Stuart Smith & Lucy Adams - 21 Years of Lovenskate | Brain Drain Show #14

Brain Drain Episode 14 with Forde Brookfield & Toby Batchelor 🧠Join us for an hour 15 minutes of insider goodness with two of the U.K's most cherished skateboarders - Stuart Smith & Lucy Adams of LovenskateIn this episode we discuss alien conspiracy, the history of Lovenskate, screen printing boards, making zines, Metallica, biscuit tax, the rise of board prices, collaborations with Carhartt, Lucys first pro model, white dipped boards, net worths and much more! 00:00 - Intro01:54 - Does Stu or Lucy believe in ghosts?05:13 - Where does Stu and Lucy stand with Aliens?10:00 - Let's talk about Lovenskate's origin...18:20 - How long did it take Stu to start printing boards after he'd only been making zines, the first Lovenskate rider & the first Lovenskate pro rider20:07 - How long after the birth of Lovenskate was it before Lucy Adams started riding for Lovenskate?24:20 - Details of Lucys first fully white dipped pro board25:34 - Geeking out over Lovenskate wood, Pennswood Woodshop, Generator Woodshop and the first ever full camouflage wrapped board32:33 - The Lovenskate x Metallica collaboration series37:24 - Future Lovenskate collaborations...38:03 - Lovenskates frequent collaborations with Carhartt40:54 - Lovenskates undivided love for tea43:25 - Biscuit talk... what are pink wafers made of? What biscuit holds its structural integrity whilst dipping?44:42 - Would you rather sell a higher priced screen printed board or sell a cheaper board that's heat transferred? 45:56 - The constant rise in board prices, butter and the love of screen printing skateboard decks...51:43 - The energy that goes into screen printing and making skateboards55:19 - The madness of the Lovenskate printing facility and hand printing/lino printed skateboard decks58:04 - What are Stu and Lucys favourite boards released through Lovenskate (and their favourite artists)?1:03:08 - Lucys history of female skateboarding and who's currently pushing the female movement forward in skateboarding?1:08:33 - The radness of Fast Forward by Lazo Footwear1:12:16 - What's in the future for Lovenskate?1:14:50 - Lucy Adams net worth...1:15:35 - That's a wrap!Presenters: 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