Forum Snowboarding

Infobox_Company
company_name = Forum Snowboards
company_
company_type = Private
foundation = Irvine, California (1996)
location = Irvine, California, USA
key_people = Peter Line,
Joni Malmi,
Travis Kennedy,
Jake Blauvelt,
Pat Moore,
Cheryl Maas
industry = Sports,
Snowboarding
products = Snowboards,
Clothing,
Video
revenue = profit$10 to $12 Million USD (2004)
num_employees = 50? (2005)
homepage = [http://www.forum-snowboards.com/ www.forum-snowboards.com]

Forum Snowboards is a snowboarding company owned by Burton Snowboards.

History

Forum snowboards was first started by Four Star Distribution and pro snowboarder Peter Line in the summer of 1996.On July 15, 2004 Forum was bought by Burton Snowboards.

Team

Peter Line attempted to create the greatest pro team ever, which resulted in "The Forum 8", arguably the most progressive group of riders ever. The Forum 8 were: JP Walker, Jeremy Jones, Joni Malmi, Bjorn Leines, Devun Walsh, Chris Dufficy, Wille Yli-Luoma and Peter Line and were seen on Mack Dawg Productions' "The Resistance".

Since then, 6 of the original 8 have left Forum, with Joni Malmi and Peter Line the only original Forum 8 left.JP Walker, Devun Walsh, Lauri Heiskari and Iikka Bäckström left Forum Snowboards in 2006 and 2007.

Currently, the Forum team consists of: Peter Line, Joni Malmi, Eddie Wall, Travis Kennedy, Pat Moore, Jake Blauvelt, Stevie Bell, Jake Welch, Nic Sauve, Daniel Ek and John Jackson [ [http://www.transworldsnowboarding.com/snow/news/article/0,26719,1679093,00.html?cid=feed-news-top5 Transworld Snowboarding] John Jackson on Forum / Special Blend. Retrieved Nov 6, 2007] .

Videos

Forum has been working with Mack Dawg Productions to produce a number of snowboard videos including The Resistance, True Life, Video Gangs. However, their most recent video, "That" was not made by Mack Dawg. Forum's videos all feature riders of the Forum team along with friend's of the team. In 2006, team members Stevie Bell and JP Walker appeared in one of the most highly anticipated documentaries of the year in Sunset Film's "Montreal". In 2007-08 season the boys released a new forum video entitled "that". Upcoming in the 2008-09 seasons the boys are going to release a new installment called forum or against em.

Boards

For the 2009 season, Forum has a fairly new line up, but most just revamped models from the previous year. With the new John Jackson, Eddie Wall, Travis Kennedy and Pat Moore Pro models, The Hundreds, Grudge, Seeker, Symbol, Scheme, Roost, Destroyer, Substance, Raider, Youngblood, Mini Youngblood, Stomper, Maual, Recon, superstar, Craft, Spinster, Star, Aura.

References

External links

* [http://www.forum-snowboards.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.epicboarder.com/ Snowboarding Forum]