Brain Drain Episode 14 with Forde Brookfield & Toby Batchelor 🧠 Join us for an hour 15 minutes of insider goodness with two of the U.K's most cherished skateboarders - Stuart Smith & Lucy Adams of Lovenskate In this episode we discuss alien conspiracy, the history of Lovenskate, screen printing boards, making zines, Metallica, biscuit tax, the rise of board prices, collaborations with Carhartt, Lucys first pro model, white dipped boards, net worths and much more! 00:00 - Intro 01:54 - Does Stu or Lucy believe in ghosts? 05:13 - Where does Stu and Lucy stand with Aliens? 10:00 - Let's talk about Lovenskate's origin... 18:20 - How long did it take Stu to start printing boards after he'd only been making zines, the first Lovenskate rider & the first Lovenskate pro rider 20:07 - How long after the birth of Lovenskate was it before Lucy Adams started riding for Lovenskate? 24:20 - Details of Lucys first fully white dipped pro board 25:34 - Geeking out over Lovenskate wood, Pennswood Woodshop, Generator Woodshop and the first ever full camouflage wrapped board 32:33 - The Lovenskate x Metallica collaboration series 37:24 - Future Lovenskate collaborations... 38:03 - Lovenskates frequent collaborations with Carhartt 40:54 - Lovenskates undivided love for tea 43:25 - Biscuit talk... what are pink wafers made of? What biscuit holds its structural integrity whilst dipping? 44:42 - Would you rather sell a higher priced screen printed board or sell a cheaper board that's heat transferred? 45:56 - The constant rise in board prices, butter and the love of screen printing skateboard decks... 51:43 - The energy that goes into screen printing and making skateboards 55:19 - The madness of the Lovenskate printing facility and hand printing/lino printed skateboard decks 58:04 - What are Stu and Lucys favourite boards released through Lovenskate (and their favourite artists)? 1:03:08 - Lucys history of female skateboarding and who's currently pushing the female movement forward in skateboarding? 1:08:33 - The radness of Fast Forward by Lazo Footwear 1:12:16 - What's in the future for Lovenskate? 1:14:50 - Lucy Adams net worth... 1:15:35 - That's a wrap! Presenters: Forde Brookfield & Toby Batchelor @tobybatchelor Edited by: Forde Brookfield @bagheadcrew Producer: Frazer Murphy @dontfollowfrazer Title animations: Mike Wright @michael_k_wright_design Theme tune: Shaun Hancock @shaunofthesad Also available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts & Youtube. https://linkin.bio/rollersnakes 🛠️ Need to BUILD a Skateboard?🛠️ Watch This: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFxzawhNQv8&t=3s 💰Need to BUY Skateboards, Parts or Tools💰 Click Here: https://rollersnakes.co.uk/collections/skate?filter.v.availability=1 👀Need to WATCH more Skateboarding content?👀 Go to our Socials: TIKTOK 🎵 RollersnakesTV 🎵 https://www.tiktok.com/@rollersnakestv INSTAGRAM: 📸 Rollersnakes 📸 https://www.instagram.com/rollersnakes https://www.instagram.com/rollersnakesshopderby YOUTUBE: ▶️ RollersnakesTV▶️ https://www.youtube.com/rollersnakestv