Brain Drain Episode 66 with Toby Batchelor & Forde Brookfield 🧠 Get yourself comfortable as we dive into some fantastic skateboarding history with none other than the legendary, Stefani Nurding 🔥In this episode we discuss the birth of Salon Skateboards, getting hooked up by Animal Clothing, snowboarding, the importance of social media and how it’s helped female skateboarding, the incredibly high standards of female skateboarding, the lack of female representation and funding for females in skateboarding and how it’s changed over the last few years, how Stefani’s social media presence has became the one of the most popular U.K. skateboarding pages, her intensely busy work schedule and much more!00:00 - Intro/coming up in this episode...02:35 - Where is Stefani from, discovering skateboarding, meeting the Vans UK team and getting into snowboarding...12:58 - When did skateboarding start taking off for Stefani, Girl Skate U.K. events at the Boardroom Skatepark, gym mentality, snowboarding seasons and getting on Animal Clothing.26:54 - Travelling to Sweden, meeting Pontus Alv & getting invited to the U.S open.31:56 - When did Stefani start noticing more females getting into skateboarding and the rapid rate of progression within the female scene?37:48 - Who's pushing the boat in the female skateboarding scene?39:27 - How did Stefani adapt her skateboarding into becoming a successful social media influencer?43:48 - How did Stefani build her social media following to becoming the most followed skateboarders in the U.K., dealing with any negative comments and how the industry are often using the term "influencer" as a bad thing.57:05 - Stefani's incredibly busy day to day schedule and helping the younger generation with their social media...1:03:08 - The birth of Salon Skateboards, the iconic photoshoot board and future plans!1:14:01 - What Stefani's plans for the upcoming year, what are her future goals & what advice would Stefani give to aspiring content creators?1:20:00 - What message would Stefani give to young female skateboarders getting into skateboarding?1:21:30 - Farewells, credits & thank you's Support The Brain Drain Show by hitting the "THANKS" button under this video.Subscribe to our Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/BrainDrainShow💰Want to BUY Brain Drain Merch?💰https://rollersnakes.co.uk/search?q=brain+drainINSTAGRAM: 📸 Rollersnakes 📸https://www.instagram.com/rollersnakeshttps://www.instagram.com/rollersnakesshopderbyYOUTUBE: ▶️ RollersnakesTV ▶️https://www.youtube.com/rollersnakestvPresented by: Forde Brookfield (@bagheadcrew) & Toby Batchelor (@tobybatchelor) Edited by: Forde Brookfield Audio Mixing: Forde BrookfieldTimestamps: Forde BrookfieldProducer: Goth Shaun (@shaunofthesad)Thumbnail: Michael Wright#braindrainshow #stefaninurding #stefnurding #salonskateboards