It comes as no surprise that the GTA's B.D.B is constantly progressing and most certainly establishing a skate-presence. All you need to do is walk over to your nearest skate shop or convenience store and pick up any Canadian skateboard magazine. You'll find him.

"He has such a unique style I could watch for days," says Hayden Kelly. "I've never met a kid that has so much motivation to go out and skate – it's the best. Bink has a good head on his shoulders and will go far."

"Binko is pretty much the gnarliest kid when it comes to getting his trick at a spot, he won't stop even if he's been slamming hard for 2 hours," adds Morgan Smith. "Not to mention that every trick is always amazing and he gets like 30-a-week! Pure destruction."

Without further adieu, here's Brandon Del Bianco's O.T.H. chapter:

Age: 18
Residence: Lorne Park – Mississauga, ON
Sponsors: Venture trucks direct (through Street Corner in SF), Element Canada (wood, wheels, footwear and apparel)
Setup: "My setup has Venture 6.0 lows, 49mm Element wheels, Element bearings, and a Tony Tave Element board – 7.75, Shape #9. When you test out their shapes and find which one you like, you can just get that shape and not worry about the size or whatever. It's awesome. For shoes, I just started skating the Element Tim Tim – they have good board feel and grip, they're not too thick, and they're nice and low. They have vulancized soles, which is basically what I skate."
Music: "I like anything that sounds good and has a good beat, something that would go good with a skate part. I have an iPod but I'm too lazy to set it up, so I just listen to the radio and stuff [laughs]. The Beatles are pretty sick. Some Tupac stuff is not bad. Ice Cube's sick, too. When I'm driving in Toronto, I listen to 98.1 CHFI ["Toronto's Lite Favourites"], which is like easy rock [laughs], and FLOW 93.5 – they play rap songs. I don't like scream-o music."
Transportation: 2006 Honda Civic 
Stance: Goofy
Switch mongo push, or regular switch push?: "It's not the mongo. I've always just thought that since I'm goofy footed and I'm not pushing mongo to begin with, I might as well just push the same way switch. The regular switch push feels stable, and it's good for throwing your board down and jumping on it with your top foot first when there's a short run-up."

What was your first published photo?
Shane Hutton shot a nollie noseslide on an indoor hubba at York University when I was 16. It was in a little Color article about indoor spots ["Under The Weather"/#5.1, 2007]. That's how I actually met Alex Neary. He had a photo next to mine in the article. One day at the skatepark I asked if he was the guy in the photo, and we're really good friends now. I skate with him a lot.

Will Marshall mentioned I should get you to explain the VOF (Voyage Of Friendship) crew and its Spring Break trips.
The VOF crew went to Miami on the first trip in '07, and we went again in '08 [appeared in Concrete #93, May ‘08]. The '09 March break trip to Atlanta had about 10 people [story appeared in SBC Skateboard #11.3, late summer ‘09]; Will came and is now part of VOF. The crew is me, Andrew Norton, Will Marshall, Brandon McAusland, Jay Brown, Terrence Goddard, Morgan Smith, Koty Brown and a few others.

Your dad owns The Rail indoor park in Toronto. Can you sum it up?
It's definitely a good size, and it's not too crammed up with all the ramps and everything. There's a lot of open areas where you could skate flat, there's a bunch of good rails...it's probably my favourite indoor skatepark. Gord [Hardie] from Blue Tile Lounge designed and built the ramps.

And you've got the all-access pass...
Yeah, the VIP [laughs].

How do you feel about contest skating?
I try to skate as many as I can, I find them pretty fun. You get to see all your homies and stuff like that. I don't really get nervous, either. I just think about it as skating and that's what I do basically every day. I'm skateboarding – it keeps me calm and relaxed.

You made the trip to Vancouver for Damn Am 2009 in September. How was that?
It was an awesome time. I've been to Vancouver 3 times now for skateboarding, and each time it just gets better. The weather was better this time, so we did a lot more skating. We were shooting with Caissie pretty much every day, so that got me stoked. I got to meet some new people, and I went to Chad Dickson's birthday party – it was a fun time. I stayed out in Richmond at Brandon Alton's house with TJ Rogers, Will Marshall, and Hayden Kelly.

Obviously you watch a lot of videos...which parts are in your top 3 right now?
Right now, Mark Appleyard's part in the new Flip video, Extremely Sorry, is my favourite part. Mark's from Toronto, he has amazing style, and just his whole vibe and flow makes me stoked to skate. I like Nick Trapasso's part in Toy Machine's Suffer The Joy [‘06]; his trick selection is sick and the way he catches and tweaks out his tricks is crazy. I like Stefan Janoski's part in Habitat's Inhabitants [‘07]. That whole video is sick. Janoski and Appleyard are my favourite skaters – they've always been.

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Related:
Billabong Damn Am 2009
Toronto In Two Days: The First Photos Experience (Brandon photo)
Video: Toronto Hot Spot # 3