Saturday, July 23, 2011

Nyjah Huston wins third straight Street League in dominating fashion

Chalk up another victory and another $150,000 for Nyjah Huston. No dreads, no problem as Nyjah continued to dominate the competition at the third stop of the 2011 Street League tour.

There was talk that Nyjah might have lost his super powers when he decided to cut off his dreadlocks, but apparently that's not the case. He linked together big tricks with technical tricks landing 92% of his attempts. With that type of consistency Nyjah was unbeatable in the trick by trick format.

With his third victory in a row, Nyjah's total raised to $465,000 so far this year at Street league. Understandablya fan of the contest after his victory Nyjah told Rob Dyrdek in a post contest interview , "I all have to say is I love Street League, Thank you for inventing it."

Ryan Sheckler battled Nyjah to the end but down 3 points with 3 attempts left, Sheckler decided to go big instead of playing it safe which ended up being the difference. Sheckler fell on the attempts that counted most while Nyjah played it safe earning valuable points.

Chris Cole finally made his presence felt but in the end struggled to stomp his tricks landing only 67% of the time. Cole didn't go home empty handed, he won the Monster Energy Best Trick with a 360 flip 50/50 grind earning himself $15,000.

Here's the official results.

Points Success rate Best Trick
1. Huston 77.98 92% 8.9
2. Sheckler 66.0 75% 8.0
3. Cole 59.6 67% 8.9
4. Rodriguez 48.8 58% 8.4
5. O'Niell 45.8 50% 8.5

Source: http://www.grindtv.com/skate/blog/28870/nyjah+huston+wins+third+straight+street+league+in+dominating+fashion/

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