz Skate Shop to say whats up, sign some autographs and eat some food. About 3pm Hosoi and the crew pull through after skating the Santa Cruz Skate Park for a couple of hours so we proceed across the street to Hank’s to get some grinds and a coffee at the Verve right after. I have to admit its a bit surreal to be having chicken strips then a coffee with a legend like Hosoi…but those are the perks of being in this business. Back at the shop people were already buzzing about Hosoi being in the area and boards start being flung under the mighty sharpee. While that was going on I was chatting up Chris Hammrock (also a Pocket Pistol team rider) about the new websites Hosoi had going on, new technology he was implementing to get the word out that Christian Hosoi was back with a vengeance. Of course, I felt obliged to show him a few tricks that I had up my sleeve and proceeded to show him Skateboards.com TV channels that we use when we are Live Streaming and my Nokia N95 Mobile Streaming . Once Hosoi saw this we did a little impromptu interview for Skateboards.com TV and blasted it out for the world to see.
Overall, Hosoi is a legend…there is no debating that if he hadn’t fallen down the skateboard world would have seen Christian Hosoi video games and the like…BUT..he would have never found GOD and his love to help him along and guide him. I like the Christian Hosoi I see in front of me now…SKATE OR DIE!
