Brain Drain Episode 8 with Toby Batchelor and Forde Brookfield 🧠 Join us for two hours of skateboarding history. In this episode we discuss filming for Palace Skateboards, Blueprint Skateboards, The Harmony Skateboards, Piff Sticks, "how-to" prison tutorials, Jak Pietryga, VX1000's, HD filming, being unaware of the two meter rule and and much more! Send us your voice notes, messages, kooks of the week, people we should follow and much more to; (+44) 7383375159 00:00 - Disclaimer/Intro 00:22 - Good Morning, Good Afternoon, Good Evening or Goodnight 00:37 - Toby tells us about the last three weeks & his crabbing experience 01:14 - Forde tells us about his trip to America with the Fancylad Skateboards crew, seeing a random person with a gun, filming Matt Tomasello and more! 06:14 - Our special guest of the episode is Dane "Morph" Crook! 06:53 - What glasses are those? 07:03 - Where did the nickname "Morph" come from? 11:53 - When did Morph get out of prison? 12:28 - How long did it take Morph to get a phone when he was released from prison?, receiving new clothes from Palace and shoes from Nike SB 14:10 - Do skateboard filmers get more respect now? 16:05 - When did you start skateboarding and how did it transition into filming? 23:29 - Filming Jak Pietryga, getting called rude by Nick Jensen & filming his one and only full length video 26:00 - After his first full length video, how long was it before he started filming The Harmony Skateboards 30:37 - Morphs first skateboard & nice smelling Blueprint boards 31:36 - Forde regretting missing the peak era of Blueprint Skateboards 33:11 - Morph talking about how he grew up admiring Blueprint Skateboards 34:08 - How did Morph end up filming for Blueprint Skateboards? 40:50 - How long did filming for Blueprint last before it went under? 42:40 - Have you seen the new Jamie Griffin part? 46:50 - The history of Morphs Clapton mini ramp, Tom Penny's Sidewalk cover & more! 51:25 - Filming for the Albion video & growing up admiring the Static video series 53:48 - Chris Pulmans return to skateboarding 56:12 - Where did Morph go after Blueprint ended, working for Sidewalk Magazine and more 1:00:08 - After doing various video jobs, how long before Morph ended up filming for Palace? 1:03:04 - Modifying fisheye lenses with Shoe Glue & digital VX1000's 1:05:50 - What's Morphs current order when he eats chicken? 1:07:27 - Prison food & DIY toaster cookers 1:09:50 - Filming "How-To" videos in prison 1:13:09 - Making homemade alcohol 1:20:30 - How long was it after prison before Morph came out of prison and started filming again and thinking new plastic money was fake 1:22:06 - Potentially being released during covid 1:24:25 - Being released from prison and being mistaken for a bin man 1:24:55 - Buying tobacco shortly after covid restrictions had been loosened and wearing a mask 1:25:55 - Going to Burger King on the day of his release 1:26:23 - Helping finish the new Palace Skateboards Beta Max video, putting in more work on his own brand Piff Sticks and coming out of prison and being welcomed back into the skateboarding scene 1:30:18 - Being more conscious when filming hyjinx in modern skateboarding 1:35:15 - Tell us a little bit more about Piff Sticks & finding out an American company stole the Piff Sticks name... 1:40:07 - What are you currently filming on and filming independently for various skateboarding companies 1:56:00 - Hit up Morph if you're in London and want to skate! 1:56:15 - Closing statements 1:56:56 - Credits Presenters: Forde Brookfield & Toby Batchelor @tobybatchelor Edited by: Forde Brookfield @funeralforde Live Mixing: Murphy @dontfollowfrazer Title animations: Mike Wright @michael_k_wright_design Theme tune: Shaun Hancock @shaunofthesad Available on our Instagram, Spotify & Youtube. www.youtube.com/@RollersnakesTV/videos www.open.spotify.com/show/2OnU5KsET6XytvDF1iZF3g www.instagram.com/braindrainshow