TV: Sixteen years old!
Nyjah Huston said, he was here to win gold!...
NYJAH: I've always been a really competitive person ever since I was a little kid,
ever since I skated my first contest when I was six years old,
or if I was playing a game of Monopoly with my brothers
Like I was always so competitive.
And I mean I feel like I've gotten even more competitive over the years.
It hasn't..even though I've had a lot of wins and stuff. It hasn't faded away at all
I've been skateboarding ever since I can remember and
especially when I was a kid,
I mean I progressed so fast because I skated to so many hours every single day
and not just practicing in my skate park but I mean going Street skating, too
I mean I was I always kept that good balance of Street skateboarding and contests skating
and I think that's something that helped me get to where I'm at now
It was interesting for me as a kid because everything happened so fast,
I'm started skating when I was five, I was getting sponsored I was like seven-eight
and then I won the biggest amateur contest, Tampa Am, when I was ten years old
So I think at that point there was no going back, you know
I was..I was obviously set on skating,
and I knew...I knew I definitely had a special talent at a very young age
I'm very particular, when it comes to what tricks I feel like doing in a contest
and what tricks I'm comfortable landing or not
And then when it comes to a run, I'm always just trying to end it,
end it with a hammer!
There's always new things to learn, no matter how good of a skateboarder you are!
I think that's something that I've always loved about skateboarding, is the challenge of it
The worst thing as a Skater is
Eating shit and getting hurt and not being out for months.
You know, it's the worst feeling ever!
I guess you could say I'm fearless in a way, but I'm still out there getting scared to do this shit
But I mean, that's just not something that motivates me, and I like that feeling
I really just try to keep myself calm. You know, I try not to think too much
I try not to put too much pressure on myself. I don't go out there expecting the win
You know, I just know I'm gonna go out there and do the best I possibly can
In contests specifically, I definitely..there's at least a few times
Where I felt like I got in that zone and I mean it's kind of even hard to remember
What happens sometimes because you're so focused in.
I think that's something I've been good at,
and one of the reasons why I've been able to win a lot of contests
is I'm good at kind of keeping myself calm but hyped at the same time
and not letting too many thoughts in my mind that are distracting,
and really, just getting in that zone, and make it happen.
It wasn't until I was 16 and it was the LA X Games?
Yeah, and I'd already been skating Pro contests,
I mean X Games, was actually one of my first Pro contest, when I was 11.
So it didn't come easy and I had to work hard, to get that gold
So it was a very, It was a very relieving feeling
and I felt like, all that the hard work and years, definitely paid off.
It's an addiction, you know,
I mean, it's it's been that way, ever since I got on the board
I really don't think I ever picture myself doing anything else and
Out there skating the streets with the homies and hitting the rails
and going out there, and shredding
I mean, it's really the funnest thing in the world for me
and yeah, I'll be doing it
For as long as I can!