Don "The Nuge" Nguyen is an American professional skateboarder from

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Oklahoma City (), officially the City of Oklahoma City, and often shortened to OKC, is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The county seat of Oklahoma County, it ranks 20th among United States cities in population, and ...

, currently residing in California. He rides for

Baker Skateboards Baker Skateboards is an American skateboarding company founded in 2000 by professional skateboarder Andrew Reynolds. The company's main products are skateboard decks, soft goods, accessories, and wheels. History In 1999 Reynolds went to a sec ...

and played

Shogo Kubo Shogo Kubo (September 19, 1959 – June 24, 2014) was a Japanese American skateboarding pioneer and one of the original members of the Z-Boys that formed in Venice, California in 1975.Colin BaneZ-Boys skateboarder Shogo Kubo dies ESPN.com, June 2 ...

in the 2005 biographical drama film ''

Lords of Dogtown ''Lords of Dogtown'' is a 2005 American biographical drama film directed by Catherine Hardwicke and written by Stacy Peralta. The film follows a group of young skateboarders in Santa Monica, California during the 70s. This is the first (and so fa ...

''. He also played bass for

American Ruse American Ruse was a 5 piece Rock 'n' roll band from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. They formed in 2003 and have opened for Fu Manchu, The Riverboat Gamblers, The Black Halos and Nebula A nebula ('cloud' or 'fog' in Latin; pl. nebulae, nebulæ or n ...

and can be seen playing bass as part of the LSDemons (along with Justin (Figgy) Figueroa and Thomas Bonilla).

Filmography

References

External links

Don's official blogBaker official siteFoundation Skateboards official
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