A biography for Nyjah Hustonhasn’t been written yet.
“Power and strength are most important for my skating.”
“I've always been relatively small in frame.”
“My parents always did things a little bit differently. My three brothers, my sister and I didn't go to normal public schools - we were home-schooled. We didn't play Little League or other team sports. We were a skateboarding family.”
“That's the fun part about it compared to most other sports out there. There are so many ways to have fun with it and so many different things and ways to skate and ways to be creative and always switch it up and challenge yourself.”
“Andrew Reynolds, Chris Cole - all those guys are the people I grew up watching and they're some of the gnarly gnarliest dudes out there.”
“I love skating in shorts, it's really comfortable.”
“I normally get up around 8:30. I'll have a little something to eat. Just some avocado toast or some cereal or something. Or sometimes just a protein shake when I get up and then I'll go in my gym.”
“I was raised a vegan until I was a teenager.”
“Our father got us into skating and built us many ramps around our yard.”
“I consider myself really lucky to have had such a good life.”
“Whatever the competition, I'm always there to do my best.”
“After I win a contest the only thing I allow myself to do is buy a little bit of jewelry - but that's only if I win. And that's about it.”
“Skateboarding is interesting. You can't really practice it as much. It takes a big toll on your body. Your legs get really tired really fast. If I skate too much, I'll be way too sore.”
“A lot of hip-hop sounds the same... same thing with skateboarding. But if you see someone coming out here doing some tricks no one's done before that's really cool.”
“I remember when I went to the first Street League event in 2010 in Glendale, Arizona. I was only 15.”
“I grew up watching PRod and Chris Cole. To be able to skate with them in competition is an honor.”
“L.A. is the best city to skateboard in.”
“I literally used to skate every single day. Like, there was not a day I didn't skate.”
“That is the most fun part of skateboarding, the challenges. There are always new possibilities.”
“My oldest brother was two years older than me, and a really awesome skater.”