Brain Drain Episode 11 with Forde Brookfield & Toby Batchelor 🧠
Join us for just over an hour of immensely brilliant skateboarding history with the Scottish powerhouse Lord Div Adam.
In this episode we discuss Anti Hero Skateboards, touring America, skating with legends such as Jeff Grosso, Darren Navarette, Stu Graham, Night of the Living Dead events, Nass Festival poop antics, touring New Zealand, unreal packages, how Div ended up riding for Anti Hero much more!
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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00:00 - Disclaimer/Intro
00:40 - Our special guest on this episode is Lord Div
00:50 - Who came up with adding "Lord" to Div's name?
01:29 - Going on trips with Jess Grosso, Forde meeting Div, Frank Gerwer, Rune Glifberg and more in Copenhagen.
04:00 - How did Div end up riding for Anti Hero Skateboards?
06:52 - How long was it before Div went to America with Stu Graham?
07:49 - What did Div get in his packages from Deluxe Distribution?
08:50 - Has Div ever met Andy Roy & Bam paying for Andy's teeth.
09:40 - Anti Hero's New Zealand trip, "The Body Corporate" premiere in Copenhagen, staying in California, skating with Navarette, Rattray & skating the DC ramp.
12:18 - Div skating Washington Street
13:35 - Is it true that Darren Navarette drives round in a hearse, Grosso shooting a photo of Navarette in a Baghead Crew shirt and the Creature Skateboards guys premiering Baghead Crew videos.
15:28 - Div returning from the states to find out that chavs started wearing skateboarding clothes and Vans shoes whilst skateboarders started wearing tracksuits and Air Max shoes.
17:00 - Is there anything Div seen whilst on an Anti Hero trip or skating in the states that blew his mind & winning MVP at the Rumble in Romona competition.
18:40 - Skating Bucky Lasek's bowl with Navarette and Chris & Zach Miller & eventually learning to build concrete parks.
22:39 - Div riding for Adio Footwear, spilling beer on Tony Hawk and learning 540's with advice from Omar Hassan and PLG.
26:41 - Where about in Scotland is Div from and does his brother Colin Adam still skate?
30:33 - Night of the living Dead events in Liverpool, throwing pigs heads unto the crowd and beer soaked madness.
33:19 - Stu Graham madness and Nass Festival poop antics
35:06 - When did Div start venturing out of Scotland and start travelling the U.S.A?
37:29 - Where is Div living now & building the skatepark in Melton Mowbray.
42:50 - MBC Skate Shop in Glasgow and shooting sequences on film at Lincoln City Skatepark in Portland, Oregon.
46:05 - Hanging out with Julien Stranger, the Americans handling Divs accent, how Div ended up on the New Zealand trip with the Anti Hero crew and the premiere of "The Body Corporate" in Copenhagen.
51:00 - Building DIY parks in Copenhagen, sleeping in a skip and Forde filming Rune Glifberg.
55:01 - Div skating Coastal Carnage with Rune Glifberg and Tom Remillard, winning two grand and getting called Satan by Brian Schaefer.
56:56 - Skating and building parks with Ben Schroeder and getting the blame from Bens girlfriend for drinking. Bombing hills with Schroeder, learning the Reverse Tadpole to slow down and Schroeders signature roll/drop in.
1:03:37 - Thankyou's, farewells and roll the credits.
1:04:08 - Credits