Dane "Morph" Crook - Prison Stories, Piff Sticks & Filming for Palace | Brain Drain Show #8

Brain Drain Episode 8 with Forde Brookfield and Toby Batchelor 🧠
Join us for two hours of skateboarding history.
In this episode we discuss filming for Palace Skateboards, Blueprint Skateboards, The Harmony Skateboards, Piff Sticks, "how-to" prison tutorials, Jak Pietryga, VX1000's, HD filming, being unaware of the two meter rule and much more!
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00:00 - Disclaimer/Intro
00:22 - Good Morning, Good Afternoon, Good Evening or Goodnight
00:37 - Toby tells us about the last three weeks & his crabbing experience
01:14 - Forde tells us about his trip to America with the Fancylad Skateboards crew, seeing a random person with a gun, filming Matt Tomasello and more!
06:14 - Our special guest of the episode is Dane "Morph" Crook!
06:53 - What glasses are those?
07:03 - Where did the nickname "Morph" come from?
11:53 - When did Morph get out of prison?
12:28 - How long did it take Morph to get a phone when he was released from prison?, receiving new clothes from Palace and shoes from Nike SB
14:10 - Do skateboard filmers get more respect now?
16:05 - When did you start skateboarding and how did it transition into filming?
23:29 - Filming Jak Pietryga, getting called rude by Nick Jensen & filming his one and only full length video
26:00 - After his first full length video, how long was it before he started filming The Harmony Skateboards
30:37 - Morphs first skateboard & nice smelling Blueprint boards
31:36 - Forde regretting missing the peak era of Blueprint Skateboards
33:11 - Morph talking about how he grew up admiring Blueprint Skateboards
34:08 - How did Morph end up filming for Blueprint Skateboards?
40:50 - How long did filming for Blueprint last before it went under?
42:40 - Have you seen the new Jamie Griffin part?
46:50 - The history of Morphs Clapton mini ramp, Tom Penny's Sidewalk cover & more!
51:25 - Filming for the Albion video & growing up admiring the Static video series
53:48 - Chris Pulmans return to skateboarding
56:12 - Where did Morph go after Blueprint ended, working for Sidewalk Magazine and more
1:00:08 - After doing various video jobs, how long before Morph ended up filming for Palace?
1:03:04 - Modifying fisheye lenses with Shoe Glue & digital VX1000's
1:05:50 - What's Morphs current order when he eats chicken?
1:07:27 - Prison food & DIY toaster cookers
1:09:50 - Filming "How-To" videos in prison
1:13:09 - Making homemade alcohol
1:20:30 - How long was it after prison before Morph came out of prison and started filming again and thinking new plastic money was fake
1:22:06 - Potentially being released during covid
1:24:25 - Being released from prison and being mistaken for a bin man
1:24:55 - Buying tobacco shortly after covid restrictions had been loosened and wearing a mask
1:25:55 - Going to Burger King on the day of his release
1:26:23 - Helping finish the new Palace Skateboards Beta Max video, putting in more work on his own brand Piff Sticks and coming out of prison and being welcomed back into the skateboarding scene
1:30:18 - Being more conscious when filming hyjinx in modern skateboarding
1:35:15 - Tell us a little bit more about Piff Sticks & finding out an American company stole the Piff Sticks name...
1:40:07 - What are you currently filming on and filming independently for various skateboarding companies
1:56:00 - Hit up Morph if you're in London and want to skate!
1:56:15 - Closing statements
1:56:56 - Credits
Presenters: Forde Brookfield & Toby Batchelor @tobybatchelor
Edited by: Forde Brookfield @bagheadcrew
Live Mixing: Murphy @dontfollowfrazer
Title animations: Mike Wright @michael_k_wright_design
Theme tune: Shaun Hancock @shaunofthesad
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Incase you find us utterly boring, heres the time stamps for the episode.
00:00 - Disclaimer/Intro
00:22 - Good Morning, Good Afternoon, Good Evening or Goodnight
00:37 - Toby tells us about the last three weeks & his crabbing experience
01:14 - Forde tells us about his trip to America with the Fancylad Skateboards crew, seeing a random person with a gun, filming Matt Tomasello and more!
06:14 - Our special guest of the episode is Dane "Morph" Crook!
06:53 - What glasses are those?
07:03 - Where did the nickname "Morph" come from?
11:53 - When did Morph get out of prison?
12:28 - How long did it take Morph to get a phone when he was released from prison?, receiving new clothes from Palace and shoes from Nike SB
14:10 - Do skateboard filmers get more respect now?
16:05 - When did you start skateboarding and how did it transition into filming?
23:29 - Filming Jak Pietryga, getting called rude by Nick Jensen & filming his one and only full length video
26:00 - After his first full length video, how long was it before he started filming The Harmony Skateboards
30:37 - Morphs first skateboard & nice smelling Blueprint boards
31:36 - Forde regretting missing the peak era of Blueprint Skateboards
33:11 - Morph talking about how he grew up admiring Blueprint Skateboards
34:08 - How did Morph end up filming for Blueprint Skateboards?
40:50 - How long did filming for Blueprint last before it went under?
42:40 - Have you seen the new Jamie Griffin part?
46:50 - The history of Morphs Clapton mini ramp, Tom Penny's Sidewalk cover & more!
51:25 - Filming for the Albion video & growing up admiring the Static video series
53:48 - Chris Pulmans return to skateboarding
56:12 - Where did Morph go after Blueprint ended, working for Sidewalk Magazine and more
1:00:08 - After doing various video jobs, how long before Morph ended up filming for Palace?
1:03:04 - Modifying fisheye lenses with Shoe Glue & digital VX1000's
1:05:50 - What's Morphs current order when he eats chicken?
1:07:27 - Prison food & DIY toaster cookers
1:09:50 - Filming "How-To" videos in prison
1:13:09 - Making homemade alcohol
1:20:30 - How long was it after prison before Morph came out of prison and started filming again and thinking new plastic money was fake
1:22:06 - Potentially being released during covid
1:24:25 - Being released from prison and being mistaken for a bin man
1:24:55 - Buying tobacco shortly after covid restrictions had been loosened and wearing a mask
1:25:55 - Going to Burger King on the day of his release
1:26:23 - Helping finish the new Palace Skateboards Beta Max video, putting in more work on his own brand Piff Sticks and coming out of prison and being welcomed back into the skateboarding scene
1:30:18 - Being more conscious when filming hyjinx in modern skateboarding
1:35:15 - Tell us a little bit more about Piff Sticks & finding out an American company stole the Piff Sticks name...
1:40:07 - What are you currently filming on and filming independently for various skateboarding companies
1:56:00 - Hit up Morph if you're in London and want to skate!
1:56:15 - Closing statements
1:56:56 - Credits

[@FrazerMurphy]

Morph has such good stories... need to get him back on👀

[@hookedskate]

Love the nerdy filming chat!

[@la9202]

very good show, always love to here from the UK skate scene since I think it's the most diverse scene and one of the most creative out there

[@ashseck]

He has the best outlook on life

[@jehovahlazarus3492]

Great show, love all the Blueprint stories.
Already posted on your IG but a show that went over some of the old long gone UK brands and shops. Love to hear some stories about the old Slam City shop (didn't beasties play there once), I remember going in there as a grommet back in the day and everyone was so intimidating.

[@SSTXSY1]

That gun story man 😂

[@jadedwitness9840]

I would chill with morph and the stow boys quite regular in the early days. Good times. Big up the 3L crew