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.

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Monster Energy: Nyjah Unfiltered at X

If you’re a Skater you’re a fan. When something like Skateboarding rules your world, you’re a fan. Whether it be defining style and innovation like Mark Gonzales, pure determination and vision like Danny Way or one of the biggest bags of tricks and more gnarly Street NBD’s than anybody like Nyjah Huston, we all enjoy taking a look into our favorites Skaters lives and minds. Nyjah Huston has been at the top of the competition game since he was a child, collecting piles of wins and medals. X Games is kind of like the Action Sports Olympics and love it or hate it all the big dudes have to make an appearance and do their thing. Check out Nyjah’s Unfiltered look at X Games Austin 2016.

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