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CHRIS BOSWELL

Basic Info Born: December 8, 1992

About Chris Boswell Chris Boswell was born on December 8, 1992. He has lived in his hometown all of his life and is a juniour in high school.

Growing Up Chris Boswell grew up in a rural community 30 minutes outside of town. While growing up there, only five houses on his street. Being active outdoors, Chris naturally took to sports. No team sports were set up around his neighborhood so he developed a bond with action sports. Mountain Biking was the first. He learned how to ride a bike when he was 4 years old and got a custum made mountain bike at 8. In elementary school, Chris became good friends with Johnny Woodhouse. They had been friends since pre school. When Johnny moved away while they were both in 6th grade, he invited Chris up to his house for his birthday. A neighbor from Johnny's new neighborhood had been skateboarding for a while and taught Johnny how. When Chris arrived for the weekend, Johnny taught him how to skate. This helped kickstart Chris's skating career. When he got back home, he visited a local skateshop and bought a board. The first board he had was an Enjoi pro board. "I picked Enjoi because my idol, Rodney Mullen, had skated for enjoi and I always looked up to him in skateboarding and I still do today." Chris began skating in his driveway everday at home, learning the basics. "I idoled Rodney because of his flatground and freestyle skating. At home, there were no ramps, no rails, no ledges. Just me, my board, and my flat driveway." As freestyle skateboarding began to die out among pros, Chris decided to try to switch to street skating. "It was hard. I fell so many times. I was so used to doing tricks stationary and trying to combine them while rolling wasn't the easiest thing in the world." At one time, Chris attempted to hit his neighbor's kicker ramp. The rear truck locked onto the top of the ramp a sent him forward to the pavement. He gave up skateboarding after this but later picked it up again a few moonths later. "I felt like something was missing everyday. I would get so bored but didn't want to skate. When I did finally pick up a board again, I had to reteach myself everything I had learned." Chris still skates to this day and rides a Plan B deck. "I never really fit in to any team sports as a kid. Skateboarding was different. With no rules, no limits, I felt completely free to just do my own thing. It was so creative and idividual and I still love it today."