His life is relatable for many teens as far as partying and skateboarding. But his life was misguided from the start. His father who is a man of love taught him how to roll joints at age 6. he was always skateboarding throughout his life. At age 8 lost his virginity to a random girl his dad set him up with. He was in trouble alot for drugs and stuff. Soon he was doing Coke and Meth but still skating and was one of the best in the world even at that young. His life was a huge party but was goign down hill, his sponsers were letting him go and he was losing friends left and right. All the fame and glory and movie actinbg and sponsership was comming to an end when he hooked up with a girl from a club who would do meth with him. Soon she convinced him to change his ways and quit meth and focus on God all the while getting fame back. He now has two kids, still sponsered, loves God and his family and skates with all the modern pros. this book was good but crazy, all in all i really enjoyed it and think its a powerful story.
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I was a dedicated skateboarder as a teenager, and this was during the time when Hosoi rose to fame. So I'm really familiar with him as a skate-celebrity. I wasn't familiar with his troubled life, however, until I saw a movie that described his descent into drug addiction and subsequent reformation through spirituality.
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Probably, especially if they like meth
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