seeing Christian and Tony together is like watching a movie with Batman and Superman in it!

the fact that tony hawk helped christian, possibly his biggest rival of all time, get out of prison, is a prime example of why he's the hawk

The two greatest Vert skaters of all time, and the only two who had their Dad's there in the early days, I think there's something to that.

This podcast is unreal. It’s like if Michael Jordan sat down with Bird and magic to just shoot the shit about the old days and tell stories it’s unbelievable!!!!!!!!!

Hosoi's Airs are Legendary! It was great being a teen in the early 80's..

This is amazing, I feel like this is the “behind the music “ to an entire era of my life. I grew up watching all these legends rip. Hawk, absolute legend. Hosoi the pioneer of personal style and expression. Ellis mate, you sir are an absolute champion of life showing people how to be comfortable being themselves and improving yourself daily. Keep it up boys.

This is a good reminder that Ellis is actually pretty great at his job and that Tony's personality seemingly hasn't changed in 40 years. You two are so fun to watch and I loved this conversation with Christian.

Just watched 3.5 hours of this (Rodney, then Christian). Loving it. Both epic episodes. Really appreciate Jason Ellis's Aussie irreverence and humour in the face of such skateboarding legends.

This was so rad to hear Christian's testimony. God is good all the time!

Love Christian love rodney.. but please bring on Alva.. we need Dogtown stories on Monday morning

Legends. This is what this podcast is....fucking legends sharing stories. It's like the skate version of the Honeydew Podcast.

Still throwing little jabs at each other all these years later. Great episode

such an amazing episode, loved having Ellis asking all the questions from a fans perspective.

Now that was RAD. 😁😁👊👊

Thank you legends! Tony and Christian are the reason I still skate vert at age 49. Ironically, my daughter is named Ellis. Now I'd like to land a kick flip indy before I'm 50.

Thanks to Tony for mentioning the Hawk/Hosoi double signature photo, I went directly to the site and purchased one. Im super stoked to get this pic signed my my two most favourite skaters ever. Great interview full of great stories. Christian and Tony, thank you for inspiring me to be a vert skater way back in the day and still skating today with my son. Ride until the wheels fall off!!

Well this was fun. Cool to have been observing these two from the distance of the Midwest, during the peak of the 80s vert craze, and also to see them 35+ years later, all of us still skating. Skateboarding is awesome.

The 80's was such a great time to skate. It was underground, but these guys were rock stars that were ours. No one outside of skateboarding knew who they were, but they were as big as any rock star or movie star to us skaters. The decks and clothes were neons, pastels, and other bright colors, and where style was just as important as technical skills. It went hand in hand with the 80's punk/alternative scene too. Those bands were huge to us, but they weren't widely known just like Hawk and Hosoi. That was the 80's.

I love you guys - grew up in Ventura. Christian, I'm a pastor's kid and I've always looked for God and can't find Him like you have. Thanks for your share on this podcast. And Ellis. I've been sponsored too and 12 stepped. I'm old and I am losing time finding what you guys have. At any rate - love the show!

The two guys I look up to & taught me what I know now in one rm, talking about life. What a slammin’ way to start the day.

Wow. Just wow. My 2 idols in a room together just hanging and telling stories. This was the best hour and 43 minutes ever!

Love this podcast, really cool stories, im amazed Tony does this podcast, he really doesn't have to, the guys worth so much he could just be out of the public eye if he wanted to, but im glad hes doin it and putting a spotlight on some really cool people Christian is a solid dude, and of course Jason is the best co host. My only skateboarding experience is the video games, but the enthusiasm and sharing of war stories has made me addicted.

Been waiting for this episode for 36 years! So stoked.

You guys are awesome. I have never skated in my life but the show transcends so much past that. 48 years old and you guys make me look forward to Mondays lol...

So awesome to see you guys reminiscing and getting honest about life challenges. Very inspiring!!! You guys rock!

Beyond amazing to witness this conversation!!!! So great to see the respect factor being exchanged between Hosoi and Hawk. Such a great history between two of the greatest of all time... Thanks for the front row seat gentlemen!!!!

Hosoi has done everything that modern people crave.fame.money etc.but his attitude is reassuring and inspiring.no outta control ego.he gets excited for others and hypes them before he would hype himself.he wouldnt hype himself nowadays anyways.dude sees through the illusion of ego

As someone who grew up watching these guys (im 50 now), this was amazing. Watched it straight through, and it probably wont be the last time I do that. And Ellis just adds so much to the conversation, asking everything Id want to ask.

This is awesome , you guys definitely need to do more of these interviews with the OGs 🤘🔥

I'm only 20 minutes in and this is a freakin' banger of an episode! Hell yeah longer podcasts!

Hosoi and R. Mullen sitdowns, these are legendary interviews 👌. Much appreciated.

This is seriously one of the best episodes. All the episodes are rad AF but this one really touches a cord with me because I grew up watching this rivalry I never thought in a million years I would see this in real life. Please get the bones of brigade on there and make my life complete. I beg you!

Man what a fucking conversation, holy shit. I look forward to every Monday. One of the best podcast pairs of all time.

First off, I gotta say Christian looks good for his age. Second, I'm so glad he's alive and doing well to the point to where he can laugh and joke about it today. Drugs have taken way too many people that was "Great" at whatever they did. I love hearing him and Tony talk about the old time's. If you have not seen Christian's documentary "rising son", check it out. I promise you won't be disappointed!!

Ya got Holmes!🤙one more reason it's the only podcast worth drop everything to watch immediately!

i'm not a skating fan by any stretch.......and i take nothing away from tony hawks talent and what he's accomplished; BUT - i still remember seeing a video of hosoi going so HIGH into the air and seemingly hold up there before coming down.........shocking and amazing at the same time. edit - great video, btw..........

This was awesome ! It felt like I was there hanging out, eavesdropping on three hardcore Skaters talking shop. Ellis came across as so real, Christian was rad like always, and Hawk was seemingly more laid back and 'human' than I've ever seen --- and I've been a Skater following the Pros since 86. Bravo, incredible session here This is an instant fucking classic !!! Fucking thank you. INSPIRED ⚡⚡⚡

hell yea, such a great episode!!! 1987: my "hardcore skater" Hosoi board vs my little "geek" brother's Hawk board 🤣

Christian was the rockstar skateboarder in the 80’s. The guy has style dripping off him

Soo stoaked for this one. Working up north (Australia) in a shitty room and hawk vs wolf will be perfect for tonight.

Ellis killing it as a host/interviewer! Guys! Thank you.

So stoked to see Christian on this episode. What a Monday. Loved that you guys went so long and got into those weeds. Amazing stuff. Thank you so much for this.

It's so cool to getting to hear you guys speak today. Y'all were our childhood heros. I still skate today.

So jealous even to this day. I grew up on the back roads in Nashville TN. My friends and I would see the skater mags and scenes in the movies and then get out and bomb the hills. Those roads were ROUGH. Now with adult money and time finally getting to enjoy parks and smooth concrete. It’s the best. Turn 50 this year. Catch all these stories now is nostalgic. Thank you

Christian did a demo in '88 in SLC, I was around 14. He did a morning demo at a local skate shop, and then a demo at our local Raging Waters. Not many people at the early demo, so my friends and I were able to skate with him in the parking lot for about an hour then we saw him at the Raging Waters demo and he saw us remembering who we were from earlier and stoked us with t-shirts and stickers. Great dude.

I can't tell you how much I fucking loved this episode, and how much this podcast overall means to me. 🧡 Way to go, gentlemen. Thank you.

After cutting my teeth on a Variflex my first legit complete was a Hosoi hammerhead w Indy's and Slimeball wheels. Best Christmas morning ever!

Thank you so much guys for sharing and reminding me of so much skateboard history! Amazing to see Hosoi and the show! Very inspirational! There's nothing like Skateboarding! I'm so hooked on this podcast!

So good to see Christian now. I was lucky enough to be with G&S and have a buddy riding for Dogtown. Skating around Santa Monica and hanging out in Venice and seeing Christian at his peak. Money and drugs chewed up a lot of good dudes. Most never recovered. I’m glad I never touched the stuff, and glad Christian found his way. God bless you and your family.

It’s a left field request, but PLEASE get Barry Zaritsky on as a guest. Outside of his appearances on the TH Tours, he seemed so mysterious and I’m only vaguely aware of his long standing history in skateboarding. Would be awesome to learn more about the dude behind the moustache! 👴🏼

My 15th birthday was the 1st professional board I ever got. Had some hand me down old voards friends gave me, can't recall any of them? Oh yeah, the 1 I liked my friend Gave me was a rob roscop 4 I. Pretty sure? But that 1st board I still remember, it was Hosoi. I loved the board, it was electric green and that nose was totally different than amybother board. For what it's worth, I couldn't skate to save my life! Probably cause I was bastard at the time, butbi loved riding with my friends and being so envious I couldn't even fucking Ollie!. Still have a few friends that sorta ride in their mid and late 40s. These 2 guys shapes my love for skating and made me dream about tricks I'd never be able to do. Thanks guys, I appreciate everything you gave to the sport and taking it to the masses. You guys deserve everything you've accomplished.

Amazing show..so glad Christian got off that crap..I was on ice hard from 2016 to 2019...ball a day habit! Selling it running around all hours a day in Florida..true story I swear to God I watched Christians doc rising sun and I'll never forget it..I'm at work smoking meth in the work bathroom every 20 minutes and I was so done...I was a shell of a man..I was like Im going to watch this Hosoi doc and see if I can get some inspiration to stop..Christian said 4 words that did it..there is no peace! I felt that so hard..I started crying at work..He was right there was NO PEACE with that crap just chaos...I went home and took a couple balls and got one of those 30 day pill organizers and I divided it all up...until at the end I was doing tiny tiny amounts and I got off! Starbucks expresso and pre-workout really helped in the end but I got clean and I'm doing great today..Christian's doc was the very start and I credit him with saving my life indirectly..I swear it's a true story..Thank you Christian for giving me the wisdom to change what I could..I swear my thought was..this guy was a GOD in the skateworld and had to go do 4 years in prison..I thought that had to be the roughest sht ever..I'm free..no trouble with the law..If he can get clean and deal with prison and being away from skating I can do it to..I remember thinking what a weak man I am if I can't do this...again thinking about Holmes going thru what he did...it's crazy that a doc about your fallen hero can be more powerful than an intervention or all the friends I lost...If you read any of this Christian, thank you so much brother!!!!

I'm in my 40's, this convo just made me a kid again, I love y'all, made my day.

Totally true. Christian was THE COOL skater. Total rock star of the skating world!

Christian is DEFINITELY a more well adjusted individual, but thank heavens he didn't lose that huge presence and personality! God bless you Homes!

ellis is a kid in a candy store. stoked on the stoke.

Tony & Christian are The Raddest !! Another Great Show Guys !! 😎👍🌴☀️🛹🛹🛹🛹

I could’ve listened this for several more hours. All these guys were heroes when I was a kid, and they are still heroes to this day funny how a lot of us had very similar struggles during that era🙏🏻💯🤙🏼😎

I grew up heavy into skating in the late 90s and mid-2000s, needless to say I was a huge Tony Hawk fan, I grew up on his games. I remember my Dad always talking about Christian Hosoi when I was a kid, he would tell me how innovative and inspiring Hosoi was to the big air scene.. really cool seeing these legends talk about the times my dad always talked about. I totally get why Hosoi is and will always be his favorite skater, what a cool dude. I got Dad a Hosoi reprint Hammerhead deck for christmas this year and he told me it made him want to cry and that it was his favorite gift he'd ever been given. Thank you guys for everything you've done for the sport and Christian Hosoi, thank you for allowing me to share something special with my dad even after all these years. Skateboarding is for LIFE.

Just sat through the first 100 minutes with a full-on perma-smile. Very few 100 minute segments of my life have been better. Part of me realizes that's kinda sad. However, I just wanted to say "thank you". Not only for this 143 minutes but for the last 37 years of stoke and inspiration, thank you. Thank you both (Tony and Chrstian) for being yourselves. Even you, Ellis. Stoked on you and for you. Keep crushin' Jason! Really, really good to see your growth and your maturing into a fine human being. Love and respect always. Take care fellas!

This is so special. For them to be able to relate their experiences from the unique perspective they have about it all is magical. To see and hear about the camaraderie and the love and the respect these guys have for each other and the skate scene that fed and nurtured them is an incredible gift in these bleak times. Having just entered my fifth decade of existence I feel this episode all the way. I will forever be a starry-eyed fanboy when it comes to Hawk and Holmes. This podcast always brings a smile to my soul but especially for this episode thanks for the ray of sunshine. Needless to say, essential viewing.

Hosoi’s a gem🙌 his input on learning and progression is really cool!

The best part of my Monday is tuning into this pod in the morning with my coffee and herb

Two total Legends in the room!!

For a minute I thought Christian was going to to be chill.... nope. I love that dude

Man the love you guys have for eachother at the end of this episode so awesome. You guys are the best.

WOW Christian so inspiring the lord does change life's God is real I'm so happy I watched this God bless Christian

Thank you so much. That was the best to see how happy you guys were to share your memories with us.

Tony's a foot taller so he only went 8'6". 😂😂 Love All U Guys!! Thank U 4 Everything U do!!❤❤

Best podcast so far! I’m so grateful to have experienced being an 80s skater, and to see you all still shred is mind blowing

The Christ Air is one of my favorite tricks in skateboarding. Right behind the 900 😎

Brilliant. Thankyou. Most I have smiled in a longtime. Nailed it.

Police academy was my reason to pick up a skateboard.... but christian was who I wanted to be. Love this interview so much.

I will watch this more than once. So damn good! Thanks for this. You guys killed it!!

I've never LIKE AND DESCRIBED anything faster! So much badassery happening here!

The best thing about this podcast and really any podcast is that I get to finally get a glimpse of how Tony Hawk interacts with people on a real level. I've been idolizing this guy since I was 10 years old which was 35 years ago. I could watch his videos, and see his interviews, but that doesn't really show who he is as a person. Podcasts are one of the great things about the modern age of the internet.

I'm sitting here and I realize how crazy it is these 2 are sitting together having a conversation with the background they share.

What a great conversation. And the part about Del Mar... we gotta mention Billy Ruff as well. Both Hawk and Ruff had that keyhole down. But guys like Hosoi and Lester Kasai kept the pressure on. The best memories for sure.

Thank you so much for this episode!! When I’ve watched things about Christian, Tony is always part of the interview, conversation etc or vice Versa but never together in the same room! This was epic!! Thank you so much🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

Wow. Im an instant fan of this channel! I grew up skating looking up to these guys. Christian got the biggest air out of everyone back in the day. Thanks for this! Skate or die...yeah i said it 😁

This was such a joy to listen to! Two of the greatest vert skaters that ever lived on a podcast! Thanks for uploading!

If someone would’ve told me in the 80’s I was going to discover this when I was 51 in 2023… Seeing living legends in the same room talking like this… I would’ve been like what?!?! 🙏🏽😎

This was incredible. Thank you. Can't wait till you get a million views.

This is SO GREAT. I have laughed so hard with you guys. 3 heroes lettin' it fly. You guys are the best.

Truly one of the greatest conversations ever about real Venice skateboarding legends. I was bnr in Venice grew watching & skateboarding in Venice when the palladium was still there. Much respect to Tony hawk, Christian Hosoi, & Jason Ellis. You guys are always an inspiration for generations of skateboarding to come. I would see these guys skating at the beach as a kid….. & I am still on inspired to my core to this day ….skateboarding is not crime…!! Ghostown!!!

I never took a side, I really appreciated both. I loved Hosoi’s style and power and I liked Hawk’s technical prowess. I just loved watching vert even though I only skated street. When launch ramps were all I skated then I was trying so hard to look like Hosoi doing a method! Loved that era

This is awesome! Thank you so much!

as a hair stylist, i love and appreciate the hair extension story! Christian visited the hair salon I work at a few years ago and it was like a celebrity walked in the door. He was so kind and gracious. Skate or die my friends! Until the wheels fall off!

Love this episode!!! Thanks guyz! My idols

Grew up by mt. Trashmore... Hearing the Rodney stories was so good. Found this channel after watching the nine club... So good.

CH , " no wonder you're so good! " ....yes J.E., you're as inspirational as the Papas Brothers in one body, Bro!

Jason I L♡VED your reply to the religious aspect of Hosoi's 'recovery'. Not my bag, but Im glad SOMEthing turned his life around.

I still remember all of this like it was this morning. It was an incredible place in time. And to watch the rival, I didn’t ever think it was arrival. I just went through the motions of what was being projected. But I think everyone knew, we were all going to get sick and tired of watching someone go back-and-forth on the ramp pulling great big areas with a lot of style. And in the end, the amount of tricks that Toni shared with us. That helped us progress in our skateboarding blew away the fact that Cristian could never ever give us any of that. Sadly, I think that pressure overwhelmed Christian to the point where he tried to disguise things with drugs. In my mind, I would have loved for Toni and Christian to hang out at Tony’s and just passed tricks back-and-forth so they both could’ve progressed together. Because when the X game started and there was no Christian, skateboarding was missing something. And it would’ve changed the direction that skateboarding went. If there was only something besides this stupid rival. It can’t be fixed now. But when you hear this conversation, it’s clear. You can see it, you can feel it, and we can’t change it and that sucks. But thank God we all got to go through it. And think God in the end Christian chose God and fixed everything. Now entertainment value alone, how lucky we all are to hear this story. Helmets off to you too. Thank you. You are both #OfTheEpic

That was great to see and hear. Thanks for sharing.

Love all these SKATE LEGENDS! This is so cool to see! Love this podcast!

Jason said it right!! God has never spoken to me and I'm not into what your in to, but he's happy to see Christian where he is at in his life today. I was regions in my earlier days. I'm 48 today. I was religious up till I was 39-40. I don't knock anyone's religion or any religion, well I'm on the fence with scientology but I am who I am because I chose to be who I am because of life experiences and stuff. If religion has made Christian who he is today, I'm happy for him. live and let live!!!!!

Really interesting chat, I enjoy hearing people’s life stories. I enjoyed this longer pod.

Absolutely a phenomenal interview/conversation!!!! So awesome to see them swapping old stories from the past with each other and the respect between them is very apparent. Closest thing to a Rockstar without music. Absolute Legends!!!!!! Much appreciated gentlemen and excellent questions Ellis.

So rad!! Stoked for this one

Incredible podcast. To hear those two legends reminisce about the old days was a real treat. Must listen for all skateboarders! Thank you!