Huston Becomes Youngest To Win Skateboard Street

Two-time X Games Silver Medalist Earns First Gold

 

At just 16 years old, California native Nyjah Huston gave a hometown crowd something to be excited about Saturday, knocking out a field of heavy talent to become the youngest man to win X Games Skateboard Street.

“It’s the best feeling ever and my best win ever. After getting silver for the past two years it was a buildup feeling that I wanted to get that gold,” Huston said. “There’s a lot of pressure and if you’re nervous, it’s hard. But I mostly put pressure on myself and have a goal to win.”

Huston, who was the repeat silver medalist in 2009 and 2010, laid down impressive runs with technical tricks, including a kickflip backside tailslide spinout and a huge hard flip off the rooftop.

Brazilian Luan Oliveira shook up the competition. After getting second in the fan vote at the 2010 X Games Real Street competition, Oliveira went for a bigger prize in 2011, earning the silver medal in Skateboard Street.

“The course was dope. I’m happy to get a medal and the level of skating was dope,” Oliveira said.

Ryan Sheckler was pulling out all the stops in his hunt for a potential fourth gold medal, but is still going home with hardware in the form of a bronze X Games medal.

“Every contest is different and it can be anyone’s day at any time,” Sheckler said.

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X Games 17

In its ninth year in Los Angeles, X Games 17 will feature more than 200 athletes at competition venues and event spaces including STAPLES Center and Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE. The 17^th annual action sports competition to be held in Los Angeles July 28 – 31 and will debut the new discipline of Enduro X, as well as the first-ever rally street circuit running through the downtown area. ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC will combine to telecast 25 hours of live X Games 17 competition. In addition to the 25 original hours in high definition, the Worldwide Leader in Action Sports will also televise 21 hours of X Games action on ESPN 3D. More than 29 hours will also be distributed on ESPN3.com.

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