10/1/2008
Chris O'Shea
Chris Oshea
CHRIS'S BIO
| DOB: | 16/09/85 |
| Hometown: | Melbourne |
| Nickname: | greezman |
| Years riding: | 13 |
| Sponsors: | Jetpilot |
| Rides: | A Wakeboard |
| Drives: | TOYOTA |
| Favourite trick: | Method |
| Favourite place to ride: | Orlando FL |
| Hobbies: | Guitar, Skating, Surfing |
| Best country visited: | New Zealand |
| Favourite place to hang out: | Wall Street Orlando |
| Career highlights: | Filming Box of Fun, Doing my own free ride event. Landing a mute crow5 of the double up because it took about a year of trying. Top 3 readers poll Wake mag. |
"What's up I'm Chris O'Shea free ride master of the world hahaha. My weapon is my wakeboard. I use it to score, been doing it since I was born. I love to ride everything and anything sideways. I grew up around the water; my parents got me up behind the boat at 5. I was so into anything that could be done behind the boat. At 13 I started getting into wakeboarding and competing. Since then that's all I've really wanted to do.
I grew up in Melbourne and am now living in the states. I base myself in Orlando, Florida for 8 months of the year to ride with the people that have inspired me over the years. I love travelling and meeting new people. It's cool to see how different people around the world live. I haven't been riding in every contest lately because I'm putting more time into filming and progressing as a rider.
Filming and shooting photos really motives me to keep pushing my self to be the best rider I can. I just finished up filming for two movies that have just dropped, Rewritten and Box of fun, and have now started filming for a documentary on a bunch of different athletes and how they see their industry. Danny Way and a huge list of legendary athletes are apart of it and I'm amped to be onboard with such a film.
Ok I'm out but just remember to wear your Jetpilot vest. It will save your life and make you look cool as fuck."
PEACE
-Chris
VITALS:
Living sitch: back & forth across the Big Pond, the Endless Summer sort of deal. Spends Summer (our Winter) in his homeland of Australia, then spends a 2nd Summer, hangin' here in the States. Currently living at Shane's Orlando digs. how dialed in is that?
UP CLOSE & PERSONAL:
JP: What's the funniest nickname you've ever heard someone call you?
CO: I don't know if this is funny or not but shane calls me o sheiz
JP: What (board) did you ride your very first time in the water?
CO: A Hyperlite 131 juvi
JP: What are you riding now?
CO: 141 premier Hyperlite
JP: If you couldn't be a pro wakeboarder, what would you want to be?
CO: snowboader
JP: Would you rather have a maid or a personal chef?
CO: A hot maid for sure that cooks as well.
JP: How many hours a week do you train/work out?
CO: I ride 2 to 3 times a day, when not on the road and hit the skate ramps up about 2 time a week. Also try to get a little yoga session happening every now and then.
JP: What's your all-time favorite candy?
CO: Don't have one. Not that into candy.
JP: Describe your ideal wakeboarding spot?
CO: I just got back from the Amazon river and it was so sick. That is the ideal spot... just butter every day in the jungle.
JP: If you could "beam" yourself & 5 friends anywhere in the world right this minute, what destination would you pick?
CO: Tahiti, that place is beautiful
JP: Do you have an "inny" or an "outty?"
CO: Go inny's
JP: What's your "hands down favorite" Jet Pilot product?
CO: Baller hat.
JP: What's your new favorite word or saying (right now)?
CO: Bushgu. ruck made it up.
JP: What's your "lucky charm" or lucky ritual you do before you compete?
CO: The best thing for me to do is get super mellow and happy to ride good in contests.
JP: How many house plants did you kill in the past year?
CO: a lot.
JP: Name one of your heroes:
CO: Xavier Rudd
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