Christian Hosoi

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<p>Christian Hosoi is widely recognized as one of the greatest skateboarders of all time. A professional by thirteen, he went on to become an industry icon. After serving time in prison for drug trafficking, he devoted his life to Christianity. Since then, he has risen to prominence in the skateboarding world once again and was the subject of a full-length documentary narrated by Dennis Hopper, <em>Rising Son</em>. Hosoi is an outreach pastor at the Sanctuary, "the raddest church" in Huntington Beach, and lives in Southern California with his wife, Jennifer, and four sons.</p><p>Chris Ahrens has worked as a full-time writer for nearly thirty years, with four popular books on surfing to his credit and bylines in publications that include the <em>Los Angeles Times</em>, <em>The San Diego Union-Tribune</em>, <em>Outside</em>, <em>Family Circle</em>, <em>Skateboarder</em>, <em>Surfer</em>, <em>Surfing</em>, and <em>The Surfer's Journal</em>. He wrote and directed the award-winning skateboarding documentary <em>D.O.P.E. (Death or Prison Eventually)</em>, and served as editor-in-chief of <em>Risen</em> magazine from its inception in 2002 until May 2010. </p>