Even as a 14-year-old entering the pro ranks, he exuded the confidence of a veteran and the flair of an artist that shot him to worldwide fame. Recognized by Transworld Skateboarding as the 4th most influential skateboarder of all time, Hosoi's contributions to skating are massive, yet can be boiled down to his signature mix of power and grace on a skateboard. Along with pioneering above the coping, Hosoi's forged his way as a resilient innovator, whose independent spirit has resulted in one of the most colorful careers in skateboarding. Pretending I'm a Superman will be released on YouTube, iTunes and multiple other digital platforms on August 18.With one of the deepest record of contest wins, accolades, accomplishments, benchmarks, and a legacy that continues to grow and inspire new generations, Christian Hosoi's is one of the few skateboarders that truly embodies the tag "icon." Since turning pro in 1981, he's navigated his career with so much charisma and individuality that his silhouette alone casts a massive shadow over skating and influence that's undisputed.
"It was nuts what that game did, not just for skateboarding but for us as individuals," Mullen says. "I was a fading vert skater, my income was getting cut in half every month, and so I started doing whatever I could," Hawk continues.Īnd then, "in the halls of Activision", came an idea to do a skateboarding video game. "Kids were into it, you know, because their parents hated it," says Hawk in the trailer, until, in the 90s, skateboarding became an "Us vs. Jam-packed with epic archival footage and with talking heads from some of skateboardings greatest pros - including Christian Hosoi, Steve Caballero, Chad Muska and Rodney Mullen - the doco will explore how Hawk's video games went on to influence the evolution of skateboarding. The trailer for Pretending I'm a Superman, which drops next month, gives a pretty incredible insight into what we can expect from the feature-length film. What a treat: Not only are we getting a remastered version of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 in September, we're getting a whole documentary about the skateboarding video games themselves.
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