Vans Christian Hosoi Collection
| Christian Hosoi has been an important figure in skateboarding history for the past several decades. Christian started skating at the young age of six years old and got plenty of time to perfect his skills at a young age as his father was the manager of a skatepark and by the age of 14, Christian Hosoi turned pro.
During the 1980s Christian Hosoi emerged as one of the top vert riders and developed a bit of a rivalry with Tony Hawk over supremacy in the skate world. The 1990s were not as good for Hosoi as skateboarding transformed to favoring the streets over the vert. A series of failed business ventures coupled with a warrant out for his arrest kept Hosoi from attending the first ever X Games in what was thought to be a hyped up battle between him and Tony Hawk. After a few years in the pen in the new century, Hosoi received support from the outside with special collaborations such as a Rising Sun deck released by Shorty’s modeled after his first board he designed when he turned pro with Sims Skateboards. Hosoi, a Japanese-American, chose this as a symbol of pride of his heritage. In 2006, Christian Hosoi founded Hosoi Skateboards and was treated to a collaboration with Vans on the Sk8-Hi that some of you may remember from a couple years ago. Hosoi and Vans have come together yet again to produce three pairs of Vans with the rising sun pattern. Pics thanks to HypeBeast / ripe. |
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Christian Hosoi Vans Collection
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This are some nice Vans but I’m not Japanese.LOL
Comment by AIR DANIEL — March 21, 2008 @ 9:59 pm
i would only get the sk8 his those r dope
Comment by greenmaker24 — March 21, 2008 @ 10:00 pm
Whether you are Japanese or not, these kicks are amazing. The SK8-Hi’s are on the radar.
Comment by Nice Kicks — March 21, 2008 @ 10:18 pm
Yea them sk8 hi’s are on point. Them classic slip-ons ain’t too shabby either.
Comment by mtownzfinest1 — March 21, 2008 @ 10:25 pm
yo, even tho i dont wear vans at all, i wouldnt mind rockin deez! deez r fresh az hell!
Comment by illmatic@ya — March 22, 2008 @ 2:23 pm
yup, gotta say these have really become the “canvas” sneaker every artist and store wants to hop on
Comment by delgado — March 22, 2008 @ 4:04 pm
yea these look a tad bit better than the last ones (which sold out right when i was gonna buy them) with how they drew the rising sun towards the heel… im gonna be all over these, but i only like the Hi’s…
Comment by Jordan — March 23, 2008 @ 1:34 pm
sk8-hi’s are dope…
pass on the others though
Comment by flyasthesky — March 23, 2008 @ 11:40 pm
ya sk8 hi’s are dope they sold out the first time but im gunna kop em tha second tyme around
Comment by shoes'R'life — March 31, 2008 @ 7:56 pm