1 дек 2015 г. - The Real-Life Diet of Pro Skater Nyjah Huston, Reformed Vegan

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GQ Online

Professional athletes don't get to the top by accident. It takes superhuman levels of time, dedication, and focus—and that includes paying attention to what they put in their bellies. In this series, GQ takes a look at what pro athletes in different sports eat on a daily basis to perform at their best. Here's a look at the daily diet of pro skater Nyjah Huston.

“I think skateboarding is finally getting to that point where people take it seriously. I feel like five or 10 years ago a lot of parents and everyone would be worried about their kid wanting to be a pro skater because they would think you just want to ride your board all day like a little toy or hobby.”

So says Nyjah Huston, who is well-equipped to talk about the professional side of skateboarding despite the fact that on Monday he turned 21 (happy birthday, Nyjah!), which means that 10 years ago he himself was barely 11. But he isn't your average skater kid: At the age of 10 he had already won his first competition. Out of 36 major competitions since 2010, he’s placed first in 25, including five X Games, racking up four Street League Skateboarding championships and, as of two years ago, more prize money than any other skater. Ever.

Huston brings a level of discipline to skateboarding that would surprise people only passingly familiar with it as a sport. He grew up in a family of skateboarders, and they had a lot of time to practice together, living on an isolated farm in Puerto Rico, where his rigorously Rastafarian father moved them in 2006.

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