The Skate Legend Who Escaped Death & Saved Thrasher: Don 'Nuge' Nguyen

The Skate Legend Who Escaped Death & Saved Thrasher: Don 'Nuge' Nguyen | Epicly Later'd

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Epicly Later’d returns with a brand new season. On this premiere episode we sit down with Don ‘Nuge’ Nguyen to learn about his origins in Oklahoma, his move to California, and why Nuge is considered not only a legend but an all around hero.
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00:00 Introduction
05:28 Nuge Ollie's El Toro
08:44 Nuge Joins Foundation
12:20 Baker Signs Nuge
14:50 Nuge Bombs Baxter Hill
19:49 Nuge Saves Thrasher
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@VICE 3 ай бұрын

WATCH NEXT: How Stefan Janoski Became the World's Most Successful Skater - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Zsman8yQ1LenXac.html

@nathansestack3258 3 ай бұрын

lame

@RollForever88 5 ай бұрын

Can’t be many better things in life than a 30 minute video memorializing your achievements, full of kind words and high praise from all your closest friends. Perhaps that’s the real meaning behind this series, years on from now.

@BigDawgDR 5 ай бұрын

^ agreed. Respect from your peers is priceless, and what a cool tribute to a career to hear these stories.

@PushingDownDaisys 5 ай бұрын

It definitely is. I remember some of the earlier episodes thinking "Epicly Later'd" and where they were was like a send off out of fame or something. What it really is, is going back and giving homage to people in the early days who really helped things along to where they are now, people who were solid and got it done. Perhaps that one of the greater meanings behind life, and not just this series.

@Mr-Spork 5 ай бұрын

Totally. To hell with becoming famous... If you can get love & respect from your friends, that's what counts. Loved this story.

@ink70162 5 ай бұрын

Agree

@natekapi 5 ай бұрын

This is one of the best comments I’ve read on the internet in a long time. Completely agree. 👌

@stilton946 5 ай бұрын

Imagine being nuge and having all your friends call you a winner and the best… Be like nuge

@stevenkoudanis5238 5 ай бұрын

my 2024 goal lol Nuge is the man

@BigFloofinGiant81 5 ай бұрын

A Real Life Super Hero

@rickeykoga2312 5 ай бұрын

And a hero - if he went right at that turn, we would've lost a lot of skateboard history right there

@dreammule 5 ай бұрын

"Imagine being nude and having all your friends claw at your weiner and your breast.."

@simonbellmont 5 ай бұрын

Nah mane…..he’s a heRO 😅

@ErickKhan 5 ай бұрын

Every once in a while Vice makes a HIT and reminds us they're still around

@liammurphy6576 5 ай бұрын

wassup erick

@teal80 5 ай бұрын

Facts!!

@nxctual9779 5 ай бұрын

AINT NO WAY ERICK UP IN HERE BRO WASSUPP MFFF

@blur_710 5 ай бұрын

Ayooo smoke one!

@teal80 5 ай бұрын

@@nxctual9779 How I felt too was like "Tf nih" 😂🤙🏽💫🚀🔮⏳ KeepPushinOthersMaaaane:)! ! ERBODY PUSH ERBODY. From now on we doin good😂🙌🏽

@standaman6279 5 ай бұрын

The way he was so "whatever" about El Toro and then nails it first try with a little shrug after is so legendary.

@artemface 5 ай бұрын

This blew me away when I saw it

@quackapatth Ай бұрын

so humble its wild

@skippyskater 5 ай бұрын

When Nuge came to our local indoor (monster skatepark) for a demo when we were around 14 he was like "Why aren't you guys skating? come on guys skate with us!" It went from a demo to just this awesome vibe where they were cheering on locals instead of us cheering them on. He was just so hyped on getting everyone to skate it was dope.

@Elhastezy888 4 ай бұрын

Love This Post Really conveys what we just saw is what you get 🤍

@emmakate2337 4 ай бұрын

Foundation demo in Homebush?

@skippyskater 4 ай бұрын

Yep thats the one! @@emmakate2337

@vagpounder5614 5 ай бұрын

As an Asian refugee skater kid growing up in America, Don Nuge was and still is such an inspiration to someone like me. I hope he knows how many Asian skaters look up to him.

@manuelramos4509 5 ай бұрын

I'm a skater from the middle of the 80's and early 90's., Let me just say that Asian friends are the most sincere and insanely good skateboarders. I grew up in Korea town Los Angeles. Great times....

@eat-your-food684 5 ай бұрын

Daewon song👑

@slotho122 5 ай бұрын

@@Repent-and-believe-in-Jesusdo you have nothing better to do?

@philbert3333 5 ай бұрын

@@Repent-and-believe-in-Jesus not the place where you'll successfully convert people mate

@hyperreal 5 ай бұрын

@@Repent-and-believe-in-Jesusnice cult bro

@ElShotte 5 ай бұрын

"Yo Lizard, it's Rodent, I'm with Cricket". 🤣🤣

@b1gcuh183 4 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@jblue88hoodgamer54 2 ай бұрын

I know right that had me Laughing L😂L .

@AaronBraddy Ай бұрын

It be like that tho with ya boys right?

@VICE 5 ай бұрын

More new Epicly Later'd episodes coming soon

@MFSHECKS 5 ай бұрын

Thank god 🙌🏼🔥

@johnfodo4129 5 ай бұрын

F@#$ yeah 🤘🤘🤘🤘

@neal4601 5 ай бұрын

Nice! Now do King of the road.

@modestomouso1234 5 ай бұрын

About damn time! Would love to see one on Maldonado, and Kerry Getz

@sunnyside9273 5 ай бұрын

Right on

@BAndres1 5 ай бұрын

Nuge is huge risk taker. The way he handles the skate board and van without brakes. Takes all the impact on his side of the van. This man has a big heart😊

@gregb1037 5 ай бұрын

Take notes kids. Be more like Nuge. Mad respect for this guy.

@crabPEOPLE2000 5 ай бұрын

“Tino was coaching him at the top” Tino: “Don’t fucking do this fucking hill”

@NghiaLongds 5 ай бұрын

I met the Thrasher team with Nuge & Phelps in Saigon, Vietnam back to 2018 that night still a best moment of my life 🙏💚

@sewerside2148 3 ай бұрын

The staff cracked the shits at the dudes too wasted and cancelled the show early haha

@HELLASSIK 5 ай бұрын

True story. I was in a random spot in Houston and nuge and some pros walked up where we were. My friend Tommy’s fav skater is nuge. This was like 2006 had a flip phone. Called Tommy told him who walked up and handed the phone to nuge and he talked to my friend for a bit super chill about it not annoyed and we all talked for a min. Hella cool dude and a sick skater

@n00dles79 5 ай бұрын

This was really inspiring. From $1000 in Oklahoma to being one of the most talented skateboarders with an extremely positive outlook and vibe. Super chill energy would love to have been around him coming up. Absolute legend Don Nguyen

@Pootie_Tang 4 ай бұрын

Ukrainian here, almost 20 years ago I had a poster of Don on a wall in my room, he was one of my favourite skaters, truly a living legend, master, sportsman, artist

@nicktorres4044 5 ай бұрын

Only 25 but been skating for 11 years now and since day 1 I’ve known Nuge as a legend

@SnowWhite717_ 5 ай бұрын

I feel you Nuge… I’m Japanese and was raised in Dale County Alabama in the 70s 😅 I wasn’t Black, I wasn’t White and back then there weren’t ANY Asians in my town except my mom and me. I had to fight my way home every day for a while, then I got meaner than a junkyard dog and no one would mess with me after that. The thing I have in common with him is that it made us have thick skin and gave us that extra drive, that need to show others that we’re just as good (if not better 😂) confidence, and communication. I think I’m better for having been raised in an adversarial environment honestly. Adversity can make you grow ❤

@smelltheglove2038 5 ай бұрын

I’m a white guy, skater, got harassed by jocks. It wasn’t a racist thing. It was a jock thing.

@obrizzly 5 ай бұрын

@@smelltheglove2038yeah agreed jocks do tend to be racist especially in places like Oklahoma. Not the brightest of the bunch.

@smelltheglove2038 5 ай бұрын

@@obrizzly no they don’t. I live in Philly. Guess who the most bigoted people are?

@mr.christopher79 5 ай бұрын

@@obrizzlyyou obviously dont know anything about oklahoma or okc

@mr.christopher79 5 ай бұрын

@@smelltheglove2038lol everyone knows but few want to admit it

@kellnworldpeace 5 ай бұрын

I'm an OKC native, don't skate, and Nuge needs to be in the Oklahoma Hall of Fame. What a dude.

@CleverAccountName303 4 ай бұрын

But Oklahoma contributed nothing to his success

11 күн бұрын

@CleverAccountName303 Literally made him who he is. And the place he started skating.

@DankyDankerson69 5 ай бұрын

Awesome Epicly Laterd is back, so nostalgic after all these years. No one has captured the history and stories of skateboarding like Patrick has, keep it going !

@Norffy95 5 ай бұрын

Dude Epicly latered is actually back this has been the only warm thing I’ve experienced this winter, and for it to be Nuge is just that much sweeter

@Leafonacloud 5 ай бұрын

I officially proclaime Nuge ! The skateboard saint he watches our back when no one has it

@irregularhunterj8014 5 ай бұрын

Some mexican dude who owned a restaurant down San Diego had a candle with the Nuge's picture, I asked if it was for sale, he said no. lol I thought that was sick.

@boogityhoo7452 5 ай бұрын

@@irregularhunterj8014you being serious or going along with the original joke? I legit can't tell. Lmao

@irregularhunterj8014 5 ай бұрын

no bro, I swear lol I was eating some birria and noticed that the "Jesus" illustration on the glass looked a bit off, I looked closely and it was the Nuge. @boogityhoo7452 @@boogityhoo7452

@JamesTouhey 5 ай бұрын

Well deserved episode to one of my earliest best friends in life. You’re one of the skate goats that made what skateboarding is today possible. Love you brother!!

@Sl333pyhead 5 ай бұрын

“I can sit still for a day maybe, I missed something ya know? Something happened somewhere and I fuckin missed it, I just wanna keep goin.” Felt that

@MadeHerMoan 5 ай бұрын

S/O Oklahomies! Oklahoma City native, I loved watching Nuge skate. Met him, talked about skating and how he was on Foundation. He literally is a hero for real

@DenimDanger-mf7yl 5 ай бұрын

Fr ppl outside Oklahoma don’t even know about TDS and how big those videos were here with Muska etc. dudes a legend

@SpeedReider 5 ай бұрын

TDS!! I had a T-shirt growing up my buddy Gabe gave me, those guys were legendary

@mr.christopher79 5 ай бұрын

shout out to bj, micah, gabe, robbie, louis, adon, dillon, debobby, brendan and that crazy bisch denise lol

@mikeygalik 5 ай бұрын

What a legend! Thank you Vice for making new episodes and huge shout out to Vietnamese people, they are one of the most hard-working individuals I know...

@dcQ23 5 ай бұрын

This is such a sick video. I feel like I missed out on a lot of culture by not being a skater back in the day. Thanks for making this.

@timothyamos-wx8ch Ай бұрын

Nudge was one of my FAVORITE skaters growing up along with Corey duffel and Chris Cole. Hell yeah

@jadewinslow7818 5 ай бұрын

That's what I do like about skating and these videos is that you never know when you might just land that legendary shot. Its going to exist ..... forever!

@OmegaRedLotus619 5 ай бұрын

High key choked up that he put himself first to take on that impact of the crash so the homies didn’t have to….he really took that on 🥹 the awesomeness of him for sure but the humanity within him is inspiring. MashaAllah

@kleankars 4 ай бұрын

Thank You!! This Show is so Important. People, Origins, Legends and Hero's can dull in the memory from this world of over stimulation and over saturation. Seeing What Makes the Man, and Now Knowing What That Man Has Made... Is EVERYTHING!!!

@aidanwedge1 5 ай бұрын

So happy these are back. These literally provide so much inspiration to my own videos. Shots and editing was amazing

@BrandonHanson 5 ай бұрын

Even if Christmas was a week ago. This is a gift that keeps on giving. This guy was so deserving of this. A true legend and someone who will make you get out and shred before his video part is even finished.

@kevincastellanos538 5 ай бұрын

Nuge was one of the first pro skaters I met when I was a kid. He was super down to earth! Glad to see he is succesful in other areas besides skateboarding.

@AB-dm5ft 5 ай бұрын

Apart from all his accomplishments i am amazed by his personality he seems like someone who makes u forget about all of your problems once he comes around what a nice guy

@Ninja_Walrus 18 сағат бұрын

I just met Nuge last night, wish I would've watched this before yesterday haha. an absolute legend and great human.

@GettingHyphy 5 ай бұрын

Knew his skating but never knew how wicked Nuge is. Got emotional with the comeback of Epicly Later'd and Nuge being such a legend

@jadewinslow7818 5 ай бұрын

Both equally noble achievements

@VolcomWolf 4 ай бұрын

his part in Cataclysmic Abyss got me through 2 weeks in the hospital as a kid. I will always and forever remember his part. Kept me sane and hyped me up so much to get back on the board once I was out. Thank you Don for being the best dude!

@mattjenkinscomic 3 ай бұрын

I don’t know anything about skating but the algorithm brought me here and I loved it! These guys are awesome.

@isolation138308 5 ай бұрын

What a way to start off 2024! I didn’t want this episode to stop

@ianfacerollsyou 5 ай бұрын

Nuge's life is huge inspiration! Great way to get motivated for the new year! also how he got his nickname is hilarious, I had a childhood friend with the same last name and nobody pronounced it correctly, felt like I was always correcting people for him cause he had just given up lol

@MeepsNcheese 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for trying anyway! If people can learn how to pronounce Tchaikovsky and Chalamet, the least people can do is learn Nguyen too. You're a good friend

@CommonSense970 5 ай бұрын

This dude had such a rad part in the "Hollywood Skateboards" video! So stoked to watch this episode of Epicly Later'd

@guapanmessi4470 5 ай бұрын

I remember seeing the little doc vice made for Lizard King around 12 years ago and I’ve always hoped that they would make one for Nuge. Being a southeast Asian kid, this made me really happy to see

@oduttagupta 5 ай бұрын

Can’t believe Patrick O Dell is back producing Epicly Later’d! Super grateful

@insculldrew 5 ай бұрын

That Baxter Street bomb was insane! Glad you held the line after getting a little squirrely over those bumps, your awe-struck face at the end says it all!

@hands_on_lanzon 5 ай бұрын

Props to the editing of the different perspectives of the story! So good!!

@jtokarz50 5 ай бұрын

He's a skate visionary and an all-time great.

@johnnyjpg 4 ай бұрын

Epicly laters just always give me the chills. Thanks so much vice for producing these still.

@nitrospice1222 5 ай бұрын

Nuge was a huge inspiration growing up. I watched his cataclysmic abyss part easily 100 times cause it was the only skate dvd i had. I only wish that he put out more footage with baker.

@jonassteinberg3779 5 ай бұрын

The fast cut to Tino telling him not to do Baxter is hilarious.

@crescokidful 5 ай бұрын

Absolutely beautiful. Thank you for posting this

@yeaboydotdot 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for bringing this back

@MisterMisterStudio 5 ай бұрын

that was so beautiful to see all his friends talk about him like that, really great video yo!

@iLurq 5 ай бұрын

The fact that he landed el toro first try and than went back and tried it and couldn’t do it just shows how insane the first t was

@evanadalimyt4735 3 ай бұрын

this need to be in a movie

@xitsox 5 ай бұрын

Great start of the year, i am so glad Epicly Later'd is back! Hell yeah, Nuge, great story, i didn't know this about the van crash, it is horrific. What a super hero!

@SteveKusek 5 ай бұрын

Great way to kick off the new year. This series has been soooo good from the start, easily my favorite out of all Vice programming. Would be tragic not to keep the momentum going with all the insane archives of handycam footage yall got in the vaults!

@enbusquedadeperlita3133 5 ай бұрын

Thank you. Love these follow ups and peeks into their personal lives. Greatly appreciated ❤😊

@crooked_letters 2 ай бұрын

NUGE THE ABSOLUTE 🐐 Literall my favorite skateboarder of all time. Influenced me so much when I was younger. Not only did I wanna skate like this, I even grew out my hair and started wearing skinny pants cause I wanted to go full hesh. Vice, please keep making Epicly Later’d vids. I missed these so much. 🙏

@EclecticWizard6 5 ай бұрын

Well deserved episode for a legendary skater! Stoked the series is back!

@hjk6606 5 ай бұрын

I live a street up from his burger joint on Beverly and have been there many times. Their smash burgers are legit and he's there all the time. I grew up skating, so to be able to have a burger from a legend like Nuge is a point that's never lost to me. Stoked to see him shine in this.👍🏽

@alejandroramirez4470 5 ай бұрын

like nashville style hot chicken, smash burgers have become so popular. When I need to improvise, I get a burger at mcdonald's with extra onion and melt my choice of cheese under the patty. Now I know besides rapper Bun B, there's a skater that makes them too. I haven't heard of don before either.

@Pluto8424 4 ай бұрын

Oh yes I grew up in Enid Oklahoma in 1968 which at the time was very small town we were the first Asian family to live there so the News paper did a story on us , but I think that caused even more problems for me and my brothers because I remember that being chased after school and having rocks thrown at us and getting in fights and eventually it slowed down as I got older but I moved away from there as soon as I could after high school and I have lived in California for a while and loved it that is a place where I fit in . Love your story.

@Brianaloha 5 ай бұрын

The Jerry / Nuge hosoi mixup story is legendary

@canicule9797 5 ай бұрын

The big Nuge shows what a hustle Vietnamese is to be, gorgeous and professional, well deserved ❤

@bernardthomas6232 5 ай бұрын

This is the first epic'ly latered that felt was Important. I remember Nuge from a photo where he did longest kickflip and from 411vm 47 chaos section. Thank you for sharing his story!!

@Zildj 3 ай бұрын

So fkn stoked this show is back. All we need is King of the Road now 🙏

@jessedampolo 5 ай бұрын

Great episode! It's so great to have this show back. Particularly love the phrase "Life Hammers".

@MABCME 5 ай бұрын

so ready for new episodes!

@liamingrouille9905 5 ай бұрын

THE MAN THE MYTH THE LEGEND 🔥

@razzledazzle2694 5 ай бұрын

I don't even skate but each of these videos are so inspiring and so fucking rad to watch. The van incident is CRAZY to say the least. Looking forward to the new episodes!!

@EverythingsBeenDone 5 ай бұрын

THANK YOU for doing more Epicly Later'd!!!!

@cadamstech1658 5 ай бұрын

This was sick! Nuge is the man! Keep em coming!

@jadewinslow7818 5 ай бұрын

I like this guy

@crisLeaps89 5 ай бұрын

Wanted this episode for a long while. Thank you!!!!!!

@Slayyyy8800 5 ай бұрын

These vice skate videos take me straight back to the happiest days of my life as a kid and there amazing short documentaries. I’d love to see one on every skater ever honestly.

@Nollie_Fullcab 5 ай бұрын

Beagle being interviewed while eating a banana is hilarious

@stayhappykid 5 ай бұрын

I remember starting watching when I was 12 I’m 26 now

@evandelgadillo 2 ай бұрын

I freakin love this series. Never disappoints. Im glued to the screen from start to finish, every single time.

@yer6900 Ай бұрын

these epicly laterd videos are always so amazing

@anarchistbunny3339 5 ай бұрын

Nuge is one of my personal top 5 skaters of all time.. what a Legend.

@jamesramirez523 5 ай бұрын

I live down the street from Baxter and to this day can’t believe nuge bombed that. It’s nuts dude

@JJAnselmi 5 ай бұрын

The perfect person to kick off a new round of these. Very inspiring just as a human!

@movefilmsinc 4 ай бұрын

videos like this remind me how much I appreciate VICE…. couldn’t have made a more perfect piece about Nuge and in the process opens the doors of inspiration to this icon to an even wider and diverse audience watching this.

@brad2812 5 ай бұрын

Dude is a legend and overall badass human being. Awesome video

@coburgerj1993 5 ай бұрын

I literally teared thinking about had everyone died on that hill! Fire it up Nuge! Thank you Patrick Odell and Vice! Thank you skateboarding!

@rolltidewhodat2870 5 ай бұрын

Man this is Awesome, THANK YOU SOO MUCH!! for getting this going again!

@joseestrada992 5 ай бұрын

I met nudge at centennial skatepark in orange county back in 2003? He was down to earth and gave a kid a skateboard ( he was riding a beach cruiser)

@clstile 5 ай бұрын

Nuge has been one of my favorite skateboarders for years! He always has sick parts, super fun to watch .. and that Arctic album he put out with figgy has been on my turntable non stop .. when I first bought it years ago, it was really just to support the boys, but it really grew on me .. such a rad album!! 🤘🏼

@mitchtizzle 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for bringing this show back Patrick

@JakeBorchenko 5 ай бұрын

Such a good episode to come back with

@richardwinquest2766 5 ай бұрын

just wow! hats of to you Nuge!! the end got me in my feels some

@bobgfox 5 ай бұрын

Great clip! First try el Toro is timeless

@user-so6gh1hx6k 5 ай бұрын

Been waiting on this one. Thanks

@SKATETOSLAYER 5 ай бұрын

This was awesome, really well done, great to see another epicly later'd, and great choice of skater! Always loved Nuge's parts. I was definitely big on the early 2000's hesh days haha.

@louisbing200 5 ай бұрын

You deserve all your success nuge!!!

@albertosamaniego2476 5 ай бұрын

one word to describe nuge: gnarly

@stephanw1034 5 ай бұрын

THANK YOU! So stoked! All the skating so sick but I was so pumped to see Nuge in a Fender ad playing bass.

@CryptoRoast_0 5 ай бұрын

This was beautiful to watch. 🙏

@armoredjoey 4 ай бұрын

Imagine learning an ollie never seeing anyone else do it before. HOLY CRAP! This man technically invented his own skateboarding moves regardless of them already being known.