Jerry Hsu
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Jerry Hsu is a professional skateboarder
Skateboarding
Skateboarding is an action sport which involves riding and performing tricks using a skateboard.Skateboarding can be a recreational activity, an art form, a job, or a method of transportation. Skateboarding has been shaped and influenced by many skateboarders throughout the years. A 2002 report...

. He is of Chinese descent.

Biography

At the age of nine, Hsu began recording himself skateboarding
Skateboarding
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, for the purpose of discovering what his skateboarding really looked like. He rode for Maple with Louie Barletta, Chad Bartie, Chad Night, and others in the early 2000's (see Rodney Mullen with Marc Johnson). This footage has been featured on the internet show, "Epicly Later'd".

Hsu is featured in Enjoi's skateboarding video, for which he won an award for best video part by Transworld Skateboarding
Transworld Skateboarding
Transworld SKATEboarding is a skateboarding magazine, website, and production company.Founded in 1983, TWS was a response to Thrasher Magazine and specifically to the December 1982 article ‘Skate and Destroy’ written by C.R...

magazine, in addition to a readers' choice award. Hsu also has his own promodel shoe with Emerica, the Hsu.

He is featured as a playable character in the skateboarding video game EA Skate
Skate (video game)
Skate is a skateboarding video game developed by EA Black Box for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. It was released in North America on September 17, 2007 for the Xbox 360 and September 24, 2007 for the PlayStation 3 and in Europe on September 28, 2007 for the Xbox 360 and October 5, 2007 for the...

, as well as its sequels
Skate 2
Skate 2 is a sandbox skateboarding video game developed by EA Black Box and distributed by Electronic Arts as a sequel to the 2007 game, Skate. Skate 2 was released in January 2009 on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.-Plot:...

.

He is into photography as well and contributes work to Vice magazine
Vice (magazine)
VICE is a free magazine and media conglomerate founded in Montreal, Quebec and currently based in New York City.Vice is available in 27 countries...

.

In September 2010 he exhibited a body of photographic work at the Steinsland Berliner Gallery in Stockholm under the title Vatican Gold alongside artists Ed Templeton
Ed Templeton
Edward "Ed" Templeton is a professional skateboarder and a contemporary artist who resides in Huntington Beach, California. -Biography:...

, Kevin Long
Kevin Long
Kevin Long may refer to:* Kevin Long , American professional skateboarder*Kevin Long , American footballer...

 and Jonnie Craig
Jonnie Craig
Jonnie Craig is a British photographer who began taking photographs aged 16. In 2007, following a recommendation from American photographer Ryan McGinley, Craig began working with Vice Magazine, where he continues to contribute regularly. In February 2009, Craig had his first book published with...

.

Sponsors

Hsu's sponsors include Emerica shoes and apparel, Enjoi skateboards, CCS, Monster Energy Drink, The Berrics Canteen, Big Black Dongs Inc., Digital Deekies, Royal trucks, Ricta wheels, Lillets and Bones bearings.

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