Support The Brain Drain Show by hitting the "THANKS" button under this video. Brain Drain Episode 24 with Forde Brookfield & Toby Batchelor 🧠 In this episode we discuss and much much more! 00:00 - Coming up on this episode/intro. 01:39 - Joining us on the episode is the greatest Canadian skateboarder of all time - Chris Haslam! 02:06 - How did Haslam end up on The Brain Drain Show? 03:55 - Haslams current love for Slappys and skating curbs, Will Sayers "worlds smallest skateboard" and Chris Avi Atherton appreciation... 07:24 - Where did Haslam grow up, how did he get into skateboarding, living in Singapore and Haslams & Matt Tomasello's deep bag of unique tricks... 21:10 - Has Haslam ever faced backlash for his unique bag of tricks? 24:20 - Skating with Tom Penny & Rich McCrank and going to Redlands competitions in the 90's... 31:35 - Has Haslam ever ran into the mysterious Barrier Kult? 34:15 - Show sponsor #1: Camp Rubicon. (https://www.camprubicon.com) 35:45 - We're on Patreon! Become a member for bonus episodes, BTS, classic format episodes with Forde & Toby, video reviews, fan mail and much much more!!! 36:32 - More Barrier Kult & Tom Penny admiration... 40:45 - Ali Cairns Kickflip Eggplant & Andy Andersons brilliance. 44:10 - Haslams first sponsors and how he ended up riding for Action Shoes, RDS, riding for Dwindle Distribution and how Daewon Song ended up seeing Chris' 'sponsor me' tape! 51:51 - Getting the call from Deca to skate the warehouse with Daewon Song and more Radlands Competition history. 57-50 - Renee Renee & the Slam City uncensored 1:00:50 - Calling Ali Cairns to find out more information about Andy Scotts Scrambled Egg trick 1:02:26 - More Deca Warehouse antics and riding for Almost Skateboards with Rodney Mullen & Daewon Song... 1:12:45 - Filming for Almost Skateboards Round Three, Haslams Sasquatch image and why he grew his hair and beard. 1:17:50 - Show sponsor #2: Slowgold Clothing Co. (https://rollersnakes.co.uk/search?q=slowgold) 1:19:02 - What's Chris' opinion on how Dwindle Distribution ended, Almost Skateboards collaborations & putting impact technology in boards... 1:24:02 - Riding for Globe Footwear and how board/footwear royalties work. 1:29:08 - Alex Halford & Jordan Thackeray's Biscuits and Tea video, doing a demo in Japan surrounded by moving ramp graphics and crazy lights... 1:32:20 - Ryan Sheckler stories & becoming an internationally known superstar... 1:37:45 - Chris Haslams surprise smorgasbord & working on the Almost Cheese & Crackers video! 1:49:20 - Working on Almost Round Three and who out of Rodney & Daewon won Round Three? 2:00:55 - Show sponsor #3: Deez Nutz (https://rollersnakes.co.uk/collections/deez-nutz) 2:01:58 - Almost's 5 Inches video, Chris' insane skate work schedule, two failing kidneys, 17 denied songs and not being able to help edit his 5 Inch part... 2:10:07 - Where did Chris' song for Almost Round Three come from, how the video changed his entire life and Daewons intense manual ability. 2:35:28 - What board size does Haslam ride? 2:38:09 - EA Skate! 2:46:49 - What are some of Haslams favourite U.K. skateboarders? 2:48:42 - Show sponsor #4: Rollersnakes (https://rollersnakes.co.uk) 2:49:57 - Back to Haslams favorite U.K. skateboarders... 2:53:38 - Goodbyes, farewells & credits Also available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts & Youtube. https://linkin.bio/rollersnakes 💰Want to BUY Brain Drain Merch💰 https://rollersnakes.co.uk/search?q=brain+drain Presenters: Forde Brookfield & Toby Batchelor @tobybatchelor Edited by: Forde Brookfield @bagheadcrew Producer: Frazer Murphy @dontfollowfrazer Special guest archivist: Chris Haslam INSTAGRAM: 📸 Rollersnakes 📸 https://www.instagram.com/rollersnakes https://www.instagram.com/rollersnakesshopderby YOUTUBE: ▶️ RollersnakesTV▶️ https://www.youtube.com/rollersnakestv #skateboarding #chrishaslam #rodneymullen #daewonsong #cheeseandcrackers #tonyhawk #braindrainshow