Forum Forever and Standards, Black Winter premiered last night at the historic Balboa Theatre in the Gaslamp Quarter of San Diego.  A massive performing arts venue that hosts off-broadway plays, opera’s, and musical presentations a packed crowd of snowboarders seemed a bit odd in such a regal venue but with the usual beer and Monster flowing things got familiar pretty quick.  All the top shredders and industry heads were in the house to watch the new flicks.

First vid to hit the huge screen was Forever Forum. True to it’s roots the video had a good team vibe and creativity.  Pat Moore opened up with a solid part mixing up urban features, backcountry and park.  Forums Youngblood section was a splattering of trickery assault as double corks and massive jumps from a handful of up and comers shot across the screen. Norwegian Daniel Ek stomped a solid backside rodeo 1080. John Jackson closed out the video with some sick backcountry jumps and some serious threading the needle chutes.

A change over when the big budget production Black Winter lit up the screen. Years of experience filming and editing shows in this production. Standard regulars Torstein Horgmo, Eric Jackson, Mark Landvik, Andreas Wiig, and Xavier Delerue were joined by Canadians Jason Dubois, Seb Toots, Andrew Geeves, and Leanne Pelosi. the only female in the video Leanne had a small but tight part with technical rail tricks as she board slid through kinked rails, stomped a board slide to 270 out, and got tight on a 50-50 toe jam in Quebec.  Extreme rider Xavier Delerue took it to the next level with some insane lines and drops that made me nervous just watching. Getting buried last year in an avalanche certainly hasn’t slowed this guy down!  This video covered all aspects of snowboarding, something for everyone.

Anne-Flore Marxer, Hana Beamon, Leanne Pelosi, photographer Vanessa Andruix and Roberta Rodger

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