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 young non-coastal sk8r get some shine. We don't fully know what "on Huf" means, but we like that Nick is that.

We briefly touch the AO piece in GQ with a ten-foot pole only before realizing, there's not a whole lot there and that it just made Ted S—who is currently writing to you—kind of insecure about his own hotness compared to the chiselled Jesus. Anyway, why do outside publications think skaters who every now and then drink water and stretch are so fascinating? We get into that as well.

Moving on, we talk about Jenkem CEO, CFO, COO, and probably also Head of HR, Ian Michna on a different podcast. Mostly just to have a discussion about the corrupting influence of advertising in media and alternative funding models and how goddamn hard it is for the skate economy to keep it's head above water without the big four pairs of shoes helping out.

Anyway, buy Vans and Welcome or REAL boards. We're not paid to say that but who gives a shit. I'm the one who gets to write these and I thought it was funny. There will be no links to the things we discuss because you probably already saw them. Actually, here's the Nick Mathews part just in case you're confused: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QnaiF5bo4E

Ok, that's it. More shows soon. We love you.

Music by: Ilana Bryne (naivetrax.bandcamp.com)

Logo and Graphic Design: Michael Worful (@worful)

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Also, tell your friends to vote for Bernie and if they hate him, tell them to stay home.

To support the show check out Patreon.com/ventcity and if you're super generous you can get mentioned in the Tom Waits covers at the end of the show!

This week's challenge is to hop off a loading dock like you're a 5th grader. Get it, freaks!

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 but one out-of-touch guy wishes it was a little weirder

The new Kyle Walker and Ishod part

We don't talk about Chief Keef because, somehow, none of us knew his music before googling it after the show

We have a short Funeral Pyre for boring all black grip jobs courtesy of Ted S., but Ted B. doesn't mind it so maybe it's a tie or something. Whatever, I write the show notes, so I'll just say once and for all, fuck boring grip jobs. Spice it up like Snot Rag—who is a good friend of mine. You know, the guy with pink hair and baggy pants and colored rails? Yeah that's him in the slip-ons.

Kyle needs to be two places at once and that's our whole show.

Thank you to everyone who supports the show. We've got more coming soon.

Credits music by Ilana Bryne (@ilana.bryne or naivetrax.bandcamp.com)

Logo and graphic design by Michael Worful (@worful)

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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.freeskatemag.com/2019/12/12/cafe/

Ryan also skated a demo for Bernie Sanders and Skate After School, along with Cowtown skateboards, gave out hundreds of skateboards to kids in AZ!

Kristin and Skate Like A Girl delivered skateboards for Christmas to kids around Seattle with help from both 35th shops and we can all agree that's what's good. She also helped premiere the videos for Scene Attack in Seattle which is a sick street video contest that we might have a link to after I text Northwest people to get the link since googling "scene attack seattle" has delivered some truly horrifying results that aren't skate related at fucking all.

Alex White is digging Maité Steenhoudt's eponymous part by Element and we have a nice little discussion talking about different parts of the video we liked that are all good and just reasons to get hyped on it. Oh, you want a link? Shit, you already saw it cause it was like three weeks ago? Well, fuck you, here's the link anyway so you watch it again, goddamnit! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpFRepAzKJ0&feature=youtu.be

Also, who knew that Element had a Youtube channel?

After the good stuff we get into more good stuff by talking about Women's Battle at the Berrics where both Alex and Kristin handled some business refereeing and broadcasting the action.

After that contest discussion we get into a deeper talk about women's contests more broadly and whether or not all contests should be done away with. The answer to that question is in the show but if you're reading this, I'll just tell you: most of us are fine with contests existing except Ryan Lay who just wants pros to be out in the streets and in the community skating together.

Then we get into our usual Funeral Pyre segment where we say farewell and goodbye to things in skating that no longer giving us any functional value. I, Ted, think that the front blunt with a crail grab shouldn't be performed anymore and also that it should definitely never be written or spoken of because the name it was given is just kinda ew. Ryan says something about contests and we just end up throwing him on the pyre instead. Goodbye, old friend, you are an amazing skater and dude but you don't know what should be skating worthy of the story and what is for the feed.

Kristin throws being a "cool guy" onto the gorgeous pillar of flaming corpses. Just, like, say what's up to people and be mellow about it when you see familiar faces at the park. And especially don't purposely ignore people. That's super weird.

Alex says teen pregnancy is quite passé so let's drop it. Also, we back planned parenthood where you can get lots of reproductive health services and access to contraceptives! Want a link to that as well? What's that? You know how Google works? Well, fuck you again, here it is! https://www.plannedparenthood.org/

And that's it for the shows main product.

Music by Ilana Bryne (@ilana.bryne or naivetrax.bandcamp.com)

Logo and Graphic Design by Michael Worful (@worful)

Also check out this cool shit he designed for Skate After School and Pyramid Country

https://www.pyramidcountry.com/product/pyramid-country-x-skate-after-school-tee-white

After you see all that, feel free to listen to a truly cringey jam I made for our Pro Flow members who give to our patreon! And yeah, I'm gonna link it.

https://www.patreon.com/ventcity

Sincerely though, we thank each an every one of you for listening. We love you a lot.

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 which, like everyone else in the skate-nerd community, we waited patiently to come out on its own dedicated page on the Thrasher site.

It's a fun talk. We also talk things you can support!

Skate After School's Skate Angel Program with Cowtown Skateboards:

https://www.cowtownskateboards.com/tickets-and-events/cowtownskate/skateboard-angel-donation-pid-43091?PID=43091

Skate Like a Girl Donation Page:

https://www.facebook.com/donate/452051435457491/

Help Omar Get to University:

https://fundrazr.com/campaigns/11anu9

Get Free Movement Back on the Road:

https://chuffed.org/project/get-free-movement-back-on-the-road?fbclid=IwAR2cWT6DfRKJ0sARYn8HJDTjVFAKO6axBrEUsHnF_8iAkp__MYTDh24xzss

Thank you again to everyone who listens. Each and every one of you is The Boss to us.

In a way that's not just an Andrew Reynolds pun: patreon.com/ventcity

Music that wasn't Dollin's song in Baker 2g is by Ilana Bryne (naivetrax.bandcamp.com)

Logo and graphic design is by Michael Worful (@worful)

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 things we think are good in skating which are listed below with the corresponding links. We also have a discussion about Kristin's recent trip to Vancouver to talk with other folks working with social skate projects. Then we go into the topic of mental health and give some insight to our personal experiences and struggles. We also sort of talk about Milton Martinez for a second and also the Primitive video in the Funeral Pyre segment.

No trick challenge this week cause we forgot. Maybe we'll have two next week.

Here's what we think is good in skating. Buy these, read these if you want to enjoy some non-video-part skate radness.

Claire Alleaume's Two Set zine featuring pieces from Kyle and Kristin (issue 2 might not be in the online store yet but still check this out):

https://twoset.bigcartel.com/

Stockholm Skate Nation Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ix-90OyB8_w&feature=youtu.be

Jerry Hsu People I've Known:

https://www.thrashermagazine.com/articles/jerry-hsu-people-i-ve-known/

Jenkem Journalism:

Things You Can Do to Make Your City More Skate Friendly by Patrick Kigongo:

http://www.jenkemmag.com/home/2019/11/15/things-can-make-city-skate-friendly/

How a Sexual Predator Infiltrated Atlanta's Skate Scene:

http://www.jenkemmag.com/home/2019/11/05/sexual-predator-infiltrated-atlantas-skate-scene/

Quarter Snacks Best Video Parts featuring Kyle writing about Reynolds:

https://quartersnacks.com/2019/11/the-best-skate-video-parts-of-the-2010s-qs-reader-survey-results/

Onward: Reflections on Pushing Boarders Malmö by Kava Garcia Vasquez:

https://www.skateism.com/onward-reflections-on-pushing-boarders-malmo/

Thank you again for listening and we'll back with more skate talk.

As always, to support the show and to have some extra listening, go to patreon.com/ventcity

Contact us at [email protected]

Music by Ilana Bryne (naivetrax.bandcamp.com)

Logo and Graphic Design by Michael Worful (@worful on Instagram)

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, which we’re not going to link to cause it’s on our hard drives.

This one is short and fun and we’ll see you next week, skaters. Stick around for the Pro Flow credits on this one for something special from Ted Barrow at a cocktail party with our dedicated Patreon team. Thank you everyone who supports the show. patreon.com/ventcity

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 [email protected] and we'll get you a download link.

#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 Street League and a Tyler Surrey part we hope you remember.

The editor of this fair podcast says there will be more shows this week so stay tuned!

Music by Ilana Bryne (@ilana.bryne and naivetrax.bandcamp.com)

Graphic Design by Michael Worful (@worful)

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.

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 particular instance, but he's just shortsighted and has seen this come up many time in the past from news outlets. He really really does like the Tyshawn piece—it's very very good—even though he gripes about the kickflip front board description.

Kristin pyres the practice of excluding non-male skters from leadership positions and decision making processes in the industry. Also maybe stop asking non-traditional skaters for their opinion if you're just going to ignore it or use it as free consulting.

Kyle chooses some actual kindling for the funeral pyre and hope we can light the fucking Mega Ramp on fire for fucking good before it kills someone. Also, if you don't pop your tail, you might be missing something essential to this thing we loosely define as skateboarding.

Ted Barrow is ready to burn down this whole thing where folks say "...... is ruining skateboarding." Most things other skaters are doing for fun on their skateboards don't really affect your skateboarding, even if the other Ted is fighting about it on Twitter.

Ryan Lay says "bye bye" to elaborate camera gear that turns the session into a car commercial. The higher the production gear budget, the further you get from an organic session.

Music by Ilana Bryne (@ilana.bryne, naivetrax.bandcamp.com)

Graphic Design by Michael Worful (@worful)

That's it. We love you. Big time. For more stuff or to support the show go to patreon.com/ventcity