Nyjah Huston

Athlete

1994-11-30

Quotes by Nyjah Huston

• I've made money from a young age but it's never taken away from my love of skateboarding. I don't just do this for money.

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• I don't remember much about the first time I stepped onto a board but I remember absolutely loving it, since then it's literally the only thing I wanted to do.

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• If you feel like you're wearing something that you're stoked on, I feel like it actually makes you want to skate better.

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• What I wear - my pants, my shirt, my shoes, everything - has a lot to do with me being stoked on the way it looks when I'm looking down at my board, because obviously when you're skating you're looking at your feet the whole time.

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• I'm stoked that the Olympics finally put skateboarding in there. I was always a little confused about why it wasn't in there in the first place considering that snowboarding and other similar sports were in the Olympics.

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• Stretching always helps me start my day in a good way.

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• My dad was really controlling and he did want me to skate every single day. I would say he did it in a little bit of a strict way, which probably wasn't necessary because bottom line I loved skateboarding and that's all I wanted to do anyway.

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• 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.

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• I grew up very strict vegan. My dad didn't allow me or any of my siblings to eat any meat, no cheese, no candy even. He was super strict about that sort of stuff. I think that's one of the reasons I manage to be so healthy and take all these gnarly slams without breaking any bones: I think the main thing is being raised without drinking any soda.

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• I have learned to spend money wisely.

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• I'd say street skating is the most fun of the six skateboarding events for me personally. It's also because you can do it anywhere. You don't need a specific ramp or competition; you can just go shred anywhere around your hometown and have a blast with it. That's the best part about street skating.

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