This was the first year Forum decided to do their own video instead of filming for the new MDP project. Since Mack Dawg (MDP) was one of the original owners of Forum, the MDP crew of filmers would still be used to film all year. Sean Kearns, from the Whiskey series, was brought in to run the project, and what a project it became!
This video helped take the Forum hype to a whole new level. The riders were pushing themselves while filming all year in front of the lens and Sean Kearns was pushing himself behind the scenes. The opening scene was something you will always remember! Sean hired a stunt man to come and work with the team for the scene to make sure Pete didn’t end up really kicking the team’s ass. While the acting may not win an academy award, when O Fortune music comes on I always get hyped and still feel the energy to this day! — Rob Mathis
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This month, we take a dive into the archives of Rob Mathis. Few photographers have dedicated more days to this craft, logging countless rolls of film, sleepless nights, and traveling the world with some of the most dignified riders in snowboarding. Among them: the Forum 8. This iconic group, consisting of Peter Line, Jeremy Jones, JP Walker, Bjorn Lienes, Joni Malmi, Chris Dufficy, Wille Yli-Luoma and Devun Walsh, led a freestyle revolution that would launch snowboarding into the hearts and minds of people around the world. These candid moments from a bygone time in our culture capture a movement in its infancy, and serve as a reminder that their influence is still felt to this day.
Those Days is a new, weekly series from Snowboard Mag that gives photographers a platform to share some of the most memorable moments from their careers. Each month, we give a different photographer the platform to share photos that spur feelings of nostalgia, triumph, pain, happiness; anything with a story they want to tell. Our culture’s history is vast and full of these special, fleeting instants in time. Those Days is here to bring them to you.
