 In 2006 his father abruptly decided to move to Puerto Rico with his family.During this time the distance between Puerto Rico and California caused problems with Huston’s board sponsor Element Skateboards as Nyjah was not able to take part in demos.While in Puerto Rico his parents separated and his mother moved back to California with Nyjah’s siblings while he had to stay with his father Adeyemi as he was his manager and video filmer at that time.