X Games 2025: Nyjah Huston

Nyjah Huston is arguably one of the greatest skateboarders of all time. Ever since he was a child, he was making waves in skateboarding and as he grew up, he continued to push the limits of skating both in the streets and in the world of competition. This brings us to the X Games, which came to Salt Lake City for the first time from June 27-29.

“Throughout the rest of this year and next year, my main goal is to do as much street skating as possible, as much filming as possible.”

SLUG reached out to Huston to check in before the competition and ask him some questions. Prior to this year’s games, Huston was tied for the most X Games gold medals of all time. He has been dominating the competition scene for quite some time and he thinks he can seize the record for most gold medals of all time in SLC. In his earlier years, he might have been a bit more nervous before a competition started, but now he feels pretty calm, albeit with a healthy set of nerves. When I ask if he had any pre-competition superstitions or routines, he says, “Before a contest, it’s really just making sure my body feels ready, eating some good meals — my go-to solid meal is rice, chicken and veggies — and stretching a lot.”

The X Games are one of the biggest competitions in skateboarding history and have been around since 1994. One part of the X Games Huston notes he enjoys is the format of the 45-second run: “I do think it’s cool that they’ve kept that, because it gets a little repetitive sometimes when we’re skating this classic Street League format and all the Olympic qualifier events and stuff,” he says. “It’s nice to go back and skate that original, simple 45-second run where you can just put all your focus into that.”

For the longest time, Huston was a staple rider for Element Skateboards, but a few years ago he started his own company, Disorder, and has been making a skate team full of heavy hitters. Recent additions include Clive Dixon and Alex Midler. A few years ago, the Disorder team put out a full-length video and as forwhat is in the future for Disorder, Huston says, “We’re about to put out a video that should be up on Thrasher within the next couple weeks, so that’s really exciting. Things are going good.” Be on the lookout for that video, as it is sure to have some mind-blowing skating in it.

“It’s nice to go back and skate that original, simple 45-second run where you can just put all your focus into that.”

After the X Games, Huston has a full plan ahead for this summer and the near future. “Throughout the rest of this year and next year, my main goal is to do as much street skating as possible, as much filming as possible,” he says. “I’m doing a lot of road trips. We’re actually planning one out to Salt Lake City.” Just like many skateboarders, Huston grew up watching skate videos, so he cares about making the kind of “proper skate videos” that got him into skateboarding in the first place. Owning Disorder gives him that control, and I can’t wait to see what he comes out with.

He ends our chat by naming his five favorite skaters of all time: “Paul Rodriguez, Chris Cole, Mark Appleyard, Heath Kirchart and Ishod Wair.” All you youngin’s out there reading this, take note!

Find out the results of this year’s games online at xgames.com and keep up with Huston on Instagram at @nyjah.

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X Games 2025: Ryan Sheckler
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