{"id":36279,"date":"2017-07-18T22:30:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-18T22:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/dgk-dwayne-fagudeners-is-not-coming-to-america\/"},"modified":"2017-07-18T22:30:00","modified_gmt":"2017-07-18T22:30:00","slug":"dgk-dwayne-fagudeners-is-not-coming-to-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/culture\/dgk-dwayne-fagudeners-is-not-coming-to-america\/","title":{"rendered":"DGK\u2019s Dwayne Fagundes Skates Amazingly, He Just Can\u2019t Do It in America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes unfortunate events can cost us the very best of opportunities. In the case of <a href=\"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/culture\/dgk-saved-video\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DGK<\/a> and El Se&#xF1;or rider <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BqXc_VdBM2s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dwayne Fagundes<\/a> his unkindly run-in with the police in America some time ago earned him an immigration ban. His blacklisting forced him back to Brazil where, without missing a beat, he&#x2019;s continued to foster his incredible skateboarding abilities.<\/p>\n<p>With this in mind DGK just put out an edit making the best of the situation by alluding to the Eddie Murphy classic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fqfJqLFQSIk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#x201C;Coming To America&#x201D;<\/a> and enlisting some of their other bad-ass riders&#x2014;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-2BAAfPXivI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dane Vaughn<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AxPCch_kiXE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Derrick Wilson<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9-dMyPvYhD8&amp;t=42s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Marquise Henry<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NWKPJjFvaJY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Quel Haddox<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hbIMgZbTC1Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Maurice Jordan<\/a>&#x2014;to support Fagundes in his line-crushing prowess.&#xA0;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DKDXoqsl0g0?rel=0&amp;controls=0\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The official statement or words under the <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/DKDXoqsl0g0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#x201C;Dwayne Fagundes Is Not Coming To America&#x201D;<\/a> clip read as follows:<\/p>\n<p><em>There was once a young skateboarder in Brazil named Dwayne Fagundes. Dwayne dreamed of coming to the USA in search of plazas and skating with his DGK brothers. While on his way to the states, Dwayne had one bad run-in with the police and they shipped him right back to Brazil. Dwayne turned that negative into a positive and kept it moving in the streets of South America.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Truth be told, Dwayne&#x2019;s skateboarding is the stuff ledge god statuses are made of. Unlike <a href=\"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/culture\/luan-oliveira-nike-sb-one-for-all-part\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">other Brazilians<\/a> doing their high-flying thing, Fagundes&#x2019; raw, hip hop-driven, search-and-destroy approach to his style and line ability make him cut from the same cloth as American ledge kings like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Y_g4o50WkMo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Stevie Williams<\/a>. Whether he&#x2019;ll be back in the future or banned in the USA forever, the dude&#x2019;s skate hustle definitely can&#x2019;t be knocked. Maybe that&#x2019;s why 50 Cent&#x2019;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xvbMt3DNb1Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#x201C;Hustler&#x2019;s Ambition&#x201D;<\/a> and Juicy J&#x2019;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SJTkh-82zCo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#x201C;Can&#x2019;t Stop Us&#x201D;<\/a> are the perfect sonic additions to this edit and his general story.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of his immigration status Dwayne Fagundes is an unsung hero deserving of real street skateboarding props for this dedication and abilities. 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