FORUM OR AGAINST 'EM
FOA OFFICIAL TRAILER
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GET AND SHRED (WITH) IT - Volume 2
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ABOUT FORUM OR AGAINST'EM:
Forum Snowboards is proud to announce Forum or Against'em, a high-definition, full-color film starring the influential members of the Forum team. Set to release in Fall 2008, Forum or Against'em will contain a compelling mixture of video imagery, documenting remarkable backcountry adventures, progressive urban exploits, and the notable times spent in-between.

Forum or Against'em will be Forum's fifth team-video release, upholding the progression of an acknowledged movie-making process that has made legacy releases so noteworthy -including The Resistance, True Life, Video Gangs, and That.
WCI 2008
05.05.2008       Filed Under: Trevor Jacob, WCI, Mammoth Mountain, Cameron Pierce, Greg Bretz, Niko Cioffi, For'am Team, Photosets

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.

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FORUM ANNOUNCES “FORUM OR AGAINST’EM” VIDEO PROJECT
04.23.2008       Filed Under: Stevie Bell, Pat Moore, Travis Kennedy, Daniel Ek, Eddie Wall, Nic Sauve, Forum Team, Jake Welch, Peter Line, Forum Or Against'em, Videos, John Jackson, Jake Blauvelt

Forum Snowboards is proud to announce “Forum or Against’em”, a high-definition, full-color film starring the influential members of the Forum team.



Set to release in Fall 2008, Forum or Against’em will contain a compelling mixture of video imagery, documenting remarkable backcountry adventures, progressive urban exploits, and the notable times spent in-between.

Forum or Against'em will be Forum's fifth team-video release, upholding the progression of an acknowledged movie-making process that has made legacy releases so noteworthy – including The Resistance, True Life, Video Gangs, and That.

Forum or Against’em will feature the riding of Peter Line, Joni Malmi, Eddie Wall, John Jackson, Pat Moore, Jake Blauvelt, Stevie Bell, Travis Kennedy, Jake Welch, Nic Sauve, and Daniel Ek with production and editing by Jeremy Pettit, Nathan Yant, Kurt Heine, and Mike Bishop.

Options for viewing the trailer:

1) Watch it big and bold right here
2) Watch it on YouTube
3) Watch it on Forum's Shred Or Die page
4) Simply download here

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JAKE WELCH UPDATE
04.23.2008       Filed Under: Jake Welch



Since Jake Welch is so fond of the crew at Forum (and vice versa), he decided to take a quick flight out from Salt Lake City to provide some feedback on various things. Here he is with Dave, the Forum Board Designer, providing some thoughts on women’s jib board. Actually, this photo is nothing more than testing out our new blog capabilities.

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THE LAUNCH
04.15.2008       Filed Under: Snowboarder Magazine, Trevor Jacob, Northstar at Tahoe, Greg Bretz, For'am Team, Photosets

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.

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HEINE SNAPSHOTS
04.08.2008       Filed Under: Stevie Bell, Travis Kennedy, Peter Line, Nic Sauve, Forum Team, John Jackson, Photosets, Jake Blauvelt

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.



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ASKING JAKE
04.02.2008       Filed Under: North South East West, Forum Team, Jake Blauvelt



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.

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OPEN INJURY
03.26.2008       Filed Under: Daniel Ek, Greg Bretz

Daniel Ek and For'am rider, Greg Bretz, recently headed to Stratton Vermont for the 26th annual US Open of Snowboarding. Greg made it to the pipe finals, but couldn't put his runs together to make a podium finish.



No big whup, but we're not sure if you've spleen what happened, but Daniel Ek managed to rupture his (spleen). After an ambulance ride, Heli-vac, 5 pints of lost blood, and several days isolated in the ICU, Daniel is finally making some progress. Our wishes for him for a full and speedy recovery.

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GREG BRETZ / GRAND PRIX FINALS
03.20.2008       Filed Under: Greg Bretz, For'am Team

For'am rider, Greg Bretz, has been continuing his streak of podium pipe finishes, the most recent of that at the Grand Prix Finals in Killington, Vermont. Bretz received second place for a run consisting of a front 9 into a back 9, a huge air to fakie, cab 7, and finishing off with a frontside 1080. The event was a great preview of what he has planned for future contestants.



In-depth coverage of the Grand Prix final can be had at Future Magazine.

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DROPPIN' F BOMBS / NORTHSTAR AT TAHOE AND BRIGHTON
03.17.2008       Filed Under: Brighton, Northstar at Tahoe, Niko Cioffi, For'am Team, Photosets, Droppin' F Bombs

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.



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GET IT & SHRED (WITH) IT / VOL. 2
03.07.2008       Filed Under: First Chair Last Call, North South East West, Videos, Forum Team, For'em Team, For'am Team



Here comes another version (volume 2) of behind the scenes nonsense from the Forum crew, as they filmed for this season's video release of Special Blend First Chair Last Call and Foursquare's North South East West.



The video nugget has been packaged and presented, featuring footage from Quebec, Dubai, and Snoqualmie Washington.

Other options to get the same thing:

1) Watch and download from the Podcast page

2) Simply download here

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WHERE MY (COBRA) DOGS AT?
03.05.2008       Filed Under: Cobra Dogs

In a collaboration / advertising scheme of foot-long proportions, Forum has bun-ed up with Cobra Dogs, to bring you some gratuitous logo placments on their famous hot dog cart. Hopefully the meaty advertisements will not tarnish your taste of their tasty weiners.







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DROPPIN' F BOMBS SUMMIT AT SNOQUALMIE
03.03.2008       Filed Under: Summit at Snoqualmie, Videos, Droppin' F Bombs

The Northwest produced it’s (almost) patented moist and hazy weather for what proved to be an energetic stop of the Droppin' F Bombs event type thing at Summit at Snoqualmie. The custom course contained a bomb-drop drop-in, mogul minefield and three custom F Bomb jibs.



The unique set-up allowed for serious creativity, where hick-ups (from gut-bomb burritos), hang-ups and stylish bonks were all fair game. After a full days session in the course, a Forum board, boot and binding were rewarded to three worthy competitors.

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SUPER SESSION
02.28.2008       Filed Under: Summit at Snoqualmie, Snowboarder Magazine, Daniel Ek, Peter Line, Cameron Pierce, Videos, Forum Team, Niko Cioffi, For'em Team, For'am Team

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.



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SOME CONTEST COVERAGE
02.25.2008       Filed Under: Greg Bretz, Daniel Josefsen

The Oakley Artic Challenge has come to an end, and with it, the introduction of Daniel Josefsen to the general public. Daniel is a For’Regional rider out of Norway who barely qualified for the event, but placed in the top positions at the “Evening Classics” session. Click the following for video footage (care of Freecaster.tv) of Daniel Josefen: 2nd in the Straight Air event and 3rd in the Upside Down event.



In further regional news, For’Regional rider Greg Bretz has been on a tear with recent pipe contests. Snowboard Revolution checks-in with the reports / photos: a 3rd place finish in Japan, 2nd second at a World Cup in Korea on Feb. 16 and a 2nd at the Chevy U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix on Feb. 9.

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SESSION AT SQUAW
02.21.2008       Filed Under: Daniel Ek, Squaw Valley, Trevor Jacob, Cameron Pierce, Forum Team, Niko Cioffi, For'em Team, For'am Team, Photosets

A crew of emerging Forum riders (aka the For'em and/or 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.



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