Paul Alexander & Ignacio Echeverría with Tim Crawley | Brain Drain Show #60 episode artwork

EPISODE · Sep 4, 2025 · 3H 13M

Paul Alexander & Ignacio Echeverría with Tim Crawley | Brain Drain Show #60

from BrainDrain Skateboarding show with Toby Batchelor and Forde Brookfield · host Brain Drain Show

Brain Drain Episode 60 with Forde Brookfield & Toby Batchelor 🧠 Sit down, get comfortable and tune into over three hours of incredible skateboarding history & Nollie nerdery with none other than one of the greatest documentarians to ever grace our television sets, Sir Tim Crawley!In this episode we discuss everything from Tim's early years growing up & skating in villages, moving to Bristol, meeting Dan Leech and Lee Jordan, getting hooked up through Rollersnakes & Shiner Dist, riding for Osiris Footwear & Minute Skateboards, getting magazine covers & contents pages, being the first person to Nollie Flip the Lloyds Big Three, dissatisfaction with sponsored skateboarding, riding for Dave Mackeys East Skateboards, making the incredible Paul Alexander & Ignacio Echeverría documentaries, future plans within filmmaking, coming to terms with his sexuality, the importance of friends, therapy and much more 🔥00:00 - Coming up/intro04:05 - Growing up, early skate video inspirations, getting into skateboarding in the village Timsbury and shooting photos for early magazine articles with Leo Sharp!15:00 - Moving to Bristol:- Making early videos with Dan Leech- Filming incredible edits with Lee Jordan- Getting hooked up through Rollersnakes & Shiner Dist- Riding for Genetic Shoes (Airwalk)(Continued after the show sponsor)36:32 - Show Sponsor #1: Prime 8 Skate Tools(https://rollersnakes.co.uk/products/prime8-triple-ratchet-lite-skate-tool-black?_pos=1&_sid=f8e3eba02&_ss=r)39:24 - Getting on Osiris Footwear and Minute Skateboards & funny Josh Kasper stories!50:51 - Being the first person to Nollie Flip the Lloyds Big Three set, getting the cover of Document Skateboard Magazine and the dissatisfaction of sponsored skateboarding.1:05:10 - Show Sponsor #2: YEW Super Natural Sparkling Water(https://www.yewdrink.com)1:05:51 - The end of Minute Skateboards, the Purpose Built video, riding for Dave Mackey's East Skateboards and the end of sponsored skateboarding.1:18:55 - Meeting Paul Alexander, making the incredible documentary "Gone: The Paul Alexander Story" for Vice and Paul's mental illness...1:48:28 - Show Sponsor #:3 Skull Candy(https://skullcandy.co.uk)For 20% off your next purchase use the code "BRAINDRAIN20"1:49:14 - Making the documentary "Christ Bearer: The rapper who chopped off his own penis" for BBC.1:56:26 - making the incredible documentary "The Skateboard Hero Who Fought a Terrorist" about the hero Ignacio Echeverría.2:14:59 - Future documentary plans2:18:19 - Show Sponsor #4: Slappy Trucks(https://rollersnakes.co.uk/search?q=slappy+trucks)2:19:20 - Is Tim still skating and how does skating help with his mental health and what's next in his career?2:26:20 - A very important change in Tim's life, accepting his sexuality, how he gathered the strength to come out and talk about it & the importance of therapy and incredible friends...3:13:03 - Thankyou's, farewells and credits...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+drainINSTAGRAM: 📸 Rollersnakes 📸https://www.instagram.com/rollersnakeshttps://www.instagram.com/rollersnakesshopderbyYOUTUBE: ▶️ RollersnakesTV ▶️https://www.youtube.com/rollersnakestvPresented by: Forde Brookfield (@bagheadcrew) & Toby Batchelor (@tobybatchelor) Edited by: Forde Brookfield Audio Mixing: Forde BrookfieldTimestamps: Forde BrookfieldProducer: Goth Shaun (@shaunofthesad)Thumbnail: Michael Wright#braindrainshow ##jasonadams #blacklabelskateboards #enjoiskateboards #creatureskateboards #thinkskateboards #santacruzskateboards #johnlucero #lancemountain

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