Nyjah Takes Gold At X Games Sydney

That score ended up sealing the deal, as none of the other riders could claim the top spot. Taking his third and final run as a victory lap, Huston decided to crank up the difficulty by throwing in a kickflip to frontside nosegrind on the bump to rail, 360 kickflip over the long fun box, and a fakie landing on his nollie backside heelflip down the big rail, thereby bringing up his winning score to 96.00 points for a gold medal finish.  

“The crowd here in Sydney was amazing today, this was an incredible turnout for the very first X Games over here,” said Huston upon winning gold at X Games Sydney 2018 today.

Huston made his debut at the X Games in 2006 at the age of 11 and became the youngest gold medalist in X Games Skateboard Street history at age 16 in 2011. He has won more prize money on the street competition circuit than any rider in history and holds the current Street League Skateboarding Super Crown World Championship title. After dropping a heavy video part for his shoe sponsor Nike in February 2018, Huston faced a major setback with a knee injury that saw him miss major events of the contest season. He returned to full form by winning gold at X Games Minneapolis 2018 and now holds 15 X Games medals in Skateboard Street including nine gold, the most out of any rider to date. 

Also stoking the crowd in Sydney today, Huston’s teammate Ishod Wair battled his way into the final in second place. The Thrasher Magazine Skater of the Year put together a near-perfect run featuring frontside Smith grind the platform rail, frontside nosegrind the funbox rail, overturned 180 to switch crooked the bump to rail, kickflip frontside lipslide on the bump to rail, frontside kickflip over the quarterpipe hip and nollie heelflip up the Euro gap, before missing a highly technical switch flip frontside lipslide the big rail.