Nyjah Huston

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

— Nyjah Huston

Love to see the future of skateboarding looking bright!

— Nyjah Huston

I was really shy because I didn't have much of a social life.

— Nyjah Huston

I was raised a vegan until I was a teenager.

— Nyjah Huston

Skating and style just goes hand in hand, I think.

— Nyjah Huston

What can I say? I love waffles.

— Nyjah Huston

Practice practice and more practice.

— Nyjah Huston

I love competing. I take it really seriously.

— Nyjah Huston

I remember when I went to the first Street League event in 2010 in Glendale, Arizona. I was only 15.

— Nyjah Huston

I think that's one of the best things about skateboarding. We're all competitors out there, but no one dislikes each other.

— Nyjah Huston

My mom used to bake so many vegan goods when I was a kid, and I was always so hyped.

— Nyjah Huston

You know you had a good day of skating when the side of your thumb is just straight raw from holding your…

— Nyjah Huston

It's hard for our sport to pass into the mainstream, to make it onto 'SportsCenter.'

— Nyjah Huston

As long as you're working hard for what you love doing, you'll have a good chance of getting somewhere with it.

— Nyjah Huston

I'm the type of person who always has to be doing stuff. I have a hard time relaxing.

— Nyjah Huston

I would say my dad wanted to keep his kids isolated from social influences like going to school and making friends.

— Nyjah Huston

The important thing to me is being productive. It helps me feel good as a person, helps me feel strong, helps me…

— Nyjah Huston

A lot of hip-hop sounds the same... same thing with skateboarding. But if you see someone coming out here doing some tricks…

— Nyjah Huston

I mean, really, skateboarding is just going out and having fun with your friends and filming cool tricks and challenging yourself and…

— Nyjah Huston

Being in the Olympics isn't the chance for one of us to go out there and win the thing... It's growing skateboarding,…

— Nyjah Huston

I don't know if any of us imagined we would ever be up here getting ready to skate in the Olympics. But…

— Nyjah Huston

Learning a new trick will just happen randomly when I'm skating and if I feel good doing it, I take it to…

— Nyjah Huston

To be out there in the Olympics skating the board that's actually my own and a company that me and my homies…

— Nyjah Huston

I had been skating basically since I could walk. I started on my knees and would cruise around the local skatepark until…

— Nyjah Huston

I grew up very strict vegan. My dad didn't allow me or any of my siblings to eat any meat, no cheese,…

— Nyjah Huston

Anything you think of that isn't vegan, my mom would make vegan. When a lot of people think about eating vegan, they…

— Nyjah Huston

Nike is the prime shoe sponsor in sports in general but definitely in skateboarding. I couldn't think of a better company I'd…

— Nyjah Huston

Contest skating is about figuring out the hardest tricks you can do that you can also land every time. It doesn't matter…

— Nyjah Huston

There's definitely a lot of people out there in the industry who feel that skateboarding shouldn't be a competitive sport. Or be…

— Nyjah Huston

I'm one of the fortunate ones to be making a good living for myself off of being a professional skateboarder. But there's…

— Nyjah Huston

You never know when you're gonna come across a sick skate spot, or a skate park you wanna stop at, so as…

— Nyjah Huston

Let it Flow is a water charity that my mom and I started back in 2011. We focus mostly on building and…

— Nyjah Huston

I wish I could skate every single day.

— Nyjah Huston

People assume they know you but they don't.

— Nyjah Huston

Ethiopia is beautiful. The people are so positive.

— Nyjah Huston

I love skating in shorts, it's really comfortable.

— Nyjah Huston

It's always sunny here in Cali, even in the winter.

— Nyjah Huston

Whatever the competition, I'm always there to do my best.

— Nyjah Huston

Flat ground session! The simple things in life.

— Nyjah Huston

I definitely learned a lot at a very young age.

— Nyjah Huston