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It wasn’t until recently that Nyjah’s mom finally separated from Nyjah’s dad and freed herself and her children. And you could see an instant change in Nyjah’s demeanor. Until this year, I don’t think anyone had ever seen the kid smile. He is finally allowed to talk to people and be a kid. He finally got to try ice cream for the first time in his life. Most of this stuff was always insider skate industry talk. Nyjah never went public with his story in an interview, until now. Jaime Owens of Skateboarder magazine asked me to talk to Nyjah and a bunch of other guys for the Newsstand-Only Special Interview Issue (out now). I wasn’t that excited because the last time I interviewed Nyjah he gave me one and two word answers at most. But that was when he still lived with his father. This time around he opened up about everything: the mental abuse, the squandered money, the two video parts being held hostage… everything. It is a very, very sad story and I’m sure it will one day be made into a book and/or film.
I present to you that interview from Skateboarder:





