A child prodigy is defined as a someone under the age of ten who achieves significant results in a particular field at the level of an adult expert.
Those who bear the label seldom ever live up to the lofty expectations placed on their young shoulders. It becomes even harder to break past the so-called glass ceiling.
In sports, the phrase is used far too sloppily, and after years of strain, young people who are handed the slightly poisoned chalice frequently fail to live up to the hype.
However, in skating, it’s viewed slightly differently. The word ‘fail’ doesn’t exist in the sport. When practicing a trick or a line, the unwritten rule is to try and try again until you finally master it – it doesn’t matter how many times you fall, you get back up and go again.
So for Nyjah Huston, there was never any doubt that he wouldn’t achieve greatness.
At seven years old, Huston was turning heads in the skating community thanks to his long dreadlocks, which made him instantly recognizable. His much older classmates were in awe of his skills, and he was turning the streets of California into his own private playground.
After four years, Huston skated at the X Games, an annual extreme sports competition that has hosted some of the most significant board sport events in history, sponsored by Element Skateboards.
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