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
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6 Comments
Cates hitched a ride with me and my brother Mavie (we’re Australian) from Vancouver to Burnside and I think maybe down to SF. Funny fucker
Cates is a total legend! Been loving his bonkers style since the mythical and elusive first Death Squad The Movie
Top class ep this, love the travel stories. Never forget Boots' back noseyb down the hubba on the roof in Manchester
This rules! Dan is obviously amazing and brings back a lot of fun times. So good!
Toby looks like he is about to die
I've lived in Australia for 20 years and honestly, there's more ants than spiders.
There's a few but I'm a mad arachnophobic and I easily get by.