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HEAVY MEDAL – NYJAH WINS GOLD AND BRONZE AT X GAMES ’12
Nyjah Huston dominated X Games this past weekend, first with an incredible run in the “Skateboard Street” contest, where he walked away with the bronze medal, while Ryan Sheckler won silver, and Paul Rodriguez took gold. Nyjah’s winning run can be see HERE.
Nyjah then won the gold medal for his “Real Street” video part; a video contest filmed entirely in the streets over the course of the past six months. The one-minute video can be watched HERE.
In other X Games news, 12-Year-Old Element rider Tom Schaar landed a flawless 900º during the “Big Air” competition, and ended up on ESPN’s “Top 10 Plays of the Week”. You can see the clip HERE.
NYJAH AMONG NOMINEES FOR TWS AWARDS
The 14th annual Transworld Skateboarding Awards are right around the corner and the official nominees have been picked and posted. Nine awards are up for grabs in a variety of categories, with Nyjah Huston standing among the nominees for Best Video Part and Best Street Skater.
Click HERE to go behind the scenes with Nyjah as he revisits some of the worst slams during filming of “RISE & SHINE.”
For more information on The Transworld Skateboarding Awards and to see all nominees click HERE.
RISE & SHINE “NYJAH GOES TO HOLLYWOOD” BEHIND THE SCENES, PART 4
In part four (of four), Nyjah walks through the steps what it took to film his last trick of his video part, and the surprise ending that nobody expected.
Nyjah Huston goes behind-the-scenes with an exclusive interview, discussing some of the worst slams and best tricks of his video part, “RISE & SHINE”.
Filmed by: Kirk Dianda, Marc Falkenstien, and Nathan Groff
Edited by: Kirk Dianda
“RISE & SHINE” is now available worldwide on iTunes.
http://bit.ly/Nyjah-iTunes
ELEMENTAL AWARENESS “PAINT A DECK” WATTS, CA
On Friday, December 2nd, Element and Elemental Awareness teamed up with the WLCAC in Watts, CA for a day of art and skateboarding.
Element Advocates Mike Kershnar and Todd Francis were there to help the kids create their very own hand painted board which they were able to keep. Afterward, Element team riders Nyjah Huston, Mark Appleyard, and Ray Barbee skated with kids at the recently built skatepark.
Elemental Awareness would like to thank the WLCAC, Create-A-Skate, Vitamin Water, and Kind Snacks for helping make this event great… See you next year!
ELEMENTAL AWARENESS “PAINT A DECK” WATTS, CA
On Friday, December 2nd, Element and Elemental Awareness teamed up with the WLCAC in Watts, CA for a day of art and skateboarding.
Element Advocates Mike Kershnar and Todd Francis were there to help the kids create their very own hand painted board which they were able to keep. Afterward, Element team riders Nyjah Huston, Mark Appleyard, and Ray Barbee skated with kids at the recently built skatepark.
Elemental Awareness would like to thank the WLCAC, Create-A-Skate, Vitamin Water, and Kind Snacks for helping make this event great… See you next year!