Nigel Sylvester stays true to one guiding principle: Embrace your individuality. “Self expression is such a beautiful thing. I think we should all lean into it. That’s what makes us special and unique,” the BMX star said during FN’s cover shoot in late July.

For Sylvester, who has always done things his own way, fashion has become another layer of his ever-growing repertoire. The athlete walked his bike into Penske Media’s Fifth Avenue Studio wearing a black T-shirt, shorts and New Era cap while carrying a Saint Laurent Rive Gauche tote bag in, of course, all black. It’s something of a uniform for the consummate New Yorker. His dark attire is offset by a pair of Michael Jordan sneakers — not one of Sylvester’s wildly popular collaborations, but instead the pair that started it all: the

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