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Rising Son - The Legend of Skateboarder Christian Hosoi

Director: Cesario Montano

Cast: Christian Hosoi, Jason Lee, Tony Hawk, Lance Mountain

(QD3 Entertainment, 2006) Rated: Unrated

US DVD release date: 14 November 2006 (Image)

by Tobias Peterson

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Christian Hosoi was the coolest of the cool, a brash and rowdy pin-up idol whose talent took him to the apex of the skateboarding world during the '80s, only to leave him flailing when the world moved on without him.

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