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After Brendan Fairclough's 4th place finish at the 2019 Red Bull Rampage he insisted that his dig crew had to spend the winnings on something they really wanted. Olly Wilkins chose a jet-ski, Ben Deakin decided he wanted a hair transplant...
On this episode Ben Deakin (aka The Deakinator) talks about why he decided it was finally time to commit and go for the procedure, this is the full story...
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