Snowboarder Magazine took their tried-and-true Superpark formula and created an atmosphere where the youngest generation of up-and-coming riders could prove themselves.

Entitled The Launch, it was held at Northstar-at-Tahoe and featured For’ams Greg Bretz, Trevor Jacob, along with Northwest Foregional Rider Austen Sweetin. Check out the pics and/or this link that brings you to the Day 3 story on the Snowboarder site.

Forum team filmer, Kurt Heine, put down the video camera to check-in with a few shots of the Forum Team. But don’t expect too much, as it’s just a set of posing and posing and posing some more. With that noted, here are the shots.

Jake Blauvelt has been on a tear in the Pacific Northwest backcountry - opting to collect knee-deep memories, rather than podium trophies. His prowess and natural board control is a thing of inherent beauty. Read some words (as asked by Forum correspondent Joel Muzzey) right here.