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The Nine Club #407 · Show notes

Christian Hosoi & Steve Olson

June 22, 2026

About this episode

Steve Olson & Christian Hosoi discuss late night parking garage sessions, becoming really good friends during Thrashin', Gregg Weaver "The Cadillac Kid", who owned a lot of the skateboard companies in the 70s, punk rock dudes wearing their little molly shorts, the lay back air, Invention of the rocket air, the urethane wheel, signature tricks and much more!

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The guests

Chapters

1. 00:00:00Christian Hosoi & Steve Olson
2. 00:03:38Parking garage sessions
3. 00:08:21Selling 30,000 boards a month
4. 00:09:52Olson and Hosoi really became friends during Thrashin
5. 00:13:14Christian's dad became the manager of Marina skatepark so Christian could skate everyday
6. 00:23:07Skate master Tate
7. 00:34:51Hosoi's 21th birthday
8. 00:42:54Thrasher
9. 00:55:04How did Steve get into skateboarding
10. 00:59:44The Urethane wheel
11. 01:02:06Gregg Weaver "The Cadillac Kid"
12. 01:04:20Bruce Logan
13. 01:11:25Logan Earth Ski 1975/76
14. 01:13:08Who owned a lot of the skateboard companies in the 70s
15. 01:18:35Best paying sponsor?
16. 01:20:49Punk rock dudes in their molly shorts
17. 01:22:26The Lay Back Air
18. 01:25:26Signature tricks
19. 01:38:00Invention of the rocket air
20. 01:40:52Who has a good Christ air

Links

• Christian Hosoi's Instagram
• Steve Olson's Instagram

Videos / Articles

Classics: Christian Hosoi "Speed Freaks"2012 · ThrasherMagazineSync - Tony Hawk Doubles Video Part - 20142014 · RIDE Channel

Contest results & rankings

Selected career highlights, not a complete contest history.

Christian Hosoi

• 3rdVans Pool Party Masters Division2013Source
• 2ndDew Tour Ocean City: Bowl Legends2012Source

Skate Shop & sponsors

Christian Hosoi’s Pro Legends Series tool from our shop:

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People mentioned

• Sal Barbier

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  Sal Barbier Is Back!The Nine Club #380 Sal BarbierThe Nine Club #57
• Tony Hawk

  Mentioned at 00:41:26 — “…And you know, of course, Tony Hawk is a huge, you know, inventor…”

  Tony HawkThe Nine Club #400 Tony HawkThe Nine Club #100 Tony Hawk - Stop And ChatThe Nine Club — Stop And Chat
• Scott Oster

  Mentioned at 01:29:12 — “…Scott Oster took this photo. With whose camera?…”

  Scott OsterThe Nine Club #386
• Elliot Sloan

  Mentioned at 01:41:05 — “…used to ride at Elliot Sloan's Bucky did a massive one that,…”

  Elliot SloanThe Nine Club #241

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