I don't like to compare skaters usually because skateboarding is such an individualistic sport and you can't quantify skill, but I truly believe that with maybe one or two other guys right now, Nyjah is going to go down in history as one of the best skateboarders of all time. As far as pure skill and difficulty of tricks along with his consistency, it's hard to say he's not the best skateboarder of his time.
sorry not a bandwagon fan of who im about to mention.....but until he dies RODNEY FUCKING MULLEN is THE best.....considering he has tricks out there that NO ONE ELSE but HIM can fucking land......just sayn
dinosaurpotatoes yeah but rodney himself even admitted that there's tons of trick he cant do that others can..so that kinda makes your point invalid if you're going off things they can and can't do
Literally every trick is a banger. Imagine streetleague without nyjah. He pushes/forces the other skaters to drop the best they have. This is why he wins most of the events, because he's pushing THEM.
switch bigspin heel off the kicker (0:59), backside 360 nosebluntslide (1:02), kickflip fronside hurricane (1:05), krooked down a double kink to nollie flip out (1:35) 360 flip to frontside smith (1:44) ...and people wonder why he always wins
I seriously don't understand why people hate Nyjah, he has the style and talent that other people just don't have... in my eyes its mainly jealousy, I'll be hyped if get a quarter of what he does.
This is why people hate Nyjah. I'll break it down for you: 1. His style sucks. True story. 2. His bag of flip tricks is tiny and repetitive. 3. He's primarily a handrail stuntman. Cool, but 1-dimensional. Btw 12 year olds can do kickflip front boards, which Nyjah does over and over in SLS and definitely has been overscored on in the past. 4. But the MAIN reason people hate Nyjah, is because it seems like all he cares about is winning. At least this is the image he projects by the way he whines when he doesn't win, and the way he is just a little TOO pleased with himself when he does win. The reality is that it is a competition, and money is money, and winning is awesome for your career as a pro skater. But skating has always and will always be primarily about individuality, freedom from rules, and raw crazy good times with the homies in the streets. For someone to win via a series of rules and contest strategies because that's literally all he trains himself to do, pretty much kills everything skating has always been about. It's naturally gonna rub some people the wrong way. Btw, this has always been Chaz Ortiz's problem too, and something I think he is aware of and why he has been trying hard to change his image. Sheckler as well, with his tiny bag of regular foot kickflip & grind tricks and basically nothing else, has always been known as a contest rat, and historically has had very little respect in the hardcore skating world. (Lied about bs flipping El Toro? Sad, man...) Nobody really cares when Nyjah or Chaz win a contest. When a Busenitz or a Koston or a Cole or a Luan wins, it blows the roof off a building. Because they are some of the most creative, versatile, stylish (not Cole), fun-loving, exciting & spontaneous skaters around. They paid their dues and earned their cred in the streets. Back in the day you watch a beast like a Sean Sheffey or a Jamie Thomas or a Kien Lieu skating around and just pushing down the block they look better than anybody else. Real style is something you can't teach or learn. Nyjah has none of that. He simply looks like a contest robot. And nobody gives a shit about a contest robot winning a contest. When all these little kids are fooled into thinking Nyjah is "the best skater ever!" it starts to shape what future skating may be about. He's consistent, likes the big handrails, has his contest strategy worked out, and learns the tricks that will specifically score high in contests. But the best skater ever? Not even remotely close to true. He's not even the 2nd or 3rd best all-around skater in SLS right now.
Another proof on how far we can push the most beautiful and best sport in the world. You can hate his style but you can't ignore his divine skill. The way he executes his tricks, very clean.
maybe he shoulde have but im happy to see that people still want to see skaters mostly having fun while skating thats why ishod won, you can see he loves skating when watching his part it seems like nyjah enjoys the money that comes with the skating more than the skating itself, thats why i think lots of people dont vote for nyjah
Pepijn van Hout I'd have to say that Nyjah isn't in it for the money. Have you seen his story? Also he is very humble, you can see it by how he talks in interviews and how he is never showing off. He just skates and wins, money is the bonus.
Because this man is a robot and doesnt looks like he is enjoying skateboarding, im not saying it´s bad cuz' he is hella good, but ishod knows what is really the skateboarding..
iiBioHaZarD xX depending on his background maybe he deserves to become soty, he was drilled to skate, training over and over again. maybe that was when the fun went missing. maybe has been forced to skate. the lack of style may be the outcome of a repetive training over and over again. the same movement, as done so many times before. and i for myself can say it doesn't look pretty. and you gotta admit, that he does the hardest tricks on the biggest rails. that streetleague best of definatly shows why he won that competition. 2 minutes of hammers...
The actual soty for the last 2 years people haven't been anywhere close to his level in a long time I dont get why people cant admit this is the man progressing the sport
19 uears old... doing 360 flip noseslides for instagram and other shit, just for fun.. what do I need to expect next year!? Switch laser flip bs smith grind down a handrail!? He is rocking the skateboarding world! Respect for this dude!!!
He was my pick, but is good that he didnt get soty this year, he still very young and has a lot of time to get better, can you imagine this guy getting better??!!.....remember when he was second all the time? and look at him now.....we are going to see some real crazy shit from this guy.....
Nyjah pulls some of the craziest tricks out of anyone, and does them all consistently and very clean too. He will definitely go down as one of the best skaters ever, but his problem is who he is. He is cocky and is a very corporate oriented skater. He doesn't care if money goes in to skateboarding, he just cares if money goes to himself, which is understandable, but it is still not someone I want to be representing skateboarding.
Bulls-eye trigger happy with the heavy caliber. I don't care what anyone says. He is THE absolute best skater in the world right now. I'd love to see a contest between him and Yoshi Tanenbaum.
No question anymore he is the best (at least in the allaround category and competition) Nose grind down a kinked rail nollie flip out?! Treflip smith!? Backside flip hurricane!?!? These are tricks that would be the end to many others' video parts, let alone to be done in competition.
Nyjah is amazing! Honestly I voted for ishod though,but most people only want to watch people do the gnarest trick and are not focused on what's most important about skateboarding, and that's being able to have fun doing it! Ishods year was filled with great vibes and not bashing women (sorry nyjah but that was a low blow even if it wasn't intended) mad respect for the both them though
Clearly soty isn't just based on how much skill and difficulty is involved in their tricks, otherwise Nyjah would've taken it unquestionably, It's probably got something to do with their parts, progression, attitude and effort put in throughout the year...
My God, most of these tricks would be done in a skate part were you have no pressure or time limits, Nyjah did them in a contest....AND HE'S ONLY 19!?!?
I don't like to compare skaters usually because skateboarding is such an individualistic sport and you can't quantify skill, but I truly believe that with maybe one or two other guys right now, Nyjah is going to go down in history as one of the best skateboarders of all time. As far as pure skill and difficulty of tricks along with his consistency, it's hard to say he's not the best skateboarder of his time.
The fact that he's only 19 is a scary fact considering what you just said! He's the most dominate skater to date, he really is the best.
sorry not a bandwagon fan of who im about to mention.....but until he dies RODNEY FUCKING MULLEN is THE best.....considering he has tricks out there that NO ONE ELSE but HIM can fucking land......just sayn
dinosaurpotatoes
yeah but rodney himself even admitted that there's tons of trick he cant do that others can..so that kinda makes your point invalid if you're going off things they can and can't do
MrKooooLaiD and what about daewon? Daewon is batman and nyjah is robbin
csgskate the new wave is on its way
The fact he is barely 19 scares me… just think about how crazy he will be in 5 years
Look at him now … GOD DAMMED!
Love him or hate him....everyone can agree this was gnarly.
And this was all in a CONTEST damn.
The skate machine. Every single of his video part is insane
Literally every trick is a banger. Imagine streetleague without nyjah. He pushes/forces the other skaters to drop the best they have. This is why he wins most of the events, because he's pushing THEM.
Every trick he does is amazing
Nyjah's tricks in this are insane!!!
Nyjah Huston is my favorite! I watch SLS all the time!!! Subscribed!!
a lot of people hate him but he's a fucking awesome skater!
Why they hate him ? this is a question ... Jealousy maybe...
***** I don't know i've seen a lot of comment about him... yeah! it may be jealous
the music really fits his skating so dominant
He's definitely the best skateboarder alive right now for street and not even 20yrs old people hate but there just jealous hes a humble nice kid
Nyjah come back to your planet and let us think we´re doing it right
i love how nyjah throws his whole body on evert tricks, going hard with confidence
switch bigspin heel off the kicker (0:59), backside 360 nosebluntslide (1:02), kickflip fronside hurricane (1:05), krooked down a double kink to nollie flip out (1:35) 360 flip to frontside smith (1:44)
...and people wonder why he always wins
best skater in the world !
He hasn't had a Street League video like this since 2011
I seriously don't understand why people hate Nyjah, he has the style and talent that other people just don't have... in my eyes its mainly jealousy, I'll be hyped if get a quarter of what he does.
Talent? Definetly. Style? Nah.
This is why people hate Nyjah. I'll break it down for you:
1. His style sucks. True story.
2. His bag of flip tricks is tiny and repetitive.
3. He's primarily a handrail stuntman. Cool, but 1-dimensional. Btw 12 year olds can do kickflip front boards, which Nyjah does over and over in SLS and definitely has been overscored on in the past.
4. But the MAIN reason people hate Nyjah, is because it seems like all he cares about is winning. At least this is the image he projects by the way he whines when he doesn't win, and the way he is just a little TOO pleased with himself when he does win.
The reality is that it is a competition, and money is money, and winning is awesome for your career as a pro skater. But skating has always and will always be primarily about individuality, freedom from rules, and raw crazy good times with the homies in the streets.
For someone to win via a series of rules and contest strategies because that's literally all he trains himself to do, pretty much kills everything skating has always been about. It's naturally gonna rub some people the wrong way. Btw, this has always been Chaz Ortiz's problem too, and something I think he is aware of and why he has been trying hard to change his image. Sheckler as well, with his tiny bag of regular foot kickflip & grind tricks and basically nothing else, has always been known as a contest rat, and historically has had very little respect in the hardcore skating world. (Lied about bs flipping El Toro? Sad, man...)
Nobody really cares when Nyjah or Chaz win a contest. When a Busenitz or a Koston or a Cole or a Luan wins, it blows the roof off a building. Because they are some of the most creative, versatile, stylish (not Cole), fun-loving, exciting & spontaneous skaters around. They paid their dues and earned their cred in the streets. Back in the day you watch a beast like a Sean Sheffey or a Jamie Thomas or a Kien Lieu skating around and just pushing down the block they look better than anybody else. Real style is something you can't teach or learn. Nyjah has none of that. He simply looks like a contest robot. And nobody gives a shit about a contest robot winning a contest.
When all these little kids are fooled into thinking Nyjah is "the best skater ever!" it starts to shape what future skating may be about.
He's consistent, likes the big handrails, has his contest strategy worked out, and learns the tricks that will specifically score high in contests. But the best skater ever? Not even remotely close to true. He's not even the 2nd or 3rd best all-around skater in SLS right now.
they are good points man I can see that you have a perspective that not many people have
*****
Damn, that was well said.
*****
If you think his bag of flip tricks is tiny go watch his battle at the berrics.. V.S Mike Mo
Another proof on how far we can push the most beautiful and best sport in the world.
You can hate his style but you can't ignore his divine skill.
The way he executes his tricks, very clean.
Such beautiful constructed art... Those tricks, that authority, this video edit and the music choice was absolutely phenomenal.
The true GOAT! This video is so sick!
How did he not get SOTY. He should have got it
no
maybe he shoulde have but im happy to see that people still want to see skaters mostly having fun while skating
thats why ishod won, you can see he loves skating when watching his part
it seems like nyjah enjoys the money that comes with the skating more than the skating itself, thats why i think lots of people dont vote for nyjah
Pepijn van Hout I'd have to say that Nyjah isn't in it for the money. Have you seen his story? Also he is very humble, you can see it by how he talks in interviews and how he is never showing off. He just skates and wins, money is the bonus.
Because this man is a robot and doesnt looks like he is enjoying skateboarding, im not saying it´s bad cuz' he is hella good, but ishod knows what is really the skateboarding..
iiBioHaZarD xX
depending on his background maybe he deserves to become soty, he was drilled to skate, training over and over again. maybe that was when the fun went missing. maybe has been forced to skate. the lack of style may be the outcome of a repetive training over and over again. the same movement, as done so many times before. and i for myself can say it doesn't look pretty.
and you gotta admit, that he does the hardest tricks on the biggest rails. that streetleague best of definatly shows why he won that competition. 2 minutes of hammers...
Nyjah Is A Skateboarding Machine!
That fakie full cab flip though! Banging
He is AMAZING
He deserved soty more than us hod honestly
Nyjah shreds so hard
The music made it so epic
Who knew what would happen the year following... only the greatest feat in street league history
The actual soty for the last 2 years people haven't been anywhere close to his level in a long time I dont get why people cant admit this is the man progressing the sport
Best vedio on UA-cam
He is so GNARLY!
I think i have just witnessed the apex of skateboarding
This kid is unbelievable!
skating machine!!!
He skates so fucking effortlesly. Smooth as silk!
ridiculous... and this is all in a contest.. mind blown
19 uears old... doing 360 flip noseslides for instagram and other shit, just for fun.. what do I need to expect next year!? Switch laser flip bs smith grind down a handrail!? He is rocking the skateboarding world! Respect for this dude!!!
This guy is a beast!
awesome !!!
I know who is the best skater ever! :)
WHO?
NYJAH HUSTON!!
NO is CHRIS HASLAM !
Chris Cole made those tricks cool a while ago
Best skater out there
Damn Nyjah killed it!
Hes insane!!
this was deadly
That tre flip front smith though :)
nyjah doesnt normally do grinds but when he does, there nbd's
I saw Nyjah at Volcom yesterday
He was my pick, but is good that he didnt get soty this year, he still very young and has a lot of time to get better, can you imagine this guy getting better??!!.....remember when he was second all the time? and look at him now.....we are going to see some real crazy shit from this guy.....
The best
Insane !!!
Nyjah pulls some of the craziest tricks out of anyone, and does them all consistently and very clean too. He will definitely go down as one of the best skaters ever, but his problem is who he is. He is cocky and is a very corporate oriented skater. He doesn't care if money goes in to skateboarding, he just cares if money goes to himself, which is understandable, but it is still not someone I want to be representing skateboarding.
Nyjah win becuase he is taking the contest seriously, and he can land the tricks when it matters.
he would have killed it in munich props from germany !!
Rails, Rails, Rails.. all i see is a whole lot of Rails :O
Simply AMAZING !!!
Looks like if I play Skate 3. \m/ XD \m/
hate on nyjah all you but god damn this boy is amazing in skating
Forrest Edwards for street league
the real SOTY of the people. not ishod
かっこいい!
Sick
Best skater ever :')
It's the best skater there i never see
Nyjah is clearly The SOTY!!
The Gap to Back Noseblunt... Damn
Nyjah Huston IS the SOTY for 2013, i don't give a fuck what thrasher and their corporate sponsers think. No one else deserved it more.
Bulls-eye trigger happy with the heavy caliber. I don't care what anyone says. He is THE absolute best skater in the world right now. I'd love to see a contest between him and Yoshi Tanenbaum.
skater of the century
No question anymore he is the best (at least in the allaround category and competition) Nose grind down a kinked rail nollie flip out?! Treflip smith!? Backside flip hurricane!?!? These are tricks that would be the end to many others' video parts, let alone to be done in competition.
omg hes so good, dat treflip 1:30 steezy
Nyjah thinks this is Skate 3.
Damn Nyjah Huston is so good but Luan is the MAN
someone knows the song?
Nyjah is amazing! Honestly I voted for ishod though,but most people only want to watch people do the gnarest trick and are not focused on what's most important about skateboarding, and that's being able to have fun doing it! Ishods year was filled with great vibes and not bashing women (sorry nyjah but that was a low blow even if it wasn't intended) mad respect for the both them though
Damnit!
This Guy is a fucking Beast !
Why aren't you in a video game yet?!
Yea dat bs noseblunt a the end was sick as fuck
da best
Nyjah Huston is the Lebrón James of skateboarding...
No one likes him so youre right
he's the messi of skate
This is fucking amazing...he should be SOTY
A Fucking Machine!
Damn!
he will get soty in the future for suuuuure
That tre
Loved it holy fuck! Future of skateboarding people... Now let the Haters hate xD
Sick**
Nyjah The Prodigy
Nyjah is complete domained forcus regard less of how long he's been skating the fact that he word hard and become successful
He's a real life person in skate 4 someone has a Xbox controller controlling him
song name anyone??
Probably the last best of had to end with Nyjah. Nothings brand new here.
Clearly soty isn't just based on how much skill and difficulty is involved in their tricks, otherwise Nyjah would've taken it unquestionably, It's probably got something to do with their parts, progression, attitude and effort put in throughout the year...
what song is this
what is the song? (:
My God, most of these tricks would be done in a skate part were you have no pressure or time limits, Nyjah did them in a contest....AND HE'S ONLY 19!?!?
esa cancion ase que el video se vea mss pesado
Song name?!?