With 2010 just a few hours away, it’s time to solidify some New Year’s Resolutions. Take a gander back at Forum’s Team Shootout Video. Remember, yesterday you learned that choices you make today will positively or negatively affect the environment tomorrow…

All the behind the scenes footage from the shootout will air on MTV2, January 30, 2010

To download the entire TWS Team Shootout on iTunes, click here

FORUM VIDEOS ON TWS

Here’s a 120 Second Saturday clip, featuring Cole Barash, and his thoughts on his 2010 TWS Photo Annual Cover featuring Stevie Bell. Check it out to hear him speak a little more in depth about his Snow Silho photo essay, and drop a call to Stevie to deliver the good news.

Italian Forum Rider, Simon Gruber, logged some laps this summer at Gentleman Riders Summer Camp in Val Senales. This little Vimeo nugget documents his exploits snowboarding…the vimeo nugget of him at the gentleman’s club, well, that one’s staying under lock and key.

Check out what John J has to say on love, death, fear, and respect for the mountains he grew up in — and how he managed to film one of the strongest video parts of the year.

Click here for the full interview - Built For These Mountains

Rail and Backcountry sessions aren’t the only thing these guys are good at. At a recent little get-together, John J laid down some rhythm, while Nic picked up the lead in during this impromptu jam session. Bet you didn’t know Nic Sauve derived his talent from being a prodigy on the violin. John Jackson derived his from being a hippie…

HAPPY HOLIDAYS from the FORUM crew! Check out what the team has been up to and some alternate angle photos. Enjoy and may your wishes of landing in deep POW, stomping that trick and having fun with your crew come true.

Thanks to all who played and studied up the Scallywag for the finer points in pirate mustachery. The winner turned out to be B$. Here is what he had to say, “Tis is a real stache ye see here, birthed on the high seas, taken to the slopes.”

YARRRRR…

Here are the Runner-up’s. Stay tuned to forumsnowboards for more contests and chances to win cool stuff.

Bank commercials, that is. Peter’s mug has been plastered all over Austria, from bus stops and billboards, to ATM machines and TV commercials. If you’re lookin’ for a quick loan, hit Peter up, and while you’re at it, have him make you some of his schnitzel. It’s delicious.

This week’s Forum Friday comes direct from Innsbruck. Andreas Wiig, and Pat Moore headed to Austria to meet up with some of the European team for Air & Style. Youngbloods, Niki Korpela and Ethan Morgan, did their part in the rookie session, while Andreas, Pat, and Peter Konig rode in the pro division. Niki FT’d his first Frontside 1440 and took third place with the Rookies. Andreas stepped up wtih some frontside doublecork 10s and walked off with 3rd place overall.

Transwolrd’s 2010 Photo Issue features The Snow Silho photo essay from Cole Barash. One of Stevie Bell’s photos appeared on the cover, while shots from Eddie Wall, Niko Cioffi, Greg Bretz, and Trevor Jacob were found within the story. Click on this link right here to check out a behind-the-scenes story of Cole’s 2 year long endeavor.

Cole’s Blog

Cole Barash, Photo: Chris Wellhausen

Show us your ‘Stache and win a new Scallywag board!

Ahoy Mateys…Who you be calling a Scallywag? Everyone loves mustache rides and everyone should love riding with a mustache. Study up the finer details of pirate mustachery on the Scallywag and then start growing. The contest kicks off December 14th with all submissions due December 21st. Send in your mustache photos to forum@theprogram.com and win a new 155 Scallywag with ChillyDog continuous rocker. Runner-ups will get buckets of sand and/or scarvy. This is open to anyone-ladies don’t be shy. We’ll even take entries of painted-on, drawn-on or tattooed mustaches. Start growing! Drinking ale, soaking in salt water, singing pirate chanteys, and saying words like, yarrrggghh, ahoy, matey and shiver me timbers will help.

Yargggh,
-The Forum Crew

Official Rules and Regs here.

Crazy what you can find on the internet sometimes…

The 11th Annual TransWorld SNOWboarding Riders’ Poll Awards will be held at The Fillmore Auditorium in Downtown Denver, Friday, January 29, 2010 during the SIA trade show. The Riders’ Poll Awards honors snowboarding’s top riders-the winners are determined by polling more than 125 professional snowboarders worldwide. In addition, thousands of TransWorld SNOWboarding readers cast their votes for the winner of the Men’s and Women’s Reader’s Poll Award.

Want to see more footy of Andreas shredding and killing it? Wonder what he’s up to today, tomorrow? Check it all right here. You can find his blog, images, video, what he’s all about and all on his new set-up with Forum. Get after it.

Not many riders would generally get to experience this point of view, but thanks to ONBOARD MAGAZINE and Forum Youngblood, Ethan Morgan, you can get a full 1st person POV of a backside seven over Innsbruck’s Air & Style jump.

Forum Fridays comes to you as an extension of Forum’s most recent team-inspired snowboarding release, FOREVER. While the footage is admirable, it was dropped on the cutting room floor, but swept back up for your visual indulgence.

This one’s all about The Bangers. No explanation needed.

FOREVER is Forum’s sixth team-video release, and is now available on DVD and in the iTunes Store.

TWS

Cameron’s FULL PART from Variety Pack’s, “Not Bad”, is now available on TWS.

Here are a few more photos and a little write-up from Onboard Magazine, on some of the Forum European Team. Check out Mario Kappeli’s first attempt at double-back rodeo while you’re at it.

Nice work Steven

Andreas Wiig, and Pat Moore headed to Austria to meet up with some of the European team for Air & Style. Youngbloods, Niki Korpela and Ethan Morgan, did their part in the rookie session, while Andreas, Pat, and Peter Konig got down with the big boys. Niki FT’d his first Frontside 1440 and took third place with the Rookies. Andreas stepped up wtih some frontide doublecork 10s and walked off with 3rd place overall.

Who you be callin’ a Scallywag? Check out the Scallywag board featuring ChillyDog Continous Rocker which gives this board its mutinous grrrrr as well as some apparel that won’t break the booty bin. Click on the photos for more. God Speed.

Check out what Nic has to say about what gear he chooses to shred when filming.

The European Forum team has been posted up in Stubai, Austria, riding powder, and practicing a bit for the upcoming Air & Style contest. Andreas Wiig and Pat Moore headed over to join, and decided to stop in and meet up at X DOUBLE in Innsbruck for a little appearance.

Over the past week, the local Forum crew threw a benefit contest to help raise funds for a shop employee, The Source in Calgary, who recently was diagnosed with cancer. We put up a limited edition Forever Manual board for raffle to all the customers of The Source for a donation of $2 minimum. We raised some good loot for him and Florenzo Russo was the lucky
winner of the draw. Check out the winning photo and thanks to the Forum crew in Calgary and The Source for keeping the good vibes flowing.

The rumors are true. As winter has arrived, so has Norwegian phenom Andreas Wiig to Forum’s pro team. Joining Peter Line, Eddie Wall, Pat Moore, Jake Welch, Stevie Bell, John Jackson, Nic Sauve and Daniel Ek, Andreas is set to give it 110% this season. Whether riding the park, at a slopestyle event or filming in the backcountry, Wiig continually pushes his limits.

“It’s an honor to be part of such a talented and progressive team, a team that is setting the standard in snowboarding today,” says Wiig. “I already know most of the guys on the team and I’m looking forward to riding with them. It’s going to be good times.”

“There is no better fit for Forum than Andreas. Forum is a cutting-edge freestyle brand and that is exactly who Andreas is, always taking it to a new level,” states Director of Team Marketing, Bryan Knox. “We are all extremely happy to be working with a rider of this caliber.”

Thinking back to when his snowboarding career began and how he got to where he is today, Andreas is looking forward to focusing more on filming and shooting photos. Although he’ll continue to participate in select contests globally, the emphasis of Wiig’s upcoming season seems to be reconnecting with his roots.

SCALLYWAG MUSTACHE GROWING CONTEST OFFICIAL RULES
- No purchase is necessary - No fee to enter - A purchase will not improve your chances of winning
Contest begins at 12:00 AM ET on December 14, 2009 and ends at 11:59 PM ET on December 21, 2009.
ENTRY IN THIS CONTEST CONSTITUTES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES
Sponsored by FORUM SNOWBOARDS (“Forum”), located at 152 Industrial Parkway, Burlington, VT, 05401, U.S.A.
ELIGIBILITY This contest is only open to legal residents of the continental United States (excluding RI) and Canada (excluding Quebec). It is subject to all federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Employees of Forum and its respective parent, retailers, distributors, affiliates and their agents, advertising, promotion and production agencies and their immediate family members (parents, children, siblings and spouses of children or siblings) and household members are not eligible. Participants under the age of 18 must receive permission from a parent or guardian to enter.
By attempting to submit an entry, you release Forum and its parent company, and their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives, retailers, distributors, affiliates and their agents, advertising, promotion and production agencies from all losses and any and all liability for any loss, harm, damages, costs or expenses, rights, claims, and actions of any kind in connection with the contest, including without limitation, property damage, criminal prosecution, personal injury and/or death, arising out of your participation in this contest.
Failure to comply with all rules and regulations associated with the “Scallywag Mustache Growing” contest could result in disqualification from the “Scallywag Mustache Growing” contest.
ENTRY AT FORUM@THEPROGRAM.COM ONLY
Submit an original photograph of your mustache to forum@theprogram.com. This is the only method of entry. Forum is not responsible for any lost, late, delayed, illegible, incomplete, mutilated, or misdirected entries. Forum is not responsible for incorrect or inaccurate entry information caused by any technical or human error which may occur in the processing of the entries in this contest.
ALL SUBMISSIONS All registration materials, including forms, essays, drawings, sketches, designs and photographs submitted during this contest, are considered public domain. Forum reserves the right to, in its sole discretion, cancel, modify or suspend this contest. Potentially offensive entries to the “Scallywag Mustache Growing” contest will not be considered. By submitting an entry you warrant that it is wholly original and does not infringe any copyright, trademark, publicity, privacy or other proprietary right of any third party, union or guild. Entrants in the contest agree to assign the rights, title and intellectual property rights in their submissions to Forum as a condition of competing for a prize. Winner must sign all necessary documents to affect the transfer of rights. You hereby give Forum the absolute right to use your response for any lawful purpose whatsoever in any and all forms of media. You hereby waive any right that you may have to inspect or approve the finished product(s), if any, that use your entry and any compensation resulting from the entry you submit.
All entries are subject to verification. Any entry that is tampered with, counterfeited, illegible, mutilated, reproduced, contains printing or other errors, obtained where prohibited or not obtained legitimately, is null and void. In the event that production, seeding, printing or other errors cause more than the stated number
of prizes of any category to be claimed, Forum reserves the right to suspend delivery of prizes, without prior notice.
SUBMISSION REVIEW All entries must be received by 11:59 PM EDT on December 23, 2009.
A review of all completed registration forms and essays will begin on or about December 24, 2009. All submissions will be reviewed based on a combination of the following criteria: creativity/uniqueness; quality of execution; and applicability to contest theme. Winners will be notified by email or Federal Express on or about December 24, 2009. If a Prize Notification Letter or a Prize is returned as undeliverable, the Prize will be forfeited and awarded to an alternate winner in a random drawing from among all remaining eligible entries.
PRIZE AND ITS APPROXIMATE RETAIL VALUE (“ARV”) There is one (1) prize, consisting of one (1) Scallywag with ChillyDog continuous rocker snowboard. Approximate retail value of the prize is USD Five Hundred and 00/100 Dollars ($500.00). The prize must be chosen from available stock.
Winner will be solely responsible for all federal, state and local taxes, license, fees or other costs. Forum will ship prize to each winner via Federal Express at Forum’s expense. Forum is not responsible for delays in delivery of any prize. Winner shall bear all risk of loss to prize after it has been received. Forum is under no obligation to provide winner with any other substitute prize. In the event a winner is or becomes ineligible, the prize may be forfeited and awarded to an alternate winner in a random drawing from among all remaining eligible entries.
Prize is non-transferable; no substitutions, exchanges, or product redemptions. Winner will be required to execute and return an Affidavit of Eligibility and Liability Release within fourteen (14) days of notification or prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner selected.
By participating in this contest, entrants agree to abide by and be bound by these Official Rules. Participants agree that this contest is exclusively governed by the laws of the State of Vermont. Any claims arising out of the contest shall be governed by Vermont law and may be brought only in a federal or state court in Vermont. If any provisions of these Official Rules are held to be invalid or unenforceable, all remaining provisions hereof will remain in full force and effect.
By accepting a prize, winner grants to Forum the right to use his/her name, likeness, hometown and biographical information, for any lawful purpose, without further permission or compensation, except where prohibited by law.
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