Ben De Gros discusses growing up in Vancouver, skating with his brother Ted De Gros, his struggles with addiction when he was younger, starting his YouTube channel, why he doesn’t do brand deals, his main job doing drywall & his other YouTube channel “The Vancouver Carpenter”, why he’s taking a long break from doing YouTube skate content, working with Real Skateboards designing a board shape and much more! Timestamps: 00:00:00 Ben De Gros 00:00:45 Internet skateboarders 00:04:15 Taking a long break from the YouTube skate content 00:05:30 Ben's drywall YouTube channel "The Vancouver Carpenter" 00:13:50 Our Supporter: AG1 00:15:25 Ben wanting to get sponsored 00:22:31 Ben's brother Ted De Gros 00:46:37 The problem with Battle At The Berrics 01:00:57 Ben's idea of a successful video 01:08:35 Working with Real Skateboards designing shapes 01:27:19 Working with Sole Tech 01:35:11 The brand deals (Cariuma) 01:45:17 Being in LA and filming content 01:59:47 Keeping up with the joneses 02:15:13 Does ben fan out on people 02:16:00 Ben's Mount Rushmore of skaters 02:19:34 Negative commenters Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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