Dan Cates - Arrested in Chernobyl, North Korean Cloning & Deadly Encounters | Brain Drain Show #18

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/intro02:40 - 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 cloning21:50 - How and when did Dan get into skateboarding?30:38 - Growing up and living next door to Death Skateboards Dave Allen36:13 - 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 Skatepark45:08 - 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 Butlins1:49:30 - 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 Woodstock2:14:56 - 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's2:26:26 - Dan's obsession with skim boarding and his Skin & Destroy part2:33:15 - 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 - CreditsPresenters: Forde Brookfield & Toby Batchelor @tobybatchelor Edited by: Forde Brookfield @bagheadcrewProducer: Frazer Murphy @dontfollowfrazerTitle animations: Mike Wright @michael_k_wright_designTheme tune: Shaun Hancock @shaunofthesadAlso 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/@rollersnakestvINSTAGRAM: 📸 Rollersnakes 📸https://www.instagram.com/rollersnakeshttps://www.instagram.com/rollersnakesshopderbyYOUTUBE: ▶️ RollersnakesTV▶️https://www.youtube.com/rollersnakestv