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Nyjah Huston

Profession : Athlete

Birth : November 30, 1994

I don't like to think of myself as famous because us skaters, we think of ourselves as normal people. But I really do have to be more careful about what I do and the way I set examples for everybody.

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I'm not too much of a morning person.

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I only drink coffee when I'm actually feeling tired. I've never wanted to become dependent on it, to be one of those people where I wake up and have to have coffee.

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

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

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Skateboarding is something that I've loved ever since I started when I was five years old.

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Learning a new trick will just happen randomly when I'm skating and if I feel good doing it, I take it to a street spot. If I'm really confident in it I practice it a lot, so I can do it in a contest.

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Contest skating is about figuring out the hardest tricks you can do that you can also land every time. It doesn't matter if it's a kickflip back lip or a kickflip front board or a hardflip. Any trick you feel really confident in and you can land any time, those are the tricks you bring to the contest.

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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.

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Man, I feel like I hear people talk about the old 'Tony Hawk' games all the time, and that's what got them into skateboarding.

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Yeah, so my dad was a skater back in his teenage days, and he used to skate pools and bowls and stuff and vert ramps - and he was actually pretty good. But his parents were just never the most supportive of it.

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

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

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I don't like eggs because I couldn't get used to it after not growing up with them.

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Honestly, I have the quickest metabolism ever, I can eat as much as I want and barely gain any weight. So I just try to eat as much as I can every day.

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There's definitely a lot of people out there in the industry who feel that skateboarding shouldn't be a competitive sport. Or be a sport in general at all. Those are the people who want to keep skateboarding at the core side of things. But me personally, I love seeing the sport of skateboarding grow in general. It's just going to naturally happen.

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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.

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I do come from a very humble background.

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