SUMMERTIME MELT DOWN, BBQ DELUXE, FRENCH VANILLA SUNDAYS & ALL THE GOOD STUFF

The days are getting longer and our goggle tans are in full swing so we are heading to Les Deux Alples, France for a wicked Summer Camp from July 3rd until 10th. The ChillyDog wagon is ready to Bang like a Benz-y, Stevie Bell and the guys are flying over to join the family so you already know this week will be off the hook!

Through the week events will be going on like the Stevie Bell Game of Skate, Forum Jib Fest, Board Tuning night, BBQs at “Les Bleuets” Bar and of course a legendary end of week party with the Drunken Masters at L’Avalanche Club.

Accommodation: Residence Le Cabourg in Les Deux Alpes
Price: 350 Euros including 6 days lift pass, 7 nights accommodation
Free: Forum Summer Camp Kit

Open to all girls and guys above 16
(16 to 18 years need to bring a guardian)

Contact info: Hotline: +41 787 526 048 / Email: summercamps@demonium.ch / www.demonium-mc.com / www.forum-snowboards.com

Select members of The Forum Team are currently on their way back from a 10 day trip to Japan. They rode, took in all the cultural differences, rode some more, and left their mark on another foreign land. With that being said, all that you love and have come to expect from this blog can be seen below.

Ever wonder how a plate of sushi feels?

Sometimes snowboarding just isn’t enough. When John gets done laying down an afternoon’s worth of hammers, he needs to hit it up on his sled as well. Check out this satisfaction and boredom fueled air.

Ontario Regional Rider, Kevin Konings, took first place in this year’s Telus Triple Big Air Challenge. To hear all the details and follow up on some contest controversy, click on that link for a full story from Snowboard Canada.

Yup, the title says it all. Have at it.

Video courtesy of Pat Fenelon

Tim Peare is really having a good week, which in turn, means that the rest of us will have an incredible experience witnessing his documentation of John Jackson’s snowboarding in a few months. To keep up-to-date on Tim’s blog, you might want to subscribe for all the updates. Shit is blowing up lately.

Forum Staff Photographer, Tim Peare, is claiming to have spent one Hell of a Day with John J. One can only wonder what went down in the backcountry, and his photo slideshow leaves much up to the imagination, but the link above, or the picture below would let you take a peek into the self-proclaimed epicness.

Editor’s note:
These photos are pretty sick considering they were taken from Tim’s iPhone.

New England regional Youngblood Sean Ryan picking some lines through the Breck park.

High Cascade Snowboard Camp’s revolutionary new “learn how to snowboard” sessions on Mt. Hood, Oregon’s glacier are the perfect opportunity to learn snowboarding the fast, fun and easy way. These 8-Day Soft Start summer immersion programs provide the most comprehensive learn to snowboard environments on Earth.

Why is it Soft?
-Warm weather! (no need to freeze)
-Soft Snow! (nature’s crash pad)
-Beginner specific demo equipment
-Terrain Based Learning (banks and rollers designed to safely get you going!)
-HCSC trained coaches! (the best in the biz)
-Small Group Size - 4 riders per coach
-Perfect Summer Learning Terrain on snowboard runs accessed by two High Speed Quads.
-Off-hill learning opportunities: Trampolines, Skateboarding & Video Analysis and more!

High Cascade Snowboard Camp is so sure of their program; they guarantee you will learn how to snowboard. If you don’t, they’ll will comp you another Soft Start Session!

Pete States:

“Broke my thumb this year, so googled ‘broke thumb’, and found a simple step-by-step fix for it: Self-surgery using paperclips and a hammer. Back on the slopes before April.”

After a day of play in the POW of Austria, this is how Day 2 went down. Enjoy.

This is a short clip of Forum Staff Filmer, Kurt Heine, acclimating himself to Japanese transportation. How many ears do you think those headphones were in before he got his hands/head on them?

A spanking new pair of Republic Bindings goes to Daniel Smith. This guy has figured it out. Check it.

1. Always shit at work. not only do you save on toilet paper but you are getting payed to take a shit
2. Sitting on your ass in the park doesn’t make you a snowboarder any more than sitting in the garage makes you a car
3. Never take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night

Use your imagination on how he got to #3…must have been an interesting night. Stay tuned for more contests on the way. Happy Boarding.

This is getting good. The second place goes to Zane Myers who lives a pretty interesting life by the way of his rules to live by.

1. It won’t hurt if you don’t fall, but if you do PBR helps
2. Cutting class to ride is OK. An O.G. beats an M.D. any day
3. Don’t be afraid to raise some hell. Without it, think how many ski partol and cops would be out of jobs.

We’re counting on you to keep those people with jobs. Crack one open and go shred, even if its a school day. The winner of a brand new pair of Republics will be announced tomorrow.

And today’s top rules to live by come from Brandon Corbett:

1. Bluebird always comes before blue balls
2. First chair, Last Call, Sketchy Mornings, Sketchier Nights
3. Show the rail love, because just like you girlfriend, it knows the secret to making you a woman.

Hope you didn’t learn the 3rd one from experience. Happy Boarding!