Don Nguyen

{{Short description|American professional skateboarder}}

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| known_for = Ollie down El Toro

| occupation = Professional Skateboarder

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Don "Nuge" Nguyen is an American professional skateboarder from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,{{cite web |url= https://www.espn.com/action/skateboarding/news/story?id=4597165 |title=Who Nuge? ESPN Interview|date=November 24, 2009}} currently residing in California. He rides for Baker Skateboards and played Shogo Kubo in the 2005 biographical drama film Lords of Dogtown.{{cite web |url= https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0355702/fullcredits#cast |title=Lords of Dogtown (2005) |publisher=IMDB}} He also played bass for American Ruse and can be seen playing bass as part of the LSDemons (along with Justin (Figgy) Figueroa and Thomas Bonilla).{{Cite web|url=https://myspace.com/americanruse|title=American Ruse | Listen and Stream Free Music, Albums, New Releases, Photos, Videos|website=Myspace}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nskrue.com/?p=628|title=LSDemon's FIRST SHOW|date=November 4, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714203801/http://www.nskrue.com/?p=628|archive-date=July 14, 2011}}

He is widely recognized as the first person to ollie down the legendary "El Toro" 20 stair-set, one of the most infamous skate spots in the world, considered a proving ground for athletes of the sport.