Brain Drain Episode 21 with Forde Brookfield & Toby Batchelor 🧠 Get yourself relaxed as we embark on an epic tale of insane handrail skateboarding from Zero Skateboards & SkateboardGB representative, Joe Hinson! Support The Brain Drain Show by hitting the "THANKS" button under this video or buy some merch here: https://rollersnakes.co.uk/search?q=brain+drain In this episode we discuss.... 00:00 - Coming up on this episode/intro 01:27 - Joining us on the show is the handrail hammer himself, Joe Hinson! 3:21 - Growing up in the middle of nowhere and building his own skatepark in his backyard... 5:00 - Driving lengths for rails and stair sets all over the U.K., the brilliance of Joe's filmer Charlie Bach & past filmers & shoe chat 8:57 - What age/year did Joe Start skateboarding, what got him into skating massive handrails and the process of tackling a huge handrail 15:50 - Joe's 16 flat 4 double kinked rail in Nottingham 19:41 - AD: Deez Nutz 20:44 - Who were some of Hinson's first sponsors, riding for Karma Skateboards and going through a deck & wheels per week... 23:26 - Sitting on footage for three upcoming Zero and future truck sponsor parts 26:39 - History of early sponsorships, loyalty to Karma Skateboards before eventually riding for Darkstar Skateboards and accepting sponsorships from alternative companies to help pay for fuel & travels... 34:50 - The death of Darkstar/Dwindle & meeting Jamie Thomas and riding for Zero Skateboards? 43:30 - Getting in the Zero Skateboards van and going on heavy rail sessions... 48:00 - AD: Gallery Skateboards (https://galleryskateboards.com) 49:07 - Learning more grab tricks to impress Jamie Thomas... 50:45 - Did Hinson do a rail in the U.S.A that Milton Martinez REFUSED to do & his huge 13 page interview for The Skateboarders Companion! 55:08 - Why is there no sequences in skateboard magazines anymore & convincing Hinson to film things aside from hand rails. 58:49 - More information on future parts, what are Hinson's goals for the future of his skateboarding and the gnarliness of Zero Skateboards videos... 1:01:52 - Hinson meeting Corey Duffel at the World Skate events, beating Jamie Foy & other top tier pros in contests and having a signature Kickflip Krooked Grind... 1:07:09 - The brilliance of SkateboardGB, funding travels, supporting Hinson's olympic skateboarding goals and being labelled as a "contest skateboarder"... 1:14:24 - AD: rollersnakes.co.uk 1:15:33 - Hinsons opinion of Alex DeCuna on Heeleys & how much would it take for Hinson to ride for Crocks? 1:20:00 - More information about SkateboardGB, Joes future with the olympics, restraints during timed competition runs and the strictness of waxing... 1:28:03 - Sign offs, goodbyes, farewells and parting words of wisdom... Also available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts & Youtube. https://linkin.bio/rollersnakes Presenters: Forde Brookfield & Toby Batchelor @tobybatchelor Edited by: Forde Brookfield @bagheadcrew Producer: Frazer Murphy @dontfollowfrazer 🛠️ Need to BUILD a Skateboard?🛠️ Watch This: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFxzawhNQv8&t=3s 👀Need 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 Check out this episodes sponsors: Gallery Skateboards www.galleryskateboards.com / @galleryskateboards on insta Deez Nutz Hardware deeznutshardware.bigcartel.com / @deeznutz_hardware on insta Available at www.rollersnakes.co.uk #skateboarding #podcast #joehinson #braindrainshow #zeroskateboards #jamiethomas #darkstarskateboards