Forum Snowboarding
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Forum Snowboards | |
Type of Company | Private |
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Founded | Irvine, California (1996) |
Headquarters | Irvine, California, USA |
Key people | JP Walker, Peter Line, Devun Walsh, Joni Malmi, Lauri Heiskari, Travis Kennedy, Jake Blauvelt, Pat Moore, Cheryl Maas |
Industry | Sports, Snowboarding |
Products | Snowboards, Clothing, Video |
Revenue | $10 to $12 Million USD (2004) |
Employees | 50? (2005) |
Website | www.forum-snowboards.com |
Forum Snowboarding is a snowboarding company owned by Burton Snowboards.
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[edit] 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.
[edit] Team
Peter Line attempted to create the greatest pro team ever, which resulted in "The Forum 7", arguably the most progressive group of riders ever. Some of the Forum 7 were: JP Walker, Jeremy Jones, Joni Malmi, Bjorn Leines, Devun Walsh, and Peter Line.
[edit] Videos
Forum has been working with Mack Dawg Productions to produce a number of snowboard videos including The Resistance, True Life, Video Gangs, and their most recent video, That. Forum's videos all feature riders of the Forum team.