Nyjah Huston
Birth Name:
Nyjah Imani Huston
Birth Place:
Davis, California, United States
Profession
Actor
Fast Facts
- Was the overall champion of the Street League Skateboarding competition series in 2010
- Has won four gold medals at the X Games: one at X Games 17 in 2011 and one each in Brazil, Barcelona, and Los Angeles in 2013
- Launched the charity organization Let It Flow with his mother, Kelle Huston, in 2008
- Was ranked fifth on Fox Weekly's Top 15 Most Influential Skateboarders of All-Time in 2014
- Learned to skateboard at the age of 5 and went on to win the Tampa Am event when he was only 10 years old
- Best known as a professional street skateboarder who has appeared in documentaries like "This Is My Element" and "The Motivation․"
- At the age of 11, he was the youngest person to ever compete in the X Games
- During a practice session for the Kimberley Diamond Cup in 2013, he performed a 270-degree kickflip lipslide trick on a rail, which was the first time that trick had been filmed in the history of skateboarding