Vent City

Vent City episodes:

• 03.27.2024

  I Felt Like CJ

  Oh you went to Slow Impact? No you didn't. That's why you gotta listen to this show! What's up skaters, We went back down to the number two city in America, Tempe, Arizona to learn and to lay in the sun....

  
• 12.22.2023

  It's Paintings on the Wall (w/ Maen Hammad)

  Skaters, We'll make this a short intro. We are beyond honored to welcome Palestinian-American skateboarder, writer, photographer and human rights researcher Maen Hammad. We start with a reading from his piece "On skateboarding, solidarity, and Palestine" published by Skate Jawn...

  
• 11.03.2023

  Blowtorch the Ramp for Clout (w/ Cole Nowicki)

  What's Up Skaters! Welcome back to Vent City. Today we're talking to esteemed video game writer and full-fledged skater Cole Nowicki on the heels of his new book "Right, Down + Circle" from ECW Press. We get into our past as...

  
• 09.26.2023

  Millennials Killed the 16 Stair

  What's up, Skaters We're back with the host and star of the hit urban design and architecture skate history program "This Old Ledge" from Thrasher Magazine—that's right, Ted Barrow joins Ryan Lay, Kyle Beachy, Alex White and Ted Schmitz. We talk...

  
• 06.04.2023

  It's like BDSM For Your Wheels

  What's up skaters, We start the show by asking one question: Is there a doctor in the building?! We answer that by saying yes. It's Theodore Barrow Ph.D. Our distinguished castmember talks about the years-long process of attaining such an...

  
• 03.24.2023

  You Can't Be a Cool Guy in Tempe, Arizona

  What's up, skaters?! Welcome back to another episode of Vent City. We're talking the SLOW IMPACT extravaganza in Tempe, Arizona with Ryan Lay, Alex White, Kyle Beachy, Ted Schmitz and new to the cast Adam Burns. We talk about the skateboarding...

  
• 12.08.2022

  I'm Not Trying to Kill Myself for Skateboarding (w/ Chandler Burton)

  What is up, skaters?! On today’s episode we talk with the only pro we know to blend dolphin flips and drag in this freewheelin’ discussion that will literally make you laugh and cry. If you don’t do both, go to your...

  
• 11.27.2022

  Do You Mean My Switch Backside Tailslides?

  What's Up, Skaters? Welcome back to another episode of Vent City. Don't call it a call in; it's a call out. The author of these episode descriptions hops on the line with castmembers Ted Barrow, Alex White, Kristin Ebeling, Ryan...

  
• 11.13.2022

  Make It As Spectacular as Possible

  What's up, skaters! Welcome back to Vent City. We are joined tonight (or today, or this morning, depending on your schedule) by Alex White, Kristin Ebeling, Ryan Lay, Ted Schmitz and Kyle Beachy. What are we talking about? You remember...

  
• 09.09.2022

  It's Still the Skate Entertainment Complex

  What's up, Skaters! Welcome back to Vent City, where we're always topical and timely while responding to the skategeist. That was one of the worst portmanteaus I've ever typed. Jesus. Worstmanteau. With us on the show we have show-description copywriter...

  
• 07.16.2022

  Having Free Time (w/ ARIN)

  What's up, skaters?! Welcome back to another full episode of Vent City. On today's show we have the author Kyle Beachy, the caption writer Ted Schmitz, professional skater Ryan Lay and one of the sickest skaters on the planet Arin!...

  
• 03.18.2022

  I'm a Shitty Skater BECAUSE I'm an Environmentalist w/ Noah Gallagher Shannon

  What's up, Youtube, meet our friends, skaters. Today on the show we have skater and Climate reporter Noah Gallagher Shannon talking with Kyle Beachy, Ryan Lay, and resident skeptic/show-note author Ted Schmitz about why the planet is fine and all good....

  
• 03.03.2022

  The Most Fucked Dream w/ Una Farrar

  What’s up skaters?! We are back with another episode of VC from VBC. That’s right, everyone’s favorite Una Farrar joins the cast to talk about her career, her role in Canadian Olympics and some strange dreams from early in her skate...

  
• 02.15.2022

  Flowgram: Fungible Skaters (Q&A)

  To listen to this full ep, sign up at Patreon.com/ventcity and get access to the entire bonus catalog. Intro Music: Roar Credits Music: Dylan Bryne Graphic Design: Michael Worful

  
• 02.01.2022

  Waller Is an A-Frame

  What’s up, skaters?! Welcome back to another episode of Vent City. Logging on to talk all the good and the bad from 2021, we got Kristin Ebeling, Ryan Lay, Ted Barrow and Ted Schmitz. Is it really easy to forget...

  
• 12.24.2021

  Maybe the Best Back Tail Kickflipper on Planet Earth (w/ Gifted Hater)

  What's up skater?! We are back with another episode of Vent City with Ted S, Ted B, Ryan L and our guest Gifted H. We're hoping in the expensive stretchy car without U. That's right we're talkin' Limosine's "Paymaster" vid...

  
• 09.29.2021

  Flowgram #12 Kyle Goes to Croatia

  Skaters, we're back over on the Patreon, 'cause we figured out how to press record on Zoom. Ryan and Ted (not Barrow) talk with Kyle about his trip to Croatia to read at the Vladimir Film Festival. If you want...

  
• 08.18.2021

  #38 Yes, We Watched The Olympics

  What's Up, Skaters?! Goddamn, got some cobwebs to brush off, but we do it in style with the first-ever FULL-CAST episode about everyone's favorite topic: The 2020 Tokyo Summer Games. You know what is going on. Listen to it, spam...

  
• 06.17.2021

  #37 Lordz of Dogtown

  What do we say at the beginning of these things again? Oh yeah, WHAT'S UP, Skaters?! On this episode we discuss the skateboarding film Lords of Dogtown (no Z). Kyle Beachy (book author), Ted Schmitz (show notes author), and Tim Ward...

  
• 05.03.2021

  #36 This Is Our Curb and We've Decided to Aestheticize It (w/ Gregory Navarro)

  What 's up, skaters? In this episode we have the ling-awaited return of Ted Barrow along with an esteemed cast of regulars (Alex White, Kyle Beachy and Ted Schmitz) and the auteur of the Upper West Side Curb Club...

  
• 04.15.2021

  #35 Everyone Has a Gift (w/ Jabari Pendleton)

  What's Up, Skaters? We hope you're holding up alright. We start this show off on a somber note, as we had to say goodbye to our friend Joe Hammeke. Not much to say here that we don't in the intro,...

  
• 03.26.2021

  #33 Groundhog Skaters (w/ Trevor Thompson)

  Skaters, Holy shit. What is up? Bizarre times. Where are the days going? Anyways, I'm gonna keep these notes extra short 'cause putting much thought into things these days seems to take about 50 times longer than usual. Oh damn,...

  
• 02.12.2021

  #34 Therapy Trick Tips (w/ Ashley Rehfeld)

  What's up, skaters? It would be nice if there would be a rebuttal after that YouTubey "What's Up" greeting. It's very isolating, like having a conversation with your own canyon echo. Damn. This is getting off to a weird start....

  
• 01.21.2021

  #32 A Mini-Ramp Moment

  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...

  
• 12.19.2020

  #31 Marbie Miller Full-Time Skater

  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...

  
• 11.26.2020

  #30 Mason Silva Needs a Vacation

  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...

  
• 10.23.2020

  #29 It Was Like Being High But I Wasn't (w/ Jessie Van Roechoudt)

  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...

  
• 10.01.2020

  #28 On Keith Hufnagel

  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...

  
• 09.22.2020

  #27 What Is Your Perfect Spot?

  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,...

  
• 09.05.2020

  Flowgram #11 Vans Design God Neal Shoemaker (Teaser)

  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...

  
• 08.25.2020

  #26 A Phatty Medicare Program

  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...

  
• 08.10.2020

  #25 Perfect for a Switch Benihana

  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...

  
• 07.30.2020

  #24 You Have to Be Comfortable

  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...

  
• 06.20.2020

  #23 A Skater's Intro to Abolition w/ Alan Eladio Gómez

  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...

  
• 06.02.2020

  #22 It's Not Northern California—No One Surfs

  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...

  
• 05.17.2020

  Flowgram #10 Smashed into the Faces of Their Former Colonies

  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...

  
• 05.10.2020

  #21 Are You Adequately Revered? (w/ Cairo Foster)

  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...

  
• 04.23.2020

  Flowgram #9 London Skateboard Co-op Rethinks the Skateshop Model—Excerpt

  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...

  
• 04.19.2020

  #20 Candy Jacobs is Gnarly with a Conscience

  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...

  
• 03.30.2020

  #19 What Am I Gonna Do? A Kickflip?

  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...

  
• 03.16.2020

  #18 The Skating & Wrestling Show You Knew Was Coming (w/ Darby Allin)

  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...

  
• 03.05.2020

  #17 Instagram's THE BEST

  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...

  
• 02.12.2020

  #16 I Thought It Was Flat-Bottom Barney Blood

  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...

  
• 01.15.2020

  #15 What Is Skating to You In The Midst of Mourning?

  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...

  
• 01.03.2020

  #14 You're One of my Favorite Skaters, But That's a Story Post, Bro

  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...

  
• 12.15.2019

  #13 I Got Baker 4 on KaZaA

  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,...

  
• 12.01.2019

  # 12 Mindset Economics

  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...

  
• 11.14.2019

  #11 I Feel Like You're Saying Ben Chadbourne, Like He's a Chad

  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...

  
• 11.05.2019

  Flowgram #7 Murders Don't Get Solved...People Don't Actually Skate—They Just Talk About It

  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...

  
• 10.30.2019

  #10 How to Skate While Also Being Terrified of Eating Shit

  #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...