The Bunt Live is by far the best skateboard podcast out right now. Ok so we may be a little biased since it is based out of Toronto, but still. It is the best.
If you’re a regular Board Rap reader you are more than familiar with the two hosts that come outta Studio E every Wednesday – Cephas Benson aka “The Ghost” and Donovan Jones aka “Dono” – because we did a feature on the two of them ages ago. Two seasons ago to be specific. Read it right here.
Monster Children is a little slow out the gate, but they are Australian so we’ll forgive them. Their feature on Cephas and Donovan also shows some love so get over there and then check out all The Bunt Live back podcasts while you’re at it.
The Bunt has come a long way since jumping off seven months ago. Which aspect(s) of the show would you guys say fuel you the most in lining up and making the next episode?
Cephas: Getting to know a skater that I’ve looked up to or just really appreciated the way they’ve skated over the years is always fun. Get to ask stupid questions and get to the bottom of any nerdy things we’ve always been curious about. In our Tim O’Connor episode, he said that more often than not, skater’s personalities line up with the way they skate. I’ve always believed that to be true. It’s fun to do the interviews and experience that firsthand with some of the legends.
Donovan: It’s a lot of fun for sure. Every interview is so different, so you never know what you’ll get, but The Ghost kills me in the studio every week—nothing but laughs. We’ve been skating since we were like 13-14 years old and now we’re talking to some of the guys we’ve been watching in videos and seeing in magazines for all these years. Never thought it would happen this quickly.
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Of all the episodes you produced in 2016, which interview has been your favourite to conduct and why?
C: A lot of fun ones, but maybe Paul Rodriguez just ‘cause it was so early on and the circumstances were so randomly perfect. We hooked up with Spanish Mike (Primitive Skateboards team manager) at his hotel in Toronto. Went up to his room to do the interview with Spanish. About halfway through, Paul walks in and we’re like “oh shit”. He just sits there quietly on his bed giggling every now and then while we finish our interview with Spanish. The second we were done, Spanish says, “Hey Paul, want to chalk it up with these guys?” and he’s like “yeah, why not?” Knowing Spanish and Paul were sharing a room, we came prepared with some questions for Paul just in case. The rest is history. We walked out of there at 2AM super hyped. It was actually the sixth interview we ever did but we released it way later because we barely had a following at the time.
D: All of the in-person interviews definitely have a different vibe to them. This is a hard one. I’ll go with Brian Anderson. Never met or spoke to him before the interview, always admired his skating and style but never thought he would be on the show, so it was kind of surreal interviewing him. One of the nicest people I’ve ever met. I remember texting him on his wedding day about posting a video on his Instagram to promote his episode, he sent back a few photos of him and his partner saying “getting married today, will text you tomorrow,” when he definitely didn’t have to.
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