Although the weather in Mammoth felt more like late Spring than early Winter, the mountain provided many with their first turns of the 2008/2009 season. For’am Team riders Trevor Jacob, Greg Bretz, and Niko Cioffi were around to take a few of their own as well, along with their first jumps and jibs; some of which are documented below.

In conjunction with the release of Forum or Against’em, this exclusive clip is part of the Forum Fridays project – select clips, not part of the final cut, but worthy of your viewing pleasure.

This installment features additional footage of the For’ams – aka The Forum Amateur team. While not the entire crew, it does feature multiple nuggets in a variety of terrain from the likes of Daniel Ek, Greg Bretz, Trevor Jacob, Cameron Pierce and Niko Cioffi.

Forum or Against’em is Forum’s fifth team-video release, upholding the progression of an acknowledged movie-making process that has produced prior noteworthy films. The video can be downloaded for $5.99 in the United States iTunes store.

Mammoth Mountain hosted this year’s Superpark, entitled “Son of Berzerker”. Pat Moore came down for a few days to meet up with For’ams Greg Bretz, Trevor Jacob, Niko Cioffi, and Cameron Pierce. You’ll have to wait for next season’s issue to drop for all the magazine worthy coverage, but for now, here’s a sneak-peak.

Mammoth locals Greg Bretz and Trevor Jacob were joined by fellow For’am members Cameron Pierce and Niko Cioffi for the annual West Coast Invitational and Fiesta De La Pipa situated in Mammoth, California.

They definitely shined in the competition, but unfortunately, not bright enough to walk away with any cash in the winner take-all-event. So yeah, there’s not much to update when nobody wins anything. Just chow down on some photos from the weekend’s event, and wash it down with some Corona while you enjoy your Cinco de Mayo.

DROPPIN’ F BOMBS - NORTHSTAR
A sizable midweek crew came together at Northstar-at-Tahoe for a detonating demonstration of explosive snowboarding, bomb sliding, gut bombing, and bomb dropping. Chris Bartkowski brought home a Forum Destroyer Snowboard for being the first to 50/50 540 off the missile. Cody Boan got some Forum boots for a nose-press f/s 360 off the firecracker stick, and Andrew Brewer received Forum bindings for his f/s Chuck Norris Chop b/s 450 revert off the upright F Bomb.

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DROPPIN’ F BOMBS - BRIGHTON
Meanwhile, over at Brighton, Utah over 100+ contestants signed-up to test their skills against the F Bombs. Ben Farrell was rewarded Forum bindings for his 50-50 to Bennihana off the missile jib. Alex Andrews will be stomping around in some Forum boots for his cab 450/450 out on the firecracker stick, and Christian Hobush will be jibbing in style on a brand new Forum Youngblood for his 360 nose bonk on the upright F Bomb. Mucho gut bombs were served, so one should shudder to think what the Brighton bathrooms looked like. But, the biggest explosions came after the contest when Brighton lit-up a fireworks show in celebration of all the bombs being dropped.

Peter Line and Daniel Ek met up with For’ams Niko Cioffi and Cameron Pierce at The Summit-at-Snoqualmie for a Snowboarder Magazine “Super Session.” The park crew put together some unique features and let the team have-at-it for the better part of a week, documenting the action for a magazine issue to be released next fall. The Super Session also coincided with the Annual Holy Oly Revival, where the crew sessioned one of the finest quarterpipes the Northwest has ever seen.

A crew of emerging Forum riders (aka the For’am Team) made their way to Squaw Valley, California for a park and pipe photoshoot. There’s really not much more to report than that, so if you feel inclined, check these photos of Daniel Ek, Trevor Jacobs, Niko Cioffi and Cameron Pierce.