Penny VS The Chain, Gonz and Danny Way Stories with Skin Phillips | Brain Drain Show #38

Brain Drain Episode 38 with Forde Brookfield & Toby Batchelor 🧠
Join us for over two hours of incredible skateboarding history from across the pond with one of skateboardings greatest and most iconic photographers, Skin Phillips!!

In this episode we discuss the iconic Tom Penny Transworld Chain story, moving to the U.S.A., working for Transworld, Danny Way's Helicopter antics, Daniel Harold Sturt, Mark Gonzales' Museum video, photographing the OG Flip, Girl & Chocolate team, getting magazine covers with Josh Kalis, meeting Chad Muska, Circa & Element tours, being boys with Kareem Campbell & Matt Hensley, soothing Carl Shipman articles for Thrasher, moving back to the U.K. and much, much more!

00:00 - Coming up on this episode/intro.
03:14 - Growing up in Swansea and getting into surf photography.
08:04 - When did photography start picking up and going to America for the first time...
15:03 - How much was Skin shooting and contributing to various magazines.
20:48 - Did Skin have work lined up when he moved to America?
26:12 - Shooting photos of and working with Kareem Campbell, Girl Skateboards and more!
28:39 - Filming the famous Tom Penny Transworld Chain footage, Penny never planning tricks and other Penny related stories...
40:40 - Early Flip Skateboards "Sorry" era night skating and wild tours with Boulala, Arto, Bastian, Penny Rowley & Glifberg.
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47:00 - Being the main photographer on Circa & Transworld tours and videos...
50:32 - What where the biggest tours a videos Skin was involved in?
52:20 - When did Skin first meet Chad Muska, the unwritten Hollywood rule of not approaching famous people and becoming friends with legends such as Jay Adams, Lucero, Lance Mountain and the Powell Peralta team...
1:02:42 - When Skin lived in America, did he visit the U.K. often and shoot photos?
1:04:45 - The history of Mark Gonzales' art installation in Germany and meeting Gonz at the Munster Competitions in the 80's.
1:08:47 - What photo is Skin most known for?
1:10:19 - Shooting with the Girl & Chocolate guys, shooting sequences on expensive film, and photography eventually going digital.
1:15:57 - Transworlds AD revenue, Transworlds biggest magazine issue in skateboarding history and selling off shares of the magazine...
1:19:05 - The craziness of Daniel Harold Sturt, wearing costumes to avoid being spotted by police & security, poaching one of Danny Ways most well known photos ever and throwing shit filled t-shirts onto roofs...
1:32:04 - The history of Danny Way's iconic helicopter drop in, more Daniel Sturt madness and Danny Way knee surgeries vs General Anaesthetic!
1:47:59 - How did things start to come to an end with TransWorld SKATEboarding Magazine?
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1:53:34 - How did Skin become involved with Adidas Footwear?
1:58:10 - Getting diagnosed with bipolar...
2:11:07 - Hanging out with Keenan Milton, HUF, Rob Dydrek and staying in touch with Matt Hensley & Chewy Cannon.
2:17:43 - Signed Mark Gonzales gifts from Sir Skin Phillips!
2:19:20 - Credits...

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Presenters: Forde Brookfield & Toby Batchelor @tobybatchelor
Edited by: Forde Brookfield @bagheadcrew
Producer: Frazer Murphy @dontfollowfrazer

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