Vent City
Episodes
Throwing The Basketball Through The Hoop From The Bottom
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Folks, they did it. After all these episodes, the Vent City crew has finally taken a cue from every other skate podcast. That’s right! Today we brin...
That's Not A Sunset, That's A Mushroom Cloud
23 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Grabbing the hosting reins this time around, Kristin Ebeling keeps the crew’s wandering eyes focused on the actual prize: a super coherent and non-w...
Privatized Paddlescapes And The Freaks In The Skyscraper (w/Taj Hanson)
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Consider this a mini-Slow Impact recap, where an excellent panel about skatepark design and skate-integrated spaces leads to a productive conversation...
You Won't Believe People Are Skating In This Tiny Fishing Village In Finland
17 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The industry is down bad, y’all. There are booms, there are busts, and as 2025 gets moving, we’re squarely in the latter. Everyone will tell you s...
Jason Dill Is Screaming 'I Told You So'
13 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Well, well, well–if it isn’t our last pod of last year that’s actually our first of 2025. Alex White, Ted Barrow, Kristin Ebeling, Ted Schmitz, ...
I Never Met A Teenaged Cheesemonger That Skated
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Come along as Ted Barrow, Adam Burns, Ryan Lay, and Ted Schmitz duck and dodge the fuzzy reality of November 5, 2024, daring to record on the dark and...
Branding's a Hell of a Drug
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
That’s right, Vent Citizens–it’s a new day here at VC headquarters. Dog and Skull have grabbed hold of the reins and there’s some changing afo...
You Don't Know What a Butt Flap Is?
22 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What's up, Skaters! This one is more of a comment than a question. Actually it's a lot of questions from Ryan, Kyle, Adam, Kristin, Alex and Ted S a...
I Felt Like CJ
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
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...
It's Paintings on the Wall (w/ Maen Hammad)
22 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Skaters, We'll make this a short intro. We are beyond honored to welcome Palestinian-American skateboarder, writer, photographer and human rights re...
Blowtorch the Ramp for Clout (w/ Cole Nowicki)
03 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Millennials Killed the 16 Stair
26 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 Ma...
It's like BDSM For Your Wheels
04 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
You Can't Be a Cool Guy in Tempe, Arizona
24 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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 W...
I'm Not Trying to Kill Myself for Skateboarding (w/ Chandler Burton)
08 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 w...
Do You Mean My Switch Backside Tailslides?
27 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Make It As Spectacular as Possible
13 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
It's Still the Skate Entertainment Complex
09 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 p...
Having Free Time (w/ ARIN)
16 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 Schmi...
I'm a Shitty Skater BECAUSE I'm an Environmentalist w/ Noah Gallagher Shannon
18 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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,...
The Most Fucked Dream w/ Una Farrar
03 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Flowgram: Fungible Skaters (Q&A)
15 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 G...
Waller Is an A-Frame
01 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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, ...
Maybe the Best Back Tail Kickflipper on Planet Earth (w/ Gifted Hater)
24 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 str...
Flowgram #12 Kyle Goes to Croatia
29 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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...
#38 Yes, We Watched The Olympics
18 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 t...
#37 Lordz of Dogtown
17 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 Dogto...
#36 This Is Our Curb and We've Decided to Aestheticize It (w/ Gregory Navarro)
03 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
#35 Everyone Has a Gift (w/ Jabari Pendleton)
15 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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. ...
#33 Groundhog Skaters (w/ Trevor Thompson)
26 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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...
#34 Therapy Trick Tips (w/ Ashley Rehfeld)
12 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 conve...
#32 A Mini-Ramp Moment
21 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 ab...
#31 Marbie Miller Full-Time Skater
19 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 actual...
#30 Mason Silva Needs a Vacation
26 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
#29 It Was Like Being High But I Wasn't (w/ Jessie Van Roechoudt)
23 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 T...
#28 On Keith Hufnagel
01 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 m...
#27 What Is Your Perfect Spot?
22 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 wor...
Flowgram #11 Vans Design God Neal Shoemaker (Teaser)
05 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
#26 A Phatty Medicare Program
25 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 th...
#25 Perfect for a Switch Benihana
10 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 fir...
#24 You Have to Be Comfortable
30 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 cur...
#23 A Skater's Intro to Abolition w/ Alan Eladio Gómez
20 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 ab...
#22 It's Not Northern California—No One Surfs
02 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 fo...
Flowgram #10 Smashed into the Faces of Their Former Colonies
17 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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. J...
#21 Are You Adequately Revered? (w/ Cairo Foster)
10 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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. ...
Flowgram #9 London Skateboard Co-op Rethinks the Skateshop Model—Excerpt
23 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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...
#20 Candy Jacobs is Gnarly with a Conscience
19 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 hosti...
#19 What Am I Gonna Do? A Kickflip?
30 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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...
#18 The Skating & Wrestling Show You Knew Was Coming (w/ Darby Allin)
16 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 Schmi...
#17 Instagram's THE BEST
05 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 Jo...
#16 I Thought It Was Flat-Bottom Barney Blood
12 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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...
#15 What Is Skating to You In The Midst of Mourning?
15 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 talki...
#14 You're One of my Favorite Skaters, But That's a Story Post, Bro
03 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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...
#13 I Got Baker 4 on KaZaA
15 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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...
# 12 Mindset Economics
01 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 mak...
#11 I Feel Like You're Saying Ben Chadbourne, Like He's a Chad
14 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Flowgram #7 Murders Don't Get Solved...People Don't Actually Skate—They Just Talk About It
05 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Ted Barrow reads a piece he wrote about an ineffective homicide detective, an unrecognized Hubba, and the resilience of a certain type of humor—forg...
#10 How to Skate While Also Being Terrified of Eating Shit
30 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
#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. K...
Flowgram #6 Great Hyperboles of Melting Faces and Shitted Pants
07 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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, ...
#9 I Don't Know If You Have These Laws in The States, I Think, Maybe Not?
02 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 do...
Flowgram #5: Ryan Lay and Ted Barrow Interview Leo Valls about City Hall and Skate Stoppers
28 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Listener Questions: They Told Us Lady Gaga Was There Recently
17 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Flowgram #4 Achieving Equal Pay at the X-Games with Mimi Knoop
11 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 Patre...
#8 ASR Tradeshow Saved My Life
29 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 convers...
Flowgram #3 - Get Some Fucking Self Respect (Excerpt)
05 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 signif...
#7 When You Realize the Person You're Arguing With Is 14
18 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Kyle Beachy: On Benches Push Periodical Excerpt
14 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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...
#6 A Flat Bar That's as Wide as a Sandwich is Just a Box
02 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Patreon Flowgram #1 - Trailer
20 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 show...
#5 There's Life, There's Death, There's Skateboarding
14 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Those Aren't Tricks; It's an Ethos
24 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Bing Liu Makes Skaters Cry
03 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On Episode 3 of Vent City Ryan Lay, Ted Schmitz, Kyle Beachy, Ted Barrow and Kristin Ebeling talk about skateboarding and all its bullshit. Intervie...
Personal Rail Jam
17 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 th...
Vent City Episode #1
30 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Vent City, a place to talk about skateboarding and air out some grievances. Join Professional Skateboarder Ryan Lay, Kristin Ebeling (Direc...