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2010-07-28T14:34:00.000-07:00

Hey everybody, Oops! I meant to post this a couple of months ago. All the latest videos, updates and news are now on the Small Beating site.

WSVT Shitter Jam, San Diego 6/19/10

2010-06-08T09:26:00.001-07:00

Lasers, Road Rage and Neil Blender

2010-06-07T14:52:00.000-07:00

I didn't think we were gonna be able to make the trek all the way down to Carlsbad for Neil's art show with Swifto and Grant exhibiting photos at Hensley's Pub this past Saturday. I got the call right before I left work on Friday from Chad that the trip was a go.

The drive down was insane. As we're heading down The 5, just past Bakersfield, we got blocked in on purpose by a mini van for about 15 minutes that wouldn't let us pass. Chud gave them to hi-beams to get over. As soon as he does this, green laser beams come shining out of the mini van from what I guess was a laser pointer. We're trying our best not to get blinded and crash. Things were getting hairy. Chud drops it a gear or two and somehow manages to pass them when the car beside the mini van eases off. By this time we're going 115-120. We're in front and "Pac-Man-ing broken white line in the middle of the highway and weaving so they can't run us off the road. We're approaching some 18-wheelers and we drop back and let the van pass us. We later passed them near L.A. and they just stared at us as we passed. By the way, we were in Chud's Mini Cooper so it made all this high speed shenanigans biz even gnarlier.

It was totally worth the insane drive down there to see the show and meet Neil in person for the first time after sending e-mails for years. Same goes for Hago and Senator Cranston.

Big thanks to Mike for letting us crash at his house a mere 50 yards from Hensley's, Nelson for fixing Chud's car, Neil, Cranston, Hago and Jeremy for being rad.

Please take into consideration that these photos were taken with a camera in one hand and a Scotch and coke in the other. Here are all of the pieces Neil had up. If you didn't get there early, you were hating it because most of the paintings were sold and taken off the walls within the first hour.

This is the one I got. STOKED.
This was Hago's pick of the litter. Painted on an old cabinet door.

Volvo rally car. Hot.

One of my favorites of the show. It was sold so quickly I didn't really get a chance to check it out properly.

Lino prints of Heated Wheel standbys "Flower Guy" and "Elvis Machine"
Same here with "Go-Kart" and "The Third Profile"

This one was the subject of Neil's Facebook contest to name it. My entry was "Joe Cocker Wrist Guard".

Close up of the huge "Tricycles Are Lame"
Close up of the huge "Tricycles Are Lame"
Close up of the huge "Tricycles Are Lame"
Close up of the huge "Tricycles Are Lame"
The entire "Tricycles Are Lame" piece. This was the largest in the show. Maybe 5 or 6 feet long.
Noah Nelson, Chad "Chud" Jackson and Josh Nelson
Small Beating's own Matt Moffett. photo: Swifto. Didn't get shots of Brittain's stuff. Too many people in the way...
"Heavy crew..." -Cranston. pictured G&S guys: Miller, Gray, Neil and Ruff. Claar was there too.
Neil and Small Beating VP Jason Duncan.
Neil and Adrian Demain.
Adrian Demain killing it.
Renaissance man, Hagop Najarian
Master mechanic Josh Nelson contemplating Mini Cooper repair. The car was running rough before the I-5 laser jams and that episode couldn't have made things any better!
Laser road rage survivor.

"The Ear" is virgin no more

2010-06-04T10:26:00.000-07:00

Mattson is the first one over "The Ear" at the Small Beating TTF.

Evolution of the Small Beating TTF

2010-06-03T08:43:00.000-07:00

Brad down at The Ranch

2010-06-01T13:33:00.001-07:00

Small Beating's own Brad McClain. 1st place at "Raise Hell IV" contest at The Ranch in Escalon, CA 5/29/10. photos: Jamie Camp

Josh Mattson for Ace Trucks

2010-05-26T10:38:00.000-07:00

More Nelson...

2010-05-25T07:58:00.001-07:00

Nelson and other dudes of length. Grosso's boardslide = Arcadia pride! photo: MRZ

Josh Nelson Pro-Tec Pool Party 2010

2010-05-24T10:19:00.000-07:00

HUGE backside ollie during practice. photo: Peter Furnee
Floating above the square.
photos: unknown. Nelson won the longest backside grind contest for the second year in a row. Three-peat in 2011? Hopefully, he won some cell phone minutes...

NorCal Death Match stop #2

2010-05-20T09:46:00.000-07:00

Nor Cal Death Match stop #2 is coming to 621 Skate Shop in Livermore, CA on Saturday, June 26th. Brad and Josh dominated the last contest they had there back in February. (see photo for the horizontal smiles and the $$$!) Check this link for some footage of that contest.

Still milking that SF Underground contest...

2010-05-18T09:00:00.000-07:00

Rob from Lowcard shot this vid of the SF Underground Friday practice sesh featuring Mattson & Brad.

Nor Cal Death Match: Stop 1

2010-05-17T13:33:00.000-07:00

Nor Cal Death Match series. Stop 1: Surf And Skate, Citrus Heights, CA. Get these two together and things go off!

Josh Mattson, ollie out, 5-0 to revert back in. Gnarbuckle. 1st place. photo: Chud
Brad McClain, nose pick on the extension. bonus for 1st to land something on the gnar wall. 2nd place overall.

Gene Boles, another satisfied customer

2010-05-14T10:16:00.001-07:00

Here, you have another satisfied Small Beating Skateboards customer, Gene Boles. Gene's riding his Josh Nelson deck over the steps at Fred's Pool. There's only about 6" of transition in the shallow so, yes, Gene is gnar! We're skating Fred's on Sunday, so if you want, meet us out there. If you don't know where it is, then you're not invited, don't ask... photo: Jamie Camp

Brad McClain backyard boosting.

2010-05-12T08:41:00.000-07:00

Brad boosting a serious f/s boneless at that San Mateo pool. Don't bother, it's gone already. filmed by Rob Garcia

Interweb jams

2010-05-11T15:58:00.000-07:00

Sometimes you're ahead of the curve by being way behind it... Small Beating is now on Facebook.

That's a lotta herb

2010-05-10T21:46:00.000-07:00

More coverage of the SF Underground contest here. Yeah, Brad!

Con-BRAD-u-lations!

2010-05-10T10:57:00.000-07:00

An amateur skateboard contest, punk show and human gargoyle convention all rolled into one. Mattson was a one-man pro demo, literally. Hendo got beaten by a 10 year-old and our own Brad McClain walked away with 1st place plus $2,000 for his troubles. The check was 8 feet long so it had to be broken into a few pieces before Brad could fit it in his car. Pics and vids to follow. Maybe....

Clothe thyself

2010-05-06T10:24:00.000-07:00

The shoppe just keeps expanding. 2 new shirts hot off Ron's presses. Get some here.

We got posters!

2010-05-04T08:46:00.001-07:00

B(rad) McClain posters can be had when you order from the Small Beating shoppe. These can also be seen hanging in your local shop, if said local shop doesn't suck.

Hunting for Children: Spencer Ramsey pt. 2

2010-04-29T11:15:00.000-07:00

SB's tentacles further unfurl... Small Beating flowbot, Carlsbad, CA's Spencer Ramsey, is back with a short clip of schralping. Got the goods? Send us a clip.

Tits 'n Tiles

2010-04-27T08:48:00.000-07:00

Check out the new pool cleaning crew Peacock has in Fresno! Peacock and Mattson are heading down south to Mumford's this weekend for pool antics.

Small Beating shoppe saves lives

2010-04-23T11:12:00.000-07:00

Florida's Spike Lamy knows what's up. He got his Nelson deck directly from us and now he'll no longer be shredding inferior wood with heat transfer graphics that 99% of skate co.'s try to foist upon you. Yeah, Spike... We don't charge extra for premium PS Stix wood and hand silk screened graphics because this is how a skateboard is supposed to be made.

Spike Kona/St.Augustine trip. from spike lamy on Vimeo.

Know when to fold 'em

2010-04-21T09:56:00.000-07:00

Chad "Chud" Jackson. Curtis' pool, Sacto.

Matt Moffett

2010-04-15T09:45:00.000-07:00

Hewitt found the pool. Moffett & Navs got to work. Moffett piloting his prototype deck through a tight side-wall boardslide. Photo: Rhino. This is from the Independent site. Check it here. Got your Moffett deck yet?

Old dog old tricks

2010-04-13T13:27:00.000-07:00

360 flip pop without the Viagra, bet you didn't know Jackson handles these? On lock for 20 years. Check the new Chad Jackson page.

Art Gordillo- Hunting For Children

2010-04-12T09:36:00.000-07:00

Another fresh kill from the HUNTING FOR CHILDREN page. The flow kids up in Oregon are down for Small Beating. In France, Art Gordillo's skating would be known as "Le Butter". The cleanest of the clean. Nothing but bolts. If you've got the goods, send us a clip.

Mattson One Line

2010-04-09T08:28:00.000-07:00

The blowing up of Mattson continues... Josh has a clip up on the Paying In Pain site.

City Underground Contest 5/8/10 San Francisco

2010-04-08T08:55:00.001-07:00

Hendo & Brad will be there representing the Small Beating Skateboard Co.

Mattson On The Rise

2010-04-07T16:02:00.001-07:00

Mattson is blowing up this week! His new Fresno Weekend clip is the "Video Of The Day" on the skateboard.tv site. Check it.

Josh Mattson is now riding for SC Boardroom

2010-04-07T08:36:00.000-07:00

Josh Mattson now rides for the SC Boardroom! The SC Boardroom now carries the fine products of the Small Beating Skate Co. All you Santa Cruz heads that want stuff, go see TC and the crew. Here's Mattson representing with the sick new Boardroom shirt. Stairs to death box dodge.

Cancer Dust DVD now in the shoppe!

2010-04-06T09:47:00.000-07:00

preview:

Peacock's "Cancer Dust" DVD. Basically, the best video ever made of backyard pool skating. Only 1,000 copies were made and when they're are gone , they are GONE! 100% skating, not talking heads babbling about some pool they skated 30 years ago. Only $12.95 in the shoppe!

Matt Moffett

2010-04-01T09:47:00.000-07:00

Got your Moffett board yet? Everybody be lovin' that shape. Get it here!

JOSH NELSON

2010-03-25T09:50:00.000-07:00

OUR MAN IN THE MASTERS DIVISION, JOSH NELSON, SCORES 3RD THE FIRST DAY AND 4TH THE SECOND DAY IN FLA BOWLRIDERS! GET NELSON'S BOARD HERE.

Fresh from Fresno

2010-03-22T14:26:00.000-07:00

Mattson and Brad just got done with another Fresno pool session. Peacock has the clip on the way! Hang in there, it's a goody!

Expensive by-product of our culture

2010-03-18T14:53:00.000-07:00

Chud: " I just want everyone to know that stickers are expensive but also a by-product of our culture. Now, you can have the power of MOFFETT even if you can't get a premium Small Beating Matt Moffett deck yourself! Ha Ha ... more laughter.. a fart.. more laughter....Bye."

I'll go out on a limb and say that we're probably the only skate co. still making stickers of its pro riders graphics, save for the ones Powell does for some of their former pros.

Nelson's Florida Vacation

2010-03-17T10:12:00.000-07:00

PLG, Adam Dyet and Josh Nelson doing an in-store at Ron Jon in Florida. Nelson is there for the Florida Bowl Riders Cup.

Fashion

2010-03-16T09:25:00.000-07:00

OK, we've got new shirts in the shop. Buy 'em by the sack!

Store vectors

2010-03-11T16:12:00.001-08:00

Checked out the SMALL BEATING store yet? Peeps from Kansas to Kathmandu are now on the program. Don't kook it.

Chris Henderson scraping the ceiling on a blunt fakie at The Log Shop in Pacifica.

Josh Mattson Fresno teaser clip

2010-03-10T13:28:00.000-08:00

Fresh off his win at the new Fresno park, here's a little morsel of gnar before the upcoming Mattson main meal on The Small Beating Channel.

SMALL BEATING ONLINE SHOPPE

2010-03-08T13:14:00.000-08:00

As you can tell by the photo below, all our shirts are sold-out out at the moment... That still didn't keep Devin Scott from backsmithing over the love seat at the TTF. We've got decks and hats available right now at the SMALL BEATING ONLINE SHOPPE. Have a ye olde grande time giving us your $$$...

SMALL BEATING online store coming next week!

2010-03-05T08:31:00.000-08:00

Starting next week, you'll be able to get everything Small Beating while sitting on your ass at home or anywhere the interweb is available. Chud, blunt fakie at the Small Beating TTF (tiny training facility).

Stop-gap filler post

2010-03-04T12:58:00.000-08:00

Next week we're gonna have the SMALL BEATING online shop up and running. Now, you won't have any excuse for not riding our shit. If your local shop ain't hip enough have our product on their shelves, you can get it directly from us. Decks, tees, hats, oven mitts, Zanotto's tri-tips, etc. In the meantime, enjoy this tasty pic of Josh Nelson doing a back smith to fakie a/k/a a "Nancy Reagan" on the Blockhead ramp. photo: Chud. OK, after you ponder that for a while, check out the SMALL BEATING CHANNEL on skateboard.tv.

621 Skate Shop ramp jam clip

2010-03-02T13:08:00.000-08:00

The proof is in the pudding as some fool once said... Here's some footy from 2/27/10 of the finals and best trick. This shit is even more impressive after you've skated this ramp with the kinks and coping that casts a shadow it sticks out so far. Check Brad getting knocked the fuck out at 1:35,

60 hours in San Diego Clip

2010-03-02T09:25:00.000-08:00

Chris Henderson, Josh Mattson and Brad McClain shreddin' some tasty spots in SD: Washington Street, Snatch Park, Carmel Valley, Ocean Beach, etc. Check the clip on the SMALL BEATING CHANNEL.

621 Skate Shop ramp jam carnage recap

2010-03-01T15:45:00.001-08:00

2/27/10 621 Skate Shop ramp jam Livermore, CA
Brad and Josh were all horizontal smiles after they destroyed the new 621 ramp and got paid.
Brad McClain, 1st place. Lien Melon. Don't spell it "lean", stupid. It's Neil spelled backwards.

Josh Mattson, 2nd place. All your shit, to revert.

Big ups to 621 Skate Shop crew, Ron Allen and everybody in Livermore that knows how to enjoy themselves.
photos: Shawn Rossmiller

SMALL BEATING is now on skateboard.tv

2010-03-01T08:50:00.000-08:00

Still recovering from the shit-blast that was this past weekend...The SMALL BEATING CHANNEL is now live on skateboard.tv. Skateboard.tv is 100% skateboarding: no fruitbooters, biker kooks or FMX jocks. First up, is a little teaser clip of Devin Scott at Roosevelt in San Jose, CA. Stay tuned later this week for the San Diego trip clip with Mattson, Hendo and Yeah Brad.

621 Skate Shop mini-ramp contest Saturday February 27th

2010-02-26T09:24:00.000-08:00

No age groups or categories, just a free for all. 621 Skate Shop is Small Beating rider Brad McClain's shop sponsor. Sign-ups are between Noon-2pm, contest starts at 3 pm. There are only 24 entries available.

The Most Dangerous Man in Skateboarding!

2010-02-25T10:59:00.000-08:00

Get hot or get fucked! Brand spanking new Josh Mattson "Mad Fish" model out now on Small Beating!

Video Crumbs

2010-02-23T11:02:00.001-08:00

Since we're in the middle of getting new clips together here's sometime to tide you over in the meantime. Last year's Chili Bowl at Potrero Del Sol. Featuring Josh Mattson puking his guts out and then throwing up a f/s 540 first wall, Chris "Hendo" Henderson with the butttery-est smoothest b/s lips ever and "Yeah" Brad McClain coming in hot with the smoothness clearing the peninsula and winning it all.

The BEATINGS continue...

2010-02-22T14:32:00.000-08:00

More power moves from SMALL BEATING... Welcome to the team: Josh Mattson, Brad McClain and Devin Scott. Don't be an Allen. Get some!
Josh Mattson pro mode l out today! photo: Peacock

Brad McClain. photo: Vinnie T.

Devin Scott, photo: Jason Duncan

JACKSON & HENDERSON TRIP TO SO-CAL

2010-01-14T15:41:00.000-08:00

Yeah, we took a trip down south, it rains and is cold sometimes in San Jose. Got some sick spots in thanks to some friends. Thanks again to: Steve and Fred from Firebaugh, Ben Schroeder, Kevin Wickheiser, Ivery Turner & Cass, The Skatelab of Simi Valley, Mike Mcgill's Skateshop, Dave Bergthold, The Washington St. Crew, and special thanks to the GREENLIGHT COLLECTIVE. We'll be back soon.

Remember Sin

2010-01-04T09:48:00.000-08:00

The end of the year. You look back on what happened this year right? Alot of cool shit went down this year, but the thing I thought about most the other night was that we lost another. I grew up with all these rad influences when I was a kid at the Del Mar Skateranch, and Sin was one of them. I remember when he started balding, he shaved his head bald on the top, to see what it would look like, and for laughs. Another time I watched him and Dan Sturt take turns destroying each others cars, freak show. Sin took this picture of me at McGills in 1990, it showed up in Poweredge. Thanks Sin for all the laughs.

Hendo at Logshop

2009-12-28T08:40:00.000-08:00

Sunday we hit up the logshop and skated with Jeff Hedges. Yes, Ffeg, super cool to see you Jeff, gotta do more of that shit. Thanks to the guys at the Logshop for the hospitality. Here's Hendo the horrible with another one of those ollie disaster up mount everest, ouch!

Thrasher Skater of the Year Party

2009-12-17T09:06:00.000-08:00

"Thrasher posted this vid with Hendo at the skater of the year party, warning, images of the Phelper are included!"

Thrasher Skateboard Magazine

Welcome

2009-12-14T12:38:00.000-08:00

"Welcome to the SMALLBEATING SKATBOARD COMPANY'S official Bullshit zone, dig it."

NEW! HATS

2009-12-14T12:37:00.000-08:00

NEW! HATS WITH ALL THE CAPABILITIES OF THE OTHER LEADING BRANDS HATS.

CHRIS HENDERSON UPDATED

2009-12-14T12:34:00.001-08:00

After a hideouse sprain in his ankle healed in a mere week, HENDO was back at it with shit like this switch frontside grind over the loveseat at Jackson Bowl. Friday night we went to see Tony Hawk and Jake Phelps give out the Skater of the Year Award, but Hendo had to jump up on the ramp and un-officially steal the show. Backside three boneless fool? "This man is DANGEROUS!"- Apallo Creed's Manager, saying it best.