Video Review: "F IT"

As winners of Transworld's prestigious video of the year award in 2009, I had high expectations for Forum's newest flick. "Forever" was an excellent film with great riding as well as editing. "F IT" was no where close to reaching my expectations and fell several strides short of "Forever". Not only did the film fall ten minutes shorter than most snowboard videos, but the editing was, for lack of a better word, immature. It seemed like they just wanted the opportunity to swear a lot. Though I at first thought their sex, drugs, and rock snowboards were funny, in light if this film it seems like it's just a cheap marketing strategy to get kids to buy their product.  The editing in the film made very little sense; though the production effects were excellent, is that necessary in a snowboard film? In addition to that there are clips of unicorns, swearing owls, bodybuilders, space expeditions, and of course some annoying autotuning. It made very little sense and actually got a bit annoying to watch. Now that I've gotten all my criticisms out of the way, I can focus on it's pluses, mainly being the riding. It was great to see former Variety Pack rider Cameron Pierce shredding with Forum; he's an extremely talented and stylish rider that deserves to be on such a well-known team. Nico Sauve also had an incredibly impressive part; since his first Forum flick "First Chair / Last Call" he has made incredible progress. However, John Jackson is definitely what made this video. Check out one of my earlier posts, he has an insane part! The only other rider I know that goes as big as John is Travis Rice and that is a pretty impressive feat. Not only does he throw down almost every trick in the book, but does some really cool pillow lines. He's just a tank. So basically I wouldn't suggest buying the DVD but iTunes is pretty cheap so maybe download it there and then mute it when you watch it.