I wanted to be the best in the world and at 12 years-old I won my first big … - Christian Hosoi

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I was not looking for my dreams to interpret my life, but rather for my life to interpret my dreams.

Christian Hosoi

I wanted to be the best in the world and at 12 years-old I won my first big amateur contest called The Gold Cup Series Contest at Marina Del Ray Skatepark. That's when I really started to believe I could turn pro, though it wasn't until two years later when I was 14 that I actually did with Sims.

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It was a revolving door that kept going in circles. I got to the point where I thought, "Man, none of this is doing it. " but I'd keep repeating the same actions. I'd go win another contest, open another company, invent a new maneuver.

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I think I was around 15 when my Dad was 40 and thought, "Man he's old. There's no way I'll be skating at that age. "

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The Bible says, "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son that whoever believes in Him will not perish, but have everlasting life. " - John 3:16 and in that moment I realized, "Wow, there's a love greater than what I know of in this world. "

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God always puts somebody in your life at the right moment.

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I tried partying and going out, doing drugs and even dealing drugs to support my habit. I was hanging out with people from the underground who were doing illegal things all the time. I was experimenting with more and more drugs to the point where skateboarding was the last thing on my mind and my family was next to last.

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