Join us as we take a deep dive into the impressive careers of legendary X Games athletes, including Garrett Reynolds, Travis Pastrana, Jamie Anderson, Nyjah Huston, and Mark McMorris. From their first gold medals to their most recent victories, we’re taking a look back and highlighting the evolution of these awe-inspiring athletes and their jaw-dropping performances in action sports, then and now.
Nyjah Huston: Athlete Profile | X Games 2022
Meet Nyjah Huston, and see how he became one of the best skateboarders in the world.
Nyjah Huston Feeds Off Crowd Energy | X GAMES PODCAST
Nyjah Huston sits down on Brando’s World of X.
Nyjah’s First Gold Medal: X GAMES THROWBACK | World of X Games
In 2011, Nyjah Huston won his first gold medal in Skateboard Street at X Games. This is pre-tattoo, pre Nike SB, pre world domination Nyjah getting a feel for X Games competition. Enjoy this walk down memory lane!
NYJAH HUSTON: I’ve Gotten So Much Good Footage In 2020 | X GAMES PODCAST
This year was the first year we haven’t had a traditional X Games competition since thier humble beginnings in 1995, and it felt really weird not handing out gold medals in Minneapolis. But we did manage to squeeze one more “Real” competition into the mix: Real Street Best Trick, and it should come as no surprise that Nyjah Huston took the inaugural gold medal in the competition. This week on Brando’s World of X, Nyjah discusses all things 2020, from stepping away from traditional competitions to his gold medal-winning trick for Real Street Best Trick. There’s some more surprises in there, so sit back and enjoy!
REAL STREET BEST TRICK 2020: Full Broadcast | World of X Games
Watch the full “World of X Games: Real Street Best Trick 2020” show, a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the X Games all-video best clip street skating contest featuring Nyjah Huston, Ryan Sheckler, Clive Dixon and more.
Nyjah Huston: REAL STREET BEST TRICK 2020 | World of X Games
Watch Nyjah Huston’s entry into Real Street Best Trick 2020, the all-video street skating best trick contest brought to you by ESPN’s World of X Games.
Skateboard Street: FULL BROADCAST | X Games Los Angeles 2010
THROWBACK: Watch the full broadcast of Skateboard Street from X Games Los Angeles in 2010. From tea cups to a young Nyjah Huston with dreads, it’s a classic look back at skateboarding a decade ago at X Games.
NYJAH HUSTON: #7 | X Games 2019 Top 10 Moments
Nyjah Huston takes #7 on the X Games Top Ten list. Nyjah Huston had already earned consecutive X Games Skateboard Street gold when he prepped for his final run — the final run of the entire contest — at X Games Shanghai. But he wasn’t even on the podium after Run 2 in China. He needed to crush his last pass. And of course he did, because delivering under pressure is exactly what Nyjah does.
He finished with an emphatic claim, too, raising his arms in triumph when he nailed his ender, the nollie flip noseblunt slide. There also was relief, because he nearly hung up on the trick. The Shanghai victory was his 10th X Games Street gold and 11th XG gold overall (2012 Real Street). He went on to add another gold and a silver at X Games Minneapolis, and he now has 18 total XG medals.
HIGHLIGHTS: Skateboard Street Best Trick | X Games Minneapolis 2019
Watch the highlights from the Skateboard Best Trick event, where Nyjah Huston took gold, Sunday at X Games Minneapolis 2019.
Monster Mentality – Nyjah Huston
Since his first skate contest at 6-years-old, the now king of X Games has never looked back with 13-straight podium finishes. His addiction to skateboarding keeps him putting in the work on and off the board to separate the hungry up-and-comers away from his planted place at the top.
Nyjah Huston X Games Retrospective | X Games Minneapolis 2019
Skateboarding phenomenon Nyjah Huston was born in 1994. When he was 11 years old, he skated his first X Games. He was literally half the size of the rest of his competition, and his dreads reached down to his back. The bigger obstacles were tough for Nyjah to skate.
As Nyjah Huston grew into his teens, he got a little taller and started skating faster. He was able to conquer the bigger obstacles, and he was progressing with new tricks at an alarming rate. By the age of 16, Nyjah Huston was an X Games gold medalist. But the best was yet to come.
Battling the elder statesmen of Skateboard Street, such as Paul Rodriguez, Nyjah Huston helped to usher in the new breed of competitive street skaters. Now the winningest street skater in X Games history, Nyjah Huston is the man to beat.
“X Games has done so much for me throughout my career,” says Huston. Watch as Nyjah Huston relives his top X Games moments, 2006 to the present.