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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 cardiologist, ‘cause your heart’s in rough shape. We’ve got THERE Skateboards pro and Bottom Feeder exec Chandler Burton joining us! We cover getting sober young, the origins of his drag persona Titus, the whirlwind of the Glory Challenge and so much more. It’s good. It’s like really good. Like you should listen to it twice on regular speed. You people that listen to podcasts on 2x make me sick! What are you in such a rush for?! I can't remember if there's a trick challenge or not but it would be a dolphin flip if there was. Intro music by Roar Credits music by Dylan Bryne Logo and graphic design by Michael Worful Support the show: Patreon.com/Ventcity Buy everything from Bottom Feeder: www.bottomfeederx.com

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 Lay and Kyle Beachy. We're talkin' YouTube's fascination with AA, sponsored babies, DIY must-haves, table clearing and a world beyond SOTY. If none of that sounds interesting to you, then you are a weird person that I don't even want to call!!! BLOCKED AND REPORTED. Listen to it. Enjoy it. Listen to it again. Enjoy it a second time. I wouldn't suggest a third listen, 'cause this isn't Arrested Development. You're pretty much gonna get everything out of one listen. I hope you love that one though... Intro and transition music by ROAR Credits music by Dylan Bryne Logo and Graphic Design by Michael Worful Support the show: Patreon.com/ventcity

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 that time that the b-tier shop in your town threw a shoddy best trick contest on the eight-stair at your park. There was a guy with a huge fuckin' trucker hat on the megaphone, offering a free shop shirt for switch hardie down "the big set"? Yeah, that sucked. But Skate Like a Girl's Wheels of Fortune and the Dime Glory Challenge didn't. So we talk about the good, the bad and basically just those two things when it comes to events. Are you gonna throw a five-day bonanza in your town? That's a stupid idea. Listen to Kebs and you'll know why. Do you want to know what your upcoming video premiere should have to make it a hit? We don't really have a good answer for that, but it's a fun show anyway. Intro music: Roar Credits Music: Dylan Bryne Logo and graphic design: Michael Worful Support the show: Patreon.com/ventcity

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 Ted Schmitz in weird third-person voice, followed by more-normal and better-thinking Ted [Barrow], and Ryan Lay of nollie-boardslide-on-Hubba fame. We even get a special call in from a castmember, but it's not Kristin or Alex 'cause they're at Wheels of Fortune 11. WIth this esteemed panel we're talking about that bench. Yep, that one. Then we talk about some Philly stuff and I drop enough Swedish pop songs into the track for Soundcloud to cancel the upload. Trick Challenge: Bring the bench to a masonite park in Virginia Beach. intro music: Roar Credits music: Dylan Bryne Logo and Graphic Design: Michael Worful Support the show: patreon.com/ventcity

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! Did you know she had no intentions of getting into the sponsored game? Maybe! Did you know she worked in a lab processing COVID samples? Probably not, but maybe you did. But you certainly won't know everything we talk about in this fantastic interview, so put on some headphones and enjoy. Intro music by Roar Credits music by Dylan Bryne Logo and Graphic Design by Michael Worful Support the show: Patreon.com/ventcity

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. Actually, the groundwater is getting sucked out then shipped to Saudi Arabia, the storms in South America are scarier and worse than ever, and nobody knows if skateboarding is bad for the planet or not. Read the chat then listen to Noah's articles we talk about here: What’s Going on Inside the Fearsome Thunderstorms of Córdoba Province? https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/07/22/magazine/worst-storms-argentina.html Water Wars of Arizona https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/19/magazine/the-water-wars-of-arizona.html lol, I just remembered Noah has, like, all these prestigious awards for journalism, and we talked to him like he was just a guy who knew a couple facts about clouds. Whoops. Well, you'll get something out of it and then you'll stop flying, stop driving, stop buying premade meals at Starbucks and stop talking about Elijah and Austyn. The just life awaits. Intro music by Roar Credits music by Dylan Bryne Logo and graphic design by Michael Worful Support the show: patreon.com/ventcity More work by Noah Gallagher Shannon: http://www.noahgallaghershannon.com/work

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 journey. Actually it wasn’t a dream, Ryan really did do a demo with the Featch and Ipath in 2011. What else do you need to know? It’s funny and fun and you’re going to learn something and you’ll be a more committed partner, a better parent or sibling and you’ll finally start doing switch flips right. All you have to do is listen to us for an hour. Sold. Intro music by Roar Credits music by Dylan Bryne Logo and Graphic Design by Michael Worful Support the show: Patreon.com/ventcity Lol, when’s the last time you typed “The Featch” for reals?

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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 what happened last year? Yes. Did we remember and catalog everything that was noteworthy? Also, yes—no exceptions. We get into the good stuff with skate parts from our favorite people like Max Wheeler, Jacopo Carozzi and Breana Geering. Then the bad stuff like NFTs and the fact that we are stuck in the slow decline of a dying empire! Maybe not that last part, but it’s still true. And of course, the question on everyone’s mind: Is Cariuma going to save the planet? No. But luckily, skating with the people you love is still pretty much the coolest thing. Listen to this show and if you disagree with any points we bring up on the episode, talk to your folks about it. Intro music by Roar Credits music by Dylan Bryne Logo and Graphic Design by Michael Worful Support the show: Patreon.com/ventcity

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 and what even a "small board brand" is? Hint: It's Primitive. Also, how do you pronounce "Ventura," the city in California. Thank you all for listening. And thank you to these fine folks that help the waveforms flowing. Intro music: Roar Credits music: Dylan Bryne Logo and Graphic Design: Michael Worful and you can support the show over at: Patreon.com/ventcity Have a good holidays, everyone.

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 more, check it at Patreon.com/ventcity Intro Music: Roar Credits Music: Dylan Bryne Log and Graphic Design: Michael Worful

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 the DMs with how bad the takes are. Get blocked. Go out and skate. See us at the spot. Get ignored. Go back into the DMs and apologize. And look at that, we're friends again. Did the olympics go well? Do they even deserve a capital letter when typed aloud? We discuss the judging, the strange difference in quality viewing between the men's and women's events (spoiler: the dudes suck) and the beauty of Cab back lips. Update: Candy is out of jail. Which kinda sounds like a line from that song Candy Jail. Listen up, have fun and drop a Cab back lip of your own. We love you and we'll be back soon now that the writer of these here notes has settled into his new permanent residence. Intro music by Roar Credits music by Dylan Bryne Logo and Graphic Design by Michael Worful Feel free to skip the Pro Flow credits, because it's just bananas. Support the hours of schedule coordinating and editing: Patreon.com/ventcity And, yeah, Kyle's book is out. Go run that shit up!!!

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 (not at all an author, but he's on another podcast, so that counts for something?) look at the the general failing of skate films by taking apart the characters and story presented in this strange studio feature. How it got made, we may never know, but maybe there was a market maybe? If you liked the film, that's fine; it's good to have joy where you can. We, however, did not enjoy it. And you can hear all about it. We don't really do the timecode thing, but maybe it'll help guide you through this one: 00:00:00 - Cold Open (we do these instead of skits because, the skits weren't funny and they took too long) 00:00:30 - Cold open ends and we hear a nice intro song by Roar 00:01:00 - Introducing the podcast cast 00:04:00 - Introducing the film cast. It's not looking good 00:05:00 - Start talking about the movie. Bummer 00:05:30 - Nothing improves, massive problems exposed 00:05:31 — 01:03:00 - The bad things are discussed 01:08:25 - Tim brings up a trick challenge That's basically it.

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 Gregory Navarro. We're talking everything curbs and New York City. If it's been a bit from your last viewing of the vid, check this dang link and follow along. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHpiC-gXYpY Intro Music By Roar https://roarsongs.bandcamp.com/ Credits Music By Dylan Bryne https://shebco.bandcamp.com/ Logo and Graphic Design by Michael Worful Support the Show at Patreon.com/ventcity

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, so here's the link to the family's GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/joe-hammeke-family-support-fund?utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_source=customer Getting into the show, we talk with St. Louis legend Jabari Pendleton about growing up on the north side of STL, moving to SF and his involvement with The Blackboard Documentary. His energy and enthusiasm is top-tier and having some of his positivity in your life will surely make your day better. If you haven't seen the film, here's a link for that as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoCieMA5XRw&t=1368s Make sure you go through some of his footage and trick tips on YouTube, cause they're awesome. Thank you all for listening. Intro music by Roar Credits music by Dylan Bryne Support the show: www.Patreon.com/ventcity Trick challenge: Straight up, regular heelflip

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, you noticed we already published #34 and this is #33? That's 'cause we recorded this conversation with the wonderful Trevor Thompson before our Ashly episode. Who cares about a number anyways? Trevor's is 100-percent the best skater from Connecticut who also lived in Florida and also frequently goes to St. Louis but lives in LA and isn't all that fond of skating in LA. He likes to stay low to the ground and says switch flip manuals just make sense. Whatever the fuck that means? Got two more already recorded and on the way. Thanks for your love, everyone. Trick Challenge: Noseslide to Crooked Grind Intro Music by Roar Credits music by Dylan Bryne (https://shebco.bandcamp.com/) Support the show: Patreon.com/ventcity Oh fuck, you made it to the bottom of the notes? Uhhhh, here's a link to Death Dance I guess? Watch Trevor do hard tricks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gPbD3PmYjE

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. Let's get a do over. Welcome back to another episode of Vent City!!! Too much? Shit. Whatever. We've got a hell of a sincere show here with our incredible guest Ashley Rehfeld who helped us break into this business of mental health crises in skating. Sadly, being a skater doesn't make you immune to depression, or really anything else. So Kristin Ebeling, Alex White, Ryan Lay, and the author of these show notes talk about our individual experiences with mental stuff and what our journey through therapy has looked like. Are hotlines helpful? Maybe. They also might be an extension of the carceral apparatus. You won't get any hard answers, but you will get a few tools, options (openpathcollective.org), and insights into daily practices that help you feel like waking up is alright. Okay, I'm done now. you don't even fuckin' read this far down. Scroll down to see the trick challenge and the people off mic that help us out. Trick Challenge: Backside bluntslide on a curb or ledge (don't even think about doing it on a rail, you sicko) Pro Challenge: Backside bluntslide BIG SPIN OUT! It won't look great, but it can be done. Intro music by Roar Credits music by Dylan Bryne (naivetrax.bandcamp.com) Logo and graphic design by Michael Worful (@worful) Support the show: Patreon.com/ventcity Contact the show: DM @vent.city on Instagram. I'm way behind on emails.

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 if anything from skating is really important to your wellbeing, it's that it plugs you into a communal, collective effort of fun having? That sentence was probably poorly written. Who cares, you know what I'm saying. Join Ted Schmitz—the author of these show notes and weird third-person-voice user—Kristin Ebeling, Ryan Lay, and returning guest Alan Gomez as they discuss the intersection of right wing grifters and skating. Oh yeah, we also talk about our favorite silly skate moments of 2020. This shit's fun but maybe don't play it around your kids, 'cause we say the fuckin' eff word a few times. I'm not gonna link to the videos we talk about. You can look em up if you're a real sicko. For a VERY good piece about the things we talk about, please read Hanson O'Haver's article on the Baffler. Here's the link: https://thebaffler.com/outbursts/a-crime-and-a-pastime-ohaver Trick Challenge: No Comply 180 grind (Thanks, Alan...) Intro music by Roar Credits music by Ilana Bryne (naivetrax.bandcamp.com) Logo and graphic design by Michael Worful Support the show: patreon.com/ventcity

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 about getting jacked with Jeff from There? Yep, we talk about it too. Oh, and we play SOTY and the SHOTY (Skate Hottie Of The Year). And this was recorded before the Mason news, so if you have something to say about that, maybe don't? Or do. I don't really give a shit, but it would be cooler if you didn't. Trick challenge: THE NOLLIE VARIAL FLIP! Thank you again, everyone, for listening. We'll be back with a year-end wrap up shortly. Talk to us: @vent.city ventcitypod@gmail.com Support the show: Patreon.com/ventcity Intro Music By: Roar Credits Music By: Ilana Bryne (naivetrax.bandcamp.com) Logo and Graphics By: Michael Worful (@worful)

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 the correct pronunciation of the perineum, which is important to know probably. This kinda knowledge is important goddamnit. Thank you again for listening! Intro Music by Roar Credits Music by Ilana Bryne Logo and Graphics by Michael Worful Email the show: Ventcitypod@gmail.com Support the show: Patreon.com/ventcity