Christian Hosoi -On freedom
These are excerpts from an interview with Christian when he was in Prison the whole interview can be read here.
You know, when you’re outside you don’t really think about how much freedom you have – when I was outside I didn’t realize how much freedom you have to actually do what you want and not um alone being a skateboarder doing your own thing – it’s not a team sport – you do it with your friends but you do it solo – when you’re outside – before skate parks were open again it was freedom to do like you said how in here you look at everything you can skate cuz that’s our life is to look at anything possible – every obstacle in your way you wanna create something to do on it.Nowadays you have skateparks like we did when we started skateboarding and I think that’s awesome cuz now you can take your creativity to utilize it on stuff that’s made for skateboarding – stuff that flows – instead of finding something. But the creativity in your mind about being able to find something I think is the fun part also just like you said. It’s something to search for. You seek for it and you wanna find it and you wanna grind it you know, it’s a part of a skateboarder’s life – creativity in an artistic way – it’s definitely something that’s taken away from you when you realize how much freedom you had on the outside and you didn’t really take advantage of it or you didn’t really cherish it as much as you should have.In my situation I’m now in jail – I can’t even see a skateboard. But I have a lot of memories and I cherish those and I just praise God that I am still alive. That’s something that I pray on everyday. You know I have my relationship with Christ now and it’s brought me to a whole other spiritual level. You know I thought I was spiritual before but now it’s a whole different level of thinking and being and just understanding. The knowledge of reading the Bible – I’ve been reading the Bible since I’ve been here – a whole year and 2 months now and I’ve read it completely through – just a few months ago I did that.I’ve read it a lot – in parts – like the New Testament and some of the Old Testament and parts that I like. There are parts like the Psalms and the Proverbs that are really knowledgeable and give you wisdom so that you don’t make the same mistakes you know. I believe it was a gift from God that brought me to this place so that I could figure that out.
How were you spiritual in skateboarding before?
Well my whole life – it was Christ (? Stairs?) and crosses and my name is Christian and you know I always knew there was a higher source of spirituality and I believed in God, but I didn’t have a foundation, I didn’t have a relationship with Him. And that right there – it’s night and day. Now I can actually speak to Him and talk to Him and relate to the realities of it. When you read the Bible is when you find the truth and the true understanding, and the wisdom, and you can apply it to your life.Any little situation that comes up – it’s in the Bible. Back then I was caught up in the world. I had everything going for me, there was nothing to stop me – I could do whatever I wanted and go wherever I wanted and it would be accepted. That’s just too much of a smokescreen. It smokescreens you and then you get caught up hanging out with some of the wrong people. Next thing you know, you’re just in that little rut and you can’t get out because then you get caught up and get in trouble and then you start to stay away from the good things and you’re messed up.-Christian Hosoi
You know, when you’re outside you don’t really think about how much freedom you have – when I was outside I didn’t realize how much freedom you have to actually do what you want and not um alone being a skateboarder doing your own thing – it’s not a team sport – you do it with your friends but you do it solo – when you’re outside – before skate parks were open again it was freedom to do like you said how in here you look at everything you can skate cuz that’s our life is to look at anything possible – every obstacle in your way you wanna create something to do on it.Nowadays you have skateparks like we did when we started skateboarding and I think that’s awesome cuz now you can take your creativity to utilize it on stuff that’s made for skateboarding – stuff that flows – instead of finding something. But the creativity in your mind about being able to find something I think is the fun part also just like you said. It’s something to search for. You seek for it and you wanna find it and you wanna grind it you know, it’s a part of a skateboarder’s life – creativity in an artistic way – it’s definitely something that’s taken away from you when you realize how much freedom you had on the outside and you didn’t really take advantage of it or you didn’t really cherish it as much as you should have.In my situation I’m now in jail – I can’t even see a skateboard. But I have a lot of memories and I cherish those and I just praise God that I am still alive. That’s something that I pray on everyday. You know I have my relationship with Christ now and it’s brought me to a whole other spiritual level. You know I thought I was spiritual before but now it’s a whole different level of thinking and being and just understanding. The knowledge of reading the Bible – I’ve been reading the Bible since I’ve been here – a whole year and 2 months now and I’ve read it completely through – just a few months ago I did that.I’ve read it a lot – in parts – like the New Testament and some of the Old Testament and parts that I like. There are parts like the Psalms and the Proverbs that are really knowledgeable and give you wisdom so that you don’t make the same mistakes you know. I believe it was a gift from God that brought me to this place so that I could figure that out.
How were you spiritual in skateboarding before?
Well my whole life – it was Christ (? Stairs?) and crosses and my name is Christian and you know I always knew there was a higher source of spirituality and I believed in God, but I didn’t have a foundation, I didn’t have a relationship with Him. And that right there – it’s night and day. Now I can actually speak to Him and talk to Him and relate to the realities of it. When you read the Bible is when you find the truth and the true understanding, and the wisdom, and you can apply it to your life.Any little situation that comes up – it’s in the Bible. Back then I was caught up in the world. I had everything going for me, there was nothing to stop me – I could do whatever I wanted and go wherever I wanted and it would be accepted. That’s just too much of a smokescreen. It smokescreens you and then you get caught up hanging out with some of the wrong people. Next thing you know, you’re just in that little rut and you can’t get out because then you get caught up and get in trouble and then you start to stay away from the good things and you’re messed up.-Christian Hosoi
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