Brain Drain Episode 18 with Toby Batchelor & Forde Brookfield 🧠 Immerse yourself with over three hours of insane skateboarding & travelling stories from the one and only, Sir Dan Cates. In this episode we discuss Death Skateboards, Chornobyl, North Korea, St Albans & Radlands Competitions, early sponsorships, touring Butlins, Simon Woodstock, visiting 60+ countries, iconic magazine photos, giant spiders, living in Margate, Skimboards, wild video premieres and much much more! 00:00 - Coming up on this episode/intro 02:40 - Todays very special guest is Dan Cates! 03:46 - Getting arrested in Chornobyl & wild encounters in Ukraine... 09:00 - Inside North Korea, dark tourism & rabbit cloning 21:50 - How and when did Dan get into skateboarding? 30:38 - Growing up and living next door to Death Skateboards Dave Allen 36:13 - Where was Dan skating most at the time & what parks did he skate most growing up? 39:52 - Meeting at Stevenage Skatepark & the history of Nebworth Skatepark 45:08 - What was Cates like at school? 47:34 - St Albans & Radlands Competitions 50:45 - Tom Penny stories & hanging out in Margate... 1:02:35 - Who was Dan's first official sponsorship? 1:06:30 - Would Cates ever fide for Crocs Footwear? 1:09:23 - The mighty mighty Death Skateboards, having three boards out at once and banter at the Union Awards with the Blueprint Skateboards team... 1:19:41 - Death Squad: The Movie, Squadrophenia, stealing police cars, video premier madness & after party insanity... 1:36:18 - Skating for EastPak & touring Butlins 1:49:30 - What is one of Dan's least favourite video parts? 1:53:53 - The reason behind not having any music in Dan's Pritchard VS. Daintons video... 1:58:14 - How long has Dan been living in Margate and building his dream backyard pool! 2:08:50 - Heading to the Sates in the 90's and staying with Simon Woodstock 2:14:56 - Behind the scenes of the iconic House of Mirrors photo & admiring the oddballs in U.K. skateboarding. 2:18:46 - The harshness and greatness of skateboarding in the 90's & 2000's 2:26:26 - Dan's obsession with skim boarding and his Skin & Destroy part 2:33:15 - Dan's ongoing knee injury... 2:38:00 - With Dan being a well traveled gentleman, what's the furthest he's travelled to get to a specific skate spot & putting up with Dibbs... 2:47:04 - Being face to face with giant spiders! 2:53:28 - What's the future of skateboarding for Dan? 2:57:20 - Who's Dan's favourite Death Skateboards rider past or present? 3:04:18 - Words of wisdom and farewells... 3:05:15 - Credits 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