Brain Drain Episode 25 with Toby Batchelor & Forde Brookfield 🧠 Join us for just under an hour 40 minutes of skateboarding antics, close encounters and skating with your heroes with the one and only Midlands breakdancing legend, Craig Smedley! In this episode we discuss being pro for Unabomber & Icon Skateboards, winning Play B demos and getting invites from Danny Way to skate, riding for Adio footwear and going on tours with Tony Hawk, Bam Margera, Jeremy Wray & Danny Montoya, being threatened by previous sponsors, getting robbed and pepper sprayed in Spain, nearly riding for Blueprint Skateboards, growing up skating in Nottingham, fist fights, knockouts, three balls, funny Pancho stories, infamous trick tip videos and much much more! 00:00 - Coming up on this episode/intro. 01:30 - Our very special guest is non other than Icon/Unabomber Skateboards legend Craig Smedley 2:39 - Craigs introduction to skateboarding, the mental battle of skating as you get older and very early inspiration from Police Academy, Gleaming the Cube and Powell Peralta's "Public Domain". 08:05 - Growing up skating with Brad Garner, Nonstop Skate Shop in Nottingham, early sponsors and Radlands Competition madness... 14:54: Show sponsor #1: Camp Rubicon. (https://www.camprubicon.com) 16:25: 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!!! (www.patreon.com/BrainDrainShow) 17:11 - What was Craigs first photo in a magazine, more early sponsors and ending up on a session with Mark Gonzales... 21:11 - Winning the unsponsored Radlands Competition, riding for Stüssy, getting on Icon Skateboards, tuning pro in the 2000s and riding for Unabomber Skateboards! 28:22 - Is it true that Craig Medleys pro Icon Skateboards wheels are running on trams in Nottingham... 31:38 - Did Craig ever nearly end up riding for Blueprint Skateboards? 36:00 - Show sponsor #2: Calm Club CBD. (www.calmclub.io) 37:22 - Who's been Craig's favourite team mates whilst riding for multiple brands and becoming a "snob" with his equipment. 44:39 - Getting on and turning pro for Unabomber Skateboards, no sequences in magazines, Red Bull Manny Mania, the brilliance of Chris Atherton and where in the world is Joe Moore? 50:40 - Nise Skateboards? 55:54 - Skating briefly for Pariah Skateboards and enjoying buying his own boards again... 58:29 - Winning Plan B's "Battle of the Buszy" and Danny Way inviting Craig to Saffron Walden to skate the Plan B demo. 1:07:05 - The Chris Oliver conundrum... 1:11:04 - Breakdancing stories, Pancho's pissing madness and tying Pancho's legs to a car and dragging out of the tent! 1:13:23 - Three bollocks... 1:15:34 - "Break Through" VHS with Craig Smedley, getting on Adio Footwear, getting pepper sprayed, snaking Bam Margera and hanging out for hours with Jeremy Wray & Danny Montoya. 1:29:42 - Show sponsor #3: Rollersnakes (https://rollersnakes.co.uk) 1:30:56 - What is Smedbench and what does Craig do for work? 1:36:29 - Smedley signs us out & credits... Also available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts & Youtube. https://linkin.bio/rollersnakes Support The Brain Drain Show by hitting the "THANKS" button under this video. Subscribe to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BrainDrainShow 💰Want to BUY Brain Drain Merch?💰 https://rollersnakes.co.uk/search?q=brain+drain INSTAGRAM: 📸 Rollersnakes 📸 https://www.instagram.com/rollersnakes https://www.instagram.com/rollersnakesshopderby YOUTUBE: ▶️ RollersnakesTV ▶️ https://www.youtube.com/rollersnakestv Support us by checking out our sponsors: Calm Club CBD: www.calmclub.io Camp Rubicon: www.camprubicon.com/skate Rollersnakes: www.rollersnakes.co.uk Presenters: Forde Brookfield & Toby Batchelor @tobybatchelor Edited by: Forde Brookfield @bagheadcrew Producer: Frazer Murphy @dontfollowfrazer Special guest archivist: Nick Warman #skateboarding #craigsmedley #iconskateboards #dannyway