Tuesday 25 With Matt Beach

By: Jaime Owens | Tuesday, June 21, 2011 //

Photo: Garric Ray

1. Go-to-trick:
180 no-comply

2. Warm up spot:
Subway

3. The Firm memory:
When I first got on The Firm, Salman and the whole team all held hands in a row and we did slappy grinds on a curb for over an hour.

4. Working with Brad Staba:
Staba loves his team and he lets you know exactly what he’s thinking at all times.

5. Thing to do on a rainy day:
Take a nice stroll in the woods.

6. Video part of all time:
Mike Carroll, Questionable video.

7. Website (non-skate one):
YouTube

8. Band all-time :
Nirvana

9. Portland skater:
Mark Scott

10. Fast food order:
Turkey sandwich with a cola drink (Coke or Pepsi)

11. Movie quote:
“Send him home in a body bag,” Karate Kid

12. Skate photo:
Lance Mountain, lein to tail on fire at Terror in Tahoe contest

13. Thing about Lance Mountain:
I would die for Lance.

14. Thing about ’90s skateboarding:
The progression was mind blowing and the little wheels blew out very quickly.

15. Place to skate outside of the US:
Australia

16. Board graphic:
Nash Tuff Top Lion

17. Movie:
The Road Warrior

18. Current skate trend:
Elf beanie

19. Partner in crime:
Staba

20. Book:
“There’s a Hair in my Dir”t by Gary Larson

21. Question to be asked at a demo:
“Have you ever skated with Andrew Reynolds?” I tell them I’m a fan too.

22. Beverage:
Cola

23. About looking like Jesus:
Not trying to, it’s my age and genetics.

24. Famous female/actress:
Helena Bonham Carter

25. Thing about skateboarding:
I found out you can skate for your whole life, if you want!

Matt’s Sponsors:
Skate Mental
Nike SB

Comments

Ol’Dirty

Hell yeah… Beach is fuckin’ legit! Can’t wait to see some new footy from that dude.
enrique.enciso

i like what he says you can skate your whole life if you want fucking great
Dork nasty

beach is the shit!
Big Rigg

Skate mental, Skate forever!!
Skateandannoy

Beach is one of my most under- rated skaters of all time. Really looking forward to some new photos and footage of him soon. Keep it up Skateboarder!
GetShrunk

Matt is such a rad skateboarder on and off his board! I hope photos of Beach start popping up in Skateboarder!
Perapat

Back the truck up here! The Internet may be taking away a lot of elblaeys from magazines and newspapers (e.g. the Boston Globe) but this type of writing is getting out of hand. It would be fair to say that in recent years, even with the Internet, there has been a proliferation of new magazine titles. In fact half of them seem to be about the Internet! The history of magazine and newspaper publishing is littered with births and deaths, and the occasional resurrection. It is a natural economic and business cycle. Let’s face it most magazines are published because someone thinks they can do it better than existing titles and/or they can take that advertising revenue. How many fashion, gossip, computer, or business magazines do we need. While diversity of opinion is important, more isn’t necessarily better. Part of the problem is around quality and part is around the demands made by the large publishers on their businesses for profits and growth and so the smaller companies get squeezed on the ad sales and their economics are turned upside down. I read magazines across music, the Internet, business, and economics and I simply don’t have the time to read all the titles I would like to. Nor could I afford to buy them all. And when would I get to read books!It is always sad to see good titles disappear but hopefully the good writers will show up in other places. Good to see Wired UK back up, I enjoy the American one.