What's up, skaters?! Here we have another skateboarding and current events discussion in light of the episode at the Capitol. We do a little talk about how we felt watching the coverage, and look into the ways life lessons from skateboarding are used in icky ways by right-wingy goofballs like Tim Pool and Jordan Peterson. Does skateboarding reinforce the popular virtues of Individualism by making you solely responsible for your own success and failure? Or do the bootstrappers miss the point that...
Jan 21, 2021•1 hr 40 min
What's up, skaters?! Today on Vent City we've got three regulars and a guest! You already know Kristin Ebeling, Ryan Lay, and Alex White. And actually you might already know our guest Marbie Miller who is a full-time skater for There Skateboards and many other fine companies. Anyway, we had the privilege and the pleasure to talk with Marbie and her little scene growing up in Iowa and of course the slightly bigger scene in Wisconsin. "Stay Gold" premiere stories? Yeah, they're in there. What abou...
Dec 19, 2020•1 hr 7 min
What's up, skaters? You've heard the name Mason Silva a lot this year. And you probably have accidentally called him Miles once or twice. Lucky for us we put a voice to the face that birthed a part for every season this year. It was fun. We talked about whether or not AVE's DC part is his worst part. I, Ted Schmitz, say it is, and since I get to write the show notes, let's just go ahead and say the official position of the show that it is. Mason disagrees, but what does he know?! We also learn t...
Nov 26, 2020•1 hr 13 min
What's up, skaters?! On this episode we are joined by the phenomenal Jessie Van Roechoudt! Alex White kicks off the show with fellow adult skaters Ted Barrow, Ryan Lay and Ted Schmitz (also the one who writes these notes). Jessie has had a unique career as a '90s pro for Rookie, Silicon Valley designer and now as a director at adidas skateboarding. She's seen skateboarding from a vantage point unlike anyone else and this interview is good for anyone with a brain. Also, maybe plants like this sho...
Oct 23, 2020•1 hr 28 min
Skaters, Ted Schmitz here with a short miniature episode in dedication to Keith Hufnagel. Here I look at the way in which some Huf's canon and the music in it went on to have some very good real-world impacts. I also reflect on how his legacy can help us with further appreciate the people who are still with us. We of course encourage you to take a second to consider the ways your life has changed by developing interests in tandem with skating as well. Of course, also go back to relive all the go...
Oct 01, 2020•18 min
Hello Skaters, Are you feeling remotely human? We hope so, but we understand if your sense of humanness is off-kilter. Rather than talking about world-collapsing forces like the unchecked advance of razor-toothed, bloodthirsty capitalists or a pretty good Antihero video, we at Vent City thought our time with you would be better spent conceptualizing a utopia. Yes, Professor—and man I once described on the Thrasher site as “firebrand novelist”—Kyle Beachy leads a discussion with Kristin Ebeling, ...
Sep 22, 2020•1 hr 26 min
What's up, skaters?! Here is about a third of Ted Schmitz and Ryan Lay's conversation with Vans Footwear Design Director of the Skate Category Neal Shoemaker. Neal's an old friend of ours and we had an awesome time talking about the process of how pro shoes make it from the design room to the shop shelf. We also talk about the best skate shoe of all time—The Vans Slip-on Pro (don't listen to the other people on this show when they gas up the Blazers). Oh, also I think the Slip-On talk is behind ...
Sep 05, 2020•19 min
What's up, skaters?! Welcome back to another Vent City. On the show, we have Kristin Ebeling, Kyle Beachy, Ted Schmitz and Ryan Lay talking about the thing we all know and love—song choices in video parts! Yes, it's true. This is not just a full hour of pants banter and meandering discussions on proper skatepark design. We already did that, I think. This time we take a look at Tiago's new New Balance Numeric part called something like "A trustable fellow with sick-ass running shoes." Is it his b...
Aug 25, 2020•1 hr 14 min
What’s up, skaters?! Welcome back to Vent City. There will be a mandatory 14-day podcast quarantine for any listeners coming to the show for the first time, where you will have to listen to every single episode across a two-week period all alone in your room. Honestly, it’s a fate worse than death, but we don’t make the rules. On today’s episode we have three relatively isolated individuals attempting to connect over their lifelong time-wasting passion. They are Ted Schmitz—who writes these note...
Aug 10, 2020•56 min
Skaters, What's up, hello, good morning. This is Vent City, a place to talk about skateboarding and other shit. But you know that, cause you are currently listening. On the show we've got Ryan Lay speaking with Next up Foundation's Vina Tinoco about running social skate programs, growing orgs and managing burn out. It is an inspiring and sometimes heartbreaking discussion, but there's a lot to learn from Vina's experience. Enjoy it! Intro Music by Michael Kryger Credits Music by Ilana Bryne Logo...
Jul 30, 2020•42 min
What's up skater's? We'll make this quick. The Southwest dudes (Ted S [the person who writes these notes] and Ryan)sat down with ASU professor and abolitionist Alan Gomez to discuss police and prison abolition strategies and the enduring carceral society we live in. This is a broad talk with a lot of branches so make sure you're ready for a ride. Tommy Guerrero was kind enough to join us on a call to discuss the story beyond his now-iconic "End Racism" board from the '80s. (37:35) Thank you to e...
Jun 20, 2020•1 hr 27 min
Welcome back. These show notes will not be lengthy. This was recorded before Memorial Day and has no discussion of the last week's events, except for the intro. Here are three funds and groups we are donating the money from our Pro Flow Patreon tier to($300 total/$100 each) : Black Visions Collective MN: https://www.blackvisionsmn.org/ Reclaim The Block : https://secure.everyaction.com/zae4prEeKESHBy0MKXTIcQ2 Mass Liberation AZ: https://secure.everyaction.com/WmH46bWDq0y-gu9NoIQphQ2?fbclid=IwAR2...
Jun 02, 2020•1 hr 16 min
What's up Skaters?! This is a short snippet to our discussion about the infinitely interesting Blondey McCoy and his two-part "Out There" series. Joing Ted Barrow, Ted Schmitz and Kyle Beachy as they dive deep into the enigma that is Mr. McCoy. As always you can hear this full episode and all our bonus shows by going to patreon.com/ventcity and also as always if this episode is so damn intriguing to you but you aren't able to pay (we fuckin' know it's hard out there), send us an email and we can...
May 17, 2020•8 min
What is up, all you skaters?! Welcome back to another FANTASTIC episode of Vent City, where we talk about bullshit skating, or something like that. You might be thinking, "Didn't I just hear this guy on the Bunt?" Your thoughts are correct, dear listener. But I address that right off the bat in the intro to the show, so you don't need that explained again here. We'll just say that you should listen to their ep with Cairo as well because there is a lot of stuff that doesn't overlap and hearing hi...
May 10, 2020•1 hr 22 min
Skaters, What's up? This is a little bite sized sample from an interview Ryan and fellow Phoenician Ted did with the exceptionally rad Chris and Alex from the London Skateboard Co-Op in London, Ontario. It was fun and rad and gave us a bit of hope. Throw them a follow to brighten up your feed: @londonskateboardcoop If you wanna hear the whole thing, please go to patreon.com/ventcity and when you sign up for either tier, you will have access to those extra things we make. We also know that it's h...
Apr 23, 2020•7 min
What is up, skaters? Welcome back to the 20th goddamn episode of Vent City. On the show, we’ve got Kristin Ebeling form Skate like a Girl on hosting duties, Alex White Brand Manager at Krux and notorious Meme Queen of Instagram and Ted Schmitz who feels weird writing these notes in third person. We’re talking about how we're holding up during these trying times and then get into a Candy Jacobs article/interview on Jenkem by Sander Holsgens, where she talks about paving her own way in skating and...
Apr 19, 2020•1 hr 16 min
What's up, skaters? We've got another hot conversation from many corners of our isolated nation. We hope this one brings you some joy. We talk about a lot of stuff and nothing goes the Pyre cause we're trying to be wholesome this week. We love you, all. Please, stay safe and watch Ryan's Twitch. Credits music by Ilana Bryne (@ilana.bryne or naivetrax.bandcamp.com) Logo and graphic design by Michael Worful (@worful) Enjoy the Mountain Goats backing track on this episode's pro flow credits for our...
Mar 30, 2020•58 min
What's up, Skaters? We hope this show reaches you in good health. This is a special one-time only show about skateboarding and wrestling by Ted Schmitz, who hasn't been able to shut up about it. In the summer of 2019, Ted was lucky enough to sit down with professional wrestler and long-time skater Darby Allin. No lengthy show notes on this one. We just hope you enjoy an hour in your headphones while you hunker down. Here are links to the pieces discussed in the show: http://www.jenkemmag.com/hom...
Mar 16, 2020•1 hr 13 min
Skaters, what is up? Episode 17 is coming to you straight from the Vent City studios in Maricopa County which actually is not that far from where Joe Arpaio’s absolutely abhorrent Tent City was. So there’s that. For the first time ever we have a live in-person roundtable discussion without the use of video conferencing technology. On the show, we’ve got the owner of a brand-new birthday Kristin Ebeling, followed by Ryan Lay, Ted Schmitz, and Kora Colasuonno from Queer Skate LA, to discuss a thou...
Mar 05, 2020•1 hr 32 min
What in the complete fuck is up, skaters? This here is the sixteenth full episode of Vent City which originally was a place to talk about skating and all its bullshit and although we don't really use that tag line anymore we do, however, still talk about skating and much of its bullshit. This ep we've got five fine folks—Alex White, Kyle Beachy, Ted Barrow, Ryan Lay and Ted Schmitz—tackling three things at length: Nick Mathews on Huf. It's awesome. It's good. It's encouraging to see a talented y...
Feb 12, 2020•1 hr 12 min
Skaters, what is up? We are here with a half-cast on Vent City episode number 1-5. On the show, Ted Barrow, Kyle Beachy, and Ted Schmitz are talking: The best nolliers other than Matt Miller and Ryan Lay—obviously Paulo Diaz What two Teds were separately doing in San Francisco Why Kyle likes that one parking lot so goddamn much How Ted S. and Kyle deal with losing their dear canine companions A slightly broader conversation about skating and mourning The new Bronze video that most of us liked bu...
Jan 15, 2020•1 hr 34 min
Hello and what's up, skaters! What we've got here is another episode of Vent City, where we talk skateboarding and some other bullshit. On this show we've got Kristin Ebeling, Alex White, Ted Schmitz and Ryan Lay, who are all also skaters. We talk about what's good in skateboarding like Pat Burke and Danny Dicola being awesome skaters in the Slave video, Radio Silence. Also Ryan Lay likes the Cafe video, Sonata, which you can find a link to right after this sentence is over. https://www.freeskat...
Jan 03, 2020•1 hr 9 min
Welcome Back to Vent City. Not really sure why I put the capital "B" in the "Back," but that's what you get when you fuck with show notes. On today's show that was recorded last week, we have Kristin Ebeling, Alex White, Ted Schmitz, Ted Barrow, and Ryan Lay. *Warning* This episode contains discussion of the 2020 Democratic primary by five bonafide nonpundits. We Bern it down by discussing a few reason's why you should maybe consider being a Skater for Bernie. We also talk a lot about Baker 4 wh...
Dec 15, 2019•1 hr 22 min
Fellow Skaters, it is with the utmost pride and sincerity that we present this recording, as a living testament and recollection of history in the making during our generation. Allow us to re-introduce ourselves, our name is Vent City. V to the E-N-T-C-I-T-Y. On this episode you will hear Kristin Ebeling, Ted Barrow, Kyle Beachy, and Ted Schmitz say many words about our current skate of affairs...or maybe state of the skation? Skate of the skation? This week we have a discussion about many thing...
Dec 01, 2019•1 hr 10 min
On this week’s episode of Vent City the limited panel of Ryan Lay, Ted Barrow, and Kyle Beachy discuss Ryan’s article on Jenkem about life lessons from a pro skater. Here’s a link for that: http://www.jenkemmag.com/home/2019/10/24/life-lessons-pro-skater/ . They also talk Ben Chadourne’s BOOM and somehow not one person on the show knows how to say the filmmaker’s name. Here’s a link to BOOM for some reason: https://vimeo.com/367591176 Then the panel discusses the new Passport video, Kitsch, whic...
Nov 14, 2019•1 hr 26 min
Ted Barrow reads a piece he wrote about an ineffective homicide detective, an unrecognized Hubba, and the resilience of a certain type of humor—forged through skateboarding—between lifelong friends. To hear the full piece, and maybe give us money, go to Patreon.com/ventcity Also, we know not every skater is in a position to pay monthly for content, so if there is one or two Flowgram episodes you're dying to hear the rest of but you aren't able to sign up, just send an email to ventcitypod@gmail....
Nov 05, 2019•3 min
#10 How to Skate While Also Being Terrified of Eating Shit For the listener who asked, "Why are the episodes always so late?" This one's for you. Kristin Ebeling, Alex White, Ted Schmitz, Kyle Beachy, and Ryan Lay sit down for a fireside discussion about Alex and Kristin's article, Coping with Creeps, on Bigfoot Magazine's site. Read the whole thing here https://bigfootskatemag.com/coping-with-perverts/?v=7516fd43adaa We also talk month old skate news like Reynolds leaving Emerica, Women's Stree...
Oct 30, 2019•1 hr 4 min
Kyle Beachy and Ted Schmitz bring you a bonus episode about the part they both devoted weeks of their life to—Mark Suciu's Verso. The part is long, epic, and complex and we try to unpack a little bit of it. Enjoy. Oh, also if you wanted to watch along with us, start Verso at 31:13. Not kidding, that's literally the time stamp.
Oct 07, 2019•45 min
Holy Shit, Vent City episode nine is here just one day before Mark Suciu drops his long-awaited Verso part. But we don't get into that here. We are doing a Pushing Boarders recap ep to bookend all our PB coverage. Lots of things are talked about—why folks were at the conference, what they talked about and each panelist (co-host?) shares their highlights. Ted S thinks we should maybe do away with describing skateboard movements in non-skate outlets. It seems like he's coming down on one particula...
Oct 02, 2019•1 hr 52 min
Ryan Lay and Ted Barrow interview Leo Valls at the Pushing Boarders Conference in Malmö, Sweden last month to talk about his panel and the work he's doing back home in Bordeaux. To hear the rest of the interviews ryan conducted, just go to patreon.com/ventcity and you can sign up for either the Rep Flow or Pro Flow tier and you'll have those to listen to while you're doing stuff around the house or switching out bearings alone. Don't listen to podcasts in your headphones around your friends. It'...
Sep 28, 2019•20 min
