SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (AP) — Nyjah Huston says he isn't going out to the clubs much in Hollywood this year. He also isn't throwing many of his infamously wild house parties, even though he recently learned to DJ while he was laid up with a torn knee ligament.
Huston is rising earlier and trying to get to bed earlier. He's maintaining a rigorous daily morning stretching routine, and the ex-vegetarian is still eating healthy. And for the past few months, the greatest street skateboarder of his generation has suppressed his lifelong compulsion to explore his world by board.
When he spies a tantalizing new spot, or when a risky old trick calls out from his memory, Huston tries mightily to resist doing anything that could overtly jeopardize his health for nothing more than a thrill or a video part. In other words, the 29-year-old Huston is growing up. It's an Olympic year, and that means something to him now.
After he shockingly missed out on a medal three years ago in Tokyo, Huston wants the best opportunity to succeed in Paris. “I’ve been taking it a little more cautious and mellow this time, because when you’re a true street skateboarder, that’s just always what you want to be out there doing,” Huston told The Associated Press in Orange County at his private skate park, a spacious facility filled with rails, concrete ramps and thousands of gallons of Monster Energy drinks (they’re a sponsor). “Every single day, there’s tricks that pop up in my mind that I want .