January 10, 2024

From ZERO To Olympic HERO with Joe Hinson - Brain Drain Show #21

1 hour 29 minutes

Brain Drain Episode 21 with Forde Brookfield & Toby Batchelor 🧠

Get yourself relaxed as we embark on an epic tale of insane handrail skateboarding from Zero Skateboards & SkateboardGB representative, Joe Hinson!

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In this episode we discuss....

00:00 - Coming up on this episode/intro

01:27 - Joining us on the show is the handrail hammer himself, Joe Hinson!

3:21 - Growing up in the middle of nowhere and building his own skatepark in his backyard...

5:00 - Driving lengths for rails and stair sets all over the U.K., the brilliance of Joe's filmer Charlie Bach & past filmers & shoe chat

8:57 - What age/year did Joe Start skateboarding, what got him into skating massive handrails and the process of tackling a huge handrail

15:50 - Joe's 16 flat 4 double kinked rail in Nottingham

19:41 - AD: Deez Nutz

20:44 - Who were some of Hinson's first sponsors, riding for Karma Skateboards and going through a deck & wheels per week...

23:26 - Sitting on footage for three upcoming Zero and future truck sponsor parts

26:39 - History of early sponsorships, loyalty to Karma Skateboards before eventually riding for Darkstar Skateboards and accepting sponsorships from alternative companies to help pay for fuel & travels...

34:50 - The death of Darkstar/Dwindle & meeting Jamie Thomas and riding for Zero Skateboards?

43:30 - Getting in the Zero Skateboards van and going on heavy rail sessions...

48:00 - AD: Gallery Skateboards

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49:07 - Learning more grab tricks to impress Jamie Thomas...

50:45 - Did Hinson do a rail in the U.S.A that Milton Martinez REFUSED to do & his huge 13 page interview for The Skateboarders Companion!

55:08 - Why is there no sequences in skateboard magazines anymore & convincing Hinson to film things aside from hand rails.

58:49 - More information on future parts, what are Hinson's goals for the future of his skateboarding and the gnarliness of Zero Skateboards videos...

1:01:52 - Hinson meeting Corey Duffel at the World Skate events, beating Jamie Foy & other top tier pros in contests and having a signature Kickflip Krooked Grind...

1:07:09 - The brilliance of SkateboardGB, funding travels, supporting Hinson's olympic skateboarding goals and being labelled as a "contest skateboarder"...

1:14:24 - AD: rollersnakes.co.uk

1:15:33 - Hinsons opinion of Alex DeCuna on Heeleys & how much would it take for Hinson to ride for Crocks?

1:20:00 - More information about SkateboardGB, Joes future with the olympics, restraints during timed competition runs and the strictness of waxing...

1:28:03 - Sign offs, goodbyes, farewells and parting words of wisdom...

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Presenters: Forde Brookfield & Toby Batchelor @tobybatchelor

Edited by: Forde Brookfield @bagheadcrew

Producer: Frazer Murphy @dontfollowfrazer

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