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/intro

02:40 - 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 cloning

21:50 - How and when did Dan get into skateboarding?

30:38 - Growing up and living next door to Death Skateboards Dave Allen

36:13 - 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 Skatepark

45:08 - 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 Butlins

1:49:30 - 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 Woodstock

2:14:56 - 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's

2:26:26 - Dan's obsession with skim boarding and his Skin & Destroy part

2:33:15 - 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 - Credits

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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