Christian Hosoi 1990

[@krakenwoodfloorservicemcma5975]

I could watch his straight backside airs all day.. no tricks, just pure flying. He skates the way I always wanted to skate, ski or sailboard..

[@nitrojunkie9027]

Dude is just waaaaay to fucking good man. He was buttery smooth with effortless power and explosiveness. True G of the sport PS: I say was......he still is!!!

[@f.v.s.7107]

man what style he had, incredible. He's still got it btw

[@jeffgutierrez8796]

I still have my original Hosoi from the 80's... Still ride it once in a while. It's the only board I didn't break.

[@roncorral7903]

The man just flows with style! Tail grab nose bone, alley oop backside Smith, proper McTwists, big old body jars and Madonnas to name a few.

[@michaelfarar4232]

Hosoi and Tony Hawk took the torch from the ZBoyz and took skating, especially air to another level. Dogtown rules 🐶

[@capstoneyourejected559]

Remember your veteran heroes,even in skateboarding,God Bless the veteran military soldier's who died for our freedom.

[@telefunkenyou47]

Even though I rode BMX, I got my inspiration from Christian. “Hosoi Rules!”

[@capstoneyourejected559]

The secret to staying young is not medicine,but what you believe about yourself.

[@etiennetheriault8953]

Can't believe skaters were like: ''nah flying in the air like that is kook now!'' at this exact moment in time. I aknowledge early 90's have been crucial for the blooming of street skating in general. But the total rejection of such an amazing discipline as vert is bugs my mind. Hosoi had to face so much shit afterwards. Yes he mismanaged his own with drugs. But it was also because of the total rejection of all of his work by his own community. Good thing nowadays we respect and give the spotlight to every disciplines in skateboarding.

[@edwardschmitt5710]

Agreed.

[@robfromvan]

It’s not that simple, vert only fell out of fashion because almost no one on Planet Earth had access to a vert ramp so no kid could relate to it. As a kid when you go skateboarding you go outside your house, drop the board down and ride it. Kids only saw vert ramps in the magazines and videos, never in real life.

[@bassage13]

At that time you had to be a rich kid to have access to a vert ramp. It's only natural that skaters rejected it. Most of us were poor.

[@SJK-uc6lf]

​@@robfromvan Rob, you hit the nail on the head! I saw vert in videos and magazines and thought it was amazing but the closest vert ramp was an hour drive away (too young to drive) and cost money to Skate. The local school yard with stairs and embankments was free and a couple minutes walk away. Almost no one hated on vert, it's just that it was so niche compared to the asphalt that surrounded us.

[@robfromvan]

@@SJK-uc6lf if you look up the movie called Radical Moves on KZbin, it’s about the Expo 86 pro contest. That vert ramp after Expo was located where I would have to take 3 buses from my house to skate it. Once I get there I was too scared to even drop in. It was so large I couldn’t even roll in. Since then, as an adult, I have learned to drop in on vert and at one point learned to do an axle stall on vert also, but this is years later. Back then we just skated whatever was around us. Painted curbs, banks, slick parking blocks, the curb outside my house, etc. Even the nearest skatepark to skate bowl (skateparks we’re all bowls then w/ no vert) was 45 mins. subway and bus ride to get to, so yeah back then it was all street.

[@bjjbrawler1]

Hosoi was my favorite ramp skater, Natas was my fav street. Great times.

[@mattmiranda6021]

The absolute most sickest style!…talk about an air show!!!

[@telefunkenyou47]

The best skater ever!

[@1StinkyFinger]

Best style ever❤

[@helgebrand6942]

thanks for this video. skating from these times is the only original !

[@kronstudios]

Hosio was my first board black with the sunrays

[@christianjackson9360]

The ROCKET MAN, yes, he'll alway be!!

[@christianjackson9360]

The ROCKET MAN, he'll always be!!

[@thegreatwebstar]

That stussy shirt everyones been looking for 🙄 since 92, baller

[@johnsantos1920]

Style for years!

[@radamus210]

Highest dude EVER at the time - true air pilot. Alva - Discovered flight Hosoi - Flight in the jet age Hawk - Dawn of anti-gravity

[@JahEerie]

Before it all went pear-shaped. What a RIPPER.

[@josephavalos7894]

Hosoi flew man

[@MRsamhei]

Aivan mahtavaa kamaa Sami...Jäbä näkyy 80 / 90 jokaisessa kuvassa rampinhyllyllä kamera kädessä...Älä turhaa pihtaile kuvauksias vaan tee lisää näitä ;) Kiitos ja kumarrus

[@SamiWilenius]

Thx :)

[@ogbobbyjohnson8489]

True icon to the sport , one of the best of the best , no one went higher

[@onefromnone1634]

Christian Hosoi did bust lofty airs.But Steve Caballero beat him in the highest air contest with a 11 FT air.At the Ragging Waters ramp in 1987.

[@midcitysk8]

@@onefromnone1634 - Holmes 12 feet Vision Skate Escape. 1988

[@onefromnone1634]

@Leo Ambrose Hosoi didn't land it though.Durnng the high air contest he pulled a ten foot and some inches air.

[@MakeMineaDouble]

The KING of vert.

[@skater_scott]

The best!

[@jamesmuller1481]

Best style on vert.

[@Jaryism]

It's amazing how far it's come though... nowadays, you watch a vid of someone like Shaun White, most of these "tricks" would almost be considered like "filler", they're doing 360's and 540's multiple times in one run, only time you see grabs and stuff are just for setup before they do something insane.

[@telefunkenyou47]

Look at Shaun Whites “amazing x game” thumbnail. He looks like children of the corn.

[@braydenbench1670]

honestly i get way more stoked from grabs though.

[@MattColors]

Olin paikalla. Olin 13 silloin. Oli kyllä älytöntä. Ei vähään aikaan muusta puhuttukkaan💯💥

[@tommitwelvetreez]

The goat hosoi

[@bornwild3955]

The must powerful player from 1980s Ripped like a tuna Skillful like a salmon

[@drinklords8453]

The front side stalefish!!!!! SICK!!!

[@Rafael-ql4dd]

The styles of Hosoi and Sandro Diaz look very similar.

[@marissac870]

Such a G

[@bassfishingwiththeantichri2921]

Hosoi is my hero!

[@davidmerlin6787]

He was still getting better and more progressive at this time..... Then he disappeared????...... Very upsetting

[@jamesmuller1481]

Just imagine if he kept progressing from here instead of getting into drugs.

[@davidmerlin6787]

@@jamesmuller1481 incredible...... He was just as good on lip tricks

[@tracidvoyager]

Onko tää ja 1990 Mullen video suomesta? Ku olis joskus päässy tapaa Mullenin livenä. Ei varmaan enää 2000-luvulla ole tullut käymään täällä?

[@meuswe]

Best vert skater along with Tony Hawk.

[@maxheadroom1837]

Smooth as pudding

[@projekt679]

Team Hosoi!

[@janisiikamaki1544]

onnex sai olla paikanpäällä väijyy,kyllä joe johnsson oli kova kans.täytyy ihmetellä ku molemmat veti kyseistä verttii ku ois ollu mini;kaine oli tottunu vetää jo sillo toise kokosissa verteissä,hienoo kuvaa,kiitos ka lisää jos löytyy

[@tongarashi3208]

「技のトニーホークには、高さで勝負するしか無かった」（映画 ボーンズブリゲードより） ホソイは 540のあと、次に繋げられず 止まってしまう印象。 対してトニーは、4連続 540を簡単に成し遂げる。 それだけ、トニーに比べて 余裕が無かった事が 伺える。 個人的には、豪快なホソイのスタイルの方が 好きだが。

[@capstoneyourejected559]

Best part starts @3:33

[@ronaldradicalhickman6071]

STUSSY t-shirt is a classic...

[@burtman9649]

What model board is he riding ?

[@globalsentinel562]

hosoi and Sandro Díaz both stile are similar.

[@MADFREQUENCY]

Hosoi Rocket

[@ariikkiira7867]

If only he didn’t skip out on the first x games ....

[@bellahoughton84]

I know...jesuuuuuuus. Talking million$$$$ over going jail 10 kilos Meth shit.

[@robertdorsey8870]

any questions?

[@超虎生活]

It's very diabolical how Tony Hawk orchestrated a series of events which led to Christian Hosoi's downfall. Tony Hawk seems all innocent and makes himself out to be an "underdog" type character, but he is actually a sinister Machiavellian character.

[@pepijnberns3293]

Whats the song called?

[@MRADefeat]

Holmes

[@jaykoons]

The hight king!!! Back when Sk8ing was real... Not these crazy flatland tricks of today!!....

[@ronaldradicalhickman6071]

..... Skating was chumped down by the industry to keep it relevant..... It was slowed down and made more safe.... Allowing people that would never be skateboarders to at least try..... It was a bad money grab move by the industry that has flooded skateboarding with nothing but gimmicks..... Popsicle sticks and little wheels are a gimmick....

[@southsidesaiyan8641]

@@ronaldradicalhickman6071you sound so stupid.

[@godsvengeanceandmercy3336]

Sami Willingness to do better and not give up

[@bellahoughton84]

Hosoi? Wish he would've kept it humble street cool instead of becoming a "rock star."

[@telefunkenyou47]

He didn’t “become” a Rockstar. He was born a Rockstar!

[@bellahoughton84]

@@telefunkenyou47 towards end of 80s. His thing was further away fr skating and more about being this icon, rock star type. Yes...yrs b4 end of 80s he was just a "rock star" just being himself

[@bellahoughton84]

@@telefunkenyou47 But like most things pop culture in 80s? Nirvana and all those great early-mid 90s bands stopped everything fr 80s dead in tracks. Even skateboarding became even cooler with the cool street renegade skateboarding vs tapes. With cool punk rock/alternative rock music as the background music. Clothing became simpler yet much cooler in 90s.

[@benzz4960]

Very average skater, nice hair tho..

[@endthedrugwartoday]

That's skateboarding. #Grosso4evr