Bonus Episode! Four of the six hop on the pod to answer listener questions. We talk about a lot of stuff and I don't wanna type it all out so listen and enjoy! Also, contribute here to Britt Rutan's Go Fund Me: https://www.gofundme.com/f/helpbrittrutan He's an Arizona sweetheart who took a bad slam in Portland and we love him and we hope some kind listeners and skaters can show him some love too.
Here is a selected interview Ryan Lay did with Mimi Knoop while at the Pushing Boarders conference. This is just one of five we've put up on our Patreon feed at patreon.com/ventcity. These interviews are just brief discussions to give listeners a sample of the panels we heard and participated in at the conference. In this interview Mimi talks with Ryan about how she helped get the X-Games to give equal pay for the women's division. It's an amazing story and we hope you like it. It's cool to like...
Welcome Back, Skaters, to another episode of Vent City. On this show we have Kristin Ebeling, Alex White, Ted Barrow, and Ted Schmitz having a conversation about the Sk8 Rats video by Shane Aukland which has full parts from Kristin and Shari White from the Skate Witches and more. Shane steps in to set Ted S. straight on some of the music used throughout the video. The panel discusses Kristin’s part at length after a lengthy discussion of bath balms and the necessity of self-care in your 30s. The...
For this week's Patreon Flowgram we have a reading by Ted Barrow about being disrespected by a non-skater in high school, self-respect, and the significance of a good pair of pants.
Welcome back to Vent City, a place to talk about skateboarding and it’s bullshit. This week on the show we have novelist Kyle Beachy, pro skater and commentator Alex White, art historian Ted Barrow, and Thrasher contributor Ted Schmitz. The panel starts by discussing good things going on in skating and the world—USA Women’s Soccer team being non-White House going badasses, teaching kids to push their skating, and Jacob Elliot Harris’s recent video output. Following the Trust Fall and Nike videos...
Enjoy this excerpted reading by Kyle Beachy from his essay in the newest Push Periodical Magazine, On Benches. Listen to the full reading and get more show at patreon.com/ventcity and if you want to support the print (and we hope you do), you can do so here— http://www.pushperiodical.com/ Credits song by Ilana Bryne (@ilana.bryne or naivetrax.bandcamp.com) Intro song by Michael Kryger (@blogafonte) Logo design and graphics by Michael Worful (@worful)
Hey Skaters, In the sixth episode of Vent City, the cast (Kristin Ebeling, Ryan Lay, Ted Barrow, Kyle Beachy, and Ted Schmitz) talk Alexis Sablone's Thrasher interview by Elissa Steamer and whether skating is enough to keep someone happy. They go over some already covered ground about pads and shame, that hopefully uncovers something exciting. Dew Tour had a remarkably young podium for the Women's division and they talk about how these young skaters are pushing the limits. Misugu Okamoto and Kok...
This is a sample of the episode on our Patreon-only feed. If you’d like to hear the rest of that discussion and get access to future additional shows on the Flowgram, just go to www.Patreon.com/ventcity and you can get on the rep flow team for $5 a month. Thank you to everyone who has joined so far, your support will give us time to produce and edit more shows! Music by Michael Kryger (instagram: @blogafonte) and Ilana Bryne (https://naivetrax.bandcamp.com/)
Welcome back to Vent City. Our tagline is something like “a place to talk about skateboarding and all its bullshit,” which pretty much covers what goes on in this episode. First up, we are excited to announce that we have launched a Patreon for fans of the show to support the show and access some exclusive content (www.patreon.com/ventcity). This will help us work on the show more and take a few shifts off a month to focus on the production and editing. We’ll make some stickers too and get those...
What's up, skaters. Welcome back to another episode of Vent City—a place to talk about skating and all its bullshit. Full original cast on the show this episode: Kristin Ebeling, Ryan Lay, Ted Schmitz, Kyle Beachy and Ted Barrow. We talk about the tenth Wheels of Fortune event in Seattle put on by Kristin, Skate Like a Girl and their partners. We also discuss the Actions Realized board by Real Skateboards and Unity Skateboarding. More things are talked about, like, what's up with that last Birdh...
On Episode 3 of Vent City Ryan Lay, Ted Schmitz, Kyle Beachy, Ted Barrow and Kristin Ebeling talk about skateboarding and all its bullshit. Interview Music by Michael Kryger (@blogafonte) Credits Music by Ilana Bryne (@ilana.bryne) Please check out their music and support fellow skaters! Due to a longer than normal running time, here are some timecodes to help you navigate through the episode if you want to just hear us discuss a specific top or jump to the interview of Bing Liu by Kyle Beachy. ...
Welcome back to Vent City, a place to talk about skateboarding and all its bullshit. Join Ryan Lay, Ted Schmitz, Kristin Ebeling, and Ted Barrow as they discuss Skate Like a Girl's Wheels of Fortune 10, Pushing Boarders academic skate conference, Chris Cole's GnarlyTown, and electric skateboarding in San Francisco. Kyle Beachy was not on this episode but he will be back for episode 3.
Welcome to Vent City, a place to talk about skateboarding and air out some grievances. Join Professional Skateboarder Ryan Lay, Kristin Ebeling (Director of Skate Like a Girl), Ted Schmitz (Thrasher Contributor), Kyle Beachy (Jenkem Writer), and Ted Barrow (@feedback_ts) as they talk shit about and dissect skateboard culture. In this first episode, the panel does introduction about their work and Kristin Ebeling interviews legendary pro skater, Alex White, about her campaign to become a commenta...
