TOKYO — Had the first-ever Olympic skateboarding champion ridden his board out of the venue where he made history Sunday at the Tokyo Games, he quickly would have come face-to-face with clear evidence that his sport still has a way to go to winning hearts and minds. Just a quick skate from the Ariake Urban Sports Park, next to a …
When the police show up — which they sometimes do — Nyjah Huston probably looks like any other skateboarder, hanging with friends, grinding rails in the park, doing kickflips off the stairs in front of a library. “I’ve never actually been arrested but they’ve put me in handcuffs multiple times.” They may not know Huston is regarded as the greatest …
