Hosoi (Enhanced Edition) (Enhanced Edition)
My Life as a Skateboarder Junkie Inmate Pastor
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4.8 • 36 Ratings
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- $14.99
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
A mix of Tony Hawk and Brian Welch comes together in skateboarding legend Christian Hosoi, who reveals everything about his rise, fall, and redemption, in this amazing tell-all—from being named the greatest skater of all time to bottoming out on drugs to finally finding redemption through God.
Fans of Slater Kelly’s Pipe Dreams and Brian Welch’s Save Me From Myself, and followers of Tony Alva, Jay Adams, and Steve Caballero, will be captivated by this extraordinary, star-studded story, a gripping read that ranges from the heart of the 1980s skateboarding scene to the inside of a prison, from Hollywood parties to intense prayer sessions.
Hosoi: My Life as a Skateboarder Junkie Inmate Pastor takes readers to the heart of one little-known world after another—and he portrays them in all their gore and glory for all the world to see.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
You don't have to like skateboarding to like Hosoi. Brilliantly written with Chris Ahrens, Hosoi's memoir does more than tell-all; he includes extended passages written by friends and more than 100 photos to show how he rose to the top of his sport and turned it into art. Readers do have to tolerate a lot of second-hand smoke (from drugs) in the book, but this helps readers feel the gravity of addictions that brought Hosoi crashing to the bottom of the pipe. He vividly recounts the California skateboarding scene with friends and the illicit stuff they smoked, shot up, and swallowed. This tell-all and fall from grace is different from all the others in its rad truthfulness mixed in the end with evangelical fervor. Even in talking about faithfulness to his soon-to-be wife, it's embarrassingly honest. Somehow in all the autobiographical mix of self-deprecation and aggrandizement, his true desire shines through: "My hope and prayer is that you also meet the One and Only."
Customer Reviews
Blow away
Wow, what an awesome book! I am forty five years old and spent most of my youth worshiping Christian Hosoi. Living in a small town in Iowa, my friends and I lived for the day when our new issue of Thrasher magazine would come in the mail box. I have to say I never dreamed that Christian was the kind of kid/ guy that he was. Having read this book, it gave me a whole new perspective of his life. Like he said in the book things happen for a reason. I think a lot of people will read this book and find Jesus because of it.
Amen bother, keep up the good work. God bless.
Mike H
Edmond Oklahoma
Hosoi
Great job Christian! I enjoyed reading the book and recommend it to others.
Hosoi
Buy this book and read it. Its an honest story with no holding back and not a better way to end.