Death Skateboards, H-Street & living in Atlanta with Dave Allen | Brain Drain Show #45

Brain Drain Episode 45 with Toby Batchelor & Forde Brookfield 🧠 Join us for just under two hours of in-depth skateboarding history throughout the U.K. and U.S.A. with none other than Death Skateboards Pro and vert legend, Dave Allen! In this episode we discuss  @DeathSkateboardsTV /  @deathskateboarding , growing up in Hertfordshire, growing up next to Dan Cates, riding for Santa Cruz &  @FlipSkateboards1991 , early years of Radlands, vert ramps in the woods, Visiting America to stay with Jeremy Fox, moving to Atlanta, seeing Tom Penny skate vert, meeting Darren Navarette,  @skeletonkeymfg , insane injuries and surgeries, Andy Scott folklore, filming for Hating Life by Neil Chester, skating vert live on Blue Peter, first pro models and much much more! 00:00 - Coming up on this episode/intro. 02:12 - Where is Dave Allen from and growing up in Ware, Hertfordshire. 05:38 - What year did Dave start skateboarding, the BMX boom of the 80's and his first Variflex completes. 10:40 - When did Dave start to notice serious progression in his skateboarding, the wooden ramps in Hertford and getting into vert skateboarding. 19:27 - What ramps did Dave learn to skate vert on, backyard mini ramps and building the Cage Ramp... 26:08 - What was Dave's level of progression with skating vert, skating Stevenage, early sponsorships from H Street Skateboards and the Hokus Pokus U.K. tour. 32:00 - Riding for Santa Cruz Skateboards, Independent Trucks, Speed Wheels and getting onto Vans in 1995. 36:18 - Growing up living next door to Dan Cates and knowing him since birth. 38:55 - Skating vert ramps in Wigan, Bury and Radlands & skating with Ali Cairns, Sean Geoff, Jim the Skin and the mystique of Tom Penny skating vert... 43:34 - Travelling out to America to stay with Jeremy Fox of Flip Skateboards in 1995/96 and skating with Tony Hawk and Chris Miller on Hawk's backyard bowl! 50:42 - Moving to Atlanta, U.S.A. in 2009 and getting on Death Skateboards in 2006. 56:20 - Living in Atlanta, meeting Darren Navarette and riding for Skeleton Key MFG. 57:59 - Show sponsor: @slappytrucks 59:06 - The Skeleton Key MFG crew and it's origins. 1:01:30 - How long does a board last when you skate vert and how many boards where Flip Skateboards making and selling at the time? 1:06:18 - Why did Dave come back to the U.K. after years of living the dream in the U.S.A. and living close by to Bill Danforth in a warehouse... 1:10:12 - Moving to Atlanta at 38, meeting new people to skate with and re-learning how to ride different skateparks and bowls. 1:15:50 - Dickies Ditch Landfill... 1:20:05 - A history of Dave's worst injuries and surgeries & what is he doing now he can't skate as much? 1:30:41 - The Daewoo advert, 26 foot high vert, Woodys broken ankle and skating vert live on Blue Peter! 1:40:36 - The legend of Andy Scott and various other Scotty stories! 1:46:08 - Filming for Hating Life, Death Skateboards videos and Down Right Evil... 1:50:45 - Death Skateboards and Daves first & favourite Pro models and what's next on the cards for Dave and the future of his skateboarding? 1:55:25 - Farewells and 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: Rollersnakes: www.rollersnakes.co.uk Presented by: Forde Brookfield (@bagheadcrew) & Toby Batchelor (@tobybatchelor) Edited by: Forde Brookfield Producer: Frazer Murphy (@dontfollowfrazer) Thumbnail: Frazer Murphy #braindrainshow #daveallen #deathskateboards #skeletonkey