Congratulations!
We had a tough time coming up with a winner for the Forsnowboarding x Grafik Armor Snowboard Graphic Design Contest. There were a lot of great entries submitted over the course of the contest from many talented people, but at the end of the day it was Zsolt Varga AKA Sekond who took home the grand prize. Zsolt will get his design turned into a custom one of a kind Grafik Armor decal wrap. Second place goes to Matt Fisher of Provoke Creative, with a great sketch design. Matt will get a Grafik Armor decal wrap of his choice from current lineup. Thanks again to everyone for participating! Better images of the board designs after the jump.

Image source: Forsnowboarding x Grafik Armor Snowboard Graphic Design Contest

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Not Olympic gold, but close enough.
Straight from the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver, Oakley put together some Olympic cheer in the form of a limited edition co-branded Nokia N97 mini for 200 of their sponsored athletes that made it to the games. The N97 was given a laser etched “Thunderbird” logo, specially designed for the Vancouver games, and loaded with exclusive Oakley team videos and photos. A great souvenir for some of the top athletes of the world.

Image source: WRG?Mag

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Return of the Kass
Next season’s Nike Snowboarding lineup debuts their first signature model for none other than Danny Kass. The Danny Kass Signature Boot was designed with Danny and features artwork and branding by Mark Dean Veca. The boot has a more streamlined appearance and features ergonomic shell contruction, premium compression molded, synthetic leather wrapped phylon midsole with embedded zoom air in heel, heat Moldable Liner for custom fit, and a ton more features that you’ll have to wait til the Fall to find out. Bonus points go to the Dunk inspired “winglike” ankle strap for added style. Look for this model in two colorways releasing in September and October this year.

Image source: Nike Snowboarding

Thanks for Participating!
The Forsnowboarding x Grafik Armor Snowboard Graphic Design Contest is now closed. We’ve received over 300 submissions to the contest which can be viewed at the official contest website. Now Forsnowboarding, Grafik Armor, and guest judge Mike Orduña (Fatoe) will look through the entries and officially announce the winners on Friday, March 5th. Check back soon and thanks again for taking part! Good Luck!

Image source: Forsnowboarding x Grafik Armor Snowboard Graphic Design Contest Website

Yes Now Board
2011 looks to be a strong second year for YES Snowboards. Hot off the heels of their inaugural season, JP Solberg, DCP, and Romain De Marchi look to have more options for the next year of shredding. More to come from YES.

Image source: Rad Collector

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Made in Japan
Burton Japan, FYi, and Fragment Design have merged forces to work on a joint collaboration project to develop high end technical outerwerar. The result is the [ak] 457 jacket, which can be best described as technical equipment for mountain enthusiasts. It’s the most functional and technically developed outerwear coming out of the Burton camp, and for now it’s only available in Japan.

Image source: FYi Design Department

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Adam Weiss / Landscape Studio for Burton
Some great design work for the current line up of Burton Snowboard packaging conceptualized and designed by Adam Weiss of Landscape Studio, with Illustrations done by Travis Millard. The packaging redesign encompassed Burton’s entire product offering: boot/binding boxes, board labels, outerwear hangtags and accessory boxes. The aesthetic was later carried over into all communications for the brand.

Image source: Landscape Studio

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“Don’t worry about a thing, every little thing is gonna be alright”
As with every season, Burton doesn’t fail to sprinkle exciting collaborations among its already impressive array of shreds. We’ve seen official collaborations with the Warhol estate, Futura, Ducati, and most recently for 2011, legendary singer and cultural icon Bob Marley. The Marley Whammy board was made possible with a blessing from the Marley Estate and it should give you some good vibes and easy feelings on the mountain for sure. Available at Burton Flagship stores next season.

Image source: Rad Collector

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Get your design on!
Forsnowboarding and Grafik Armor are proud to announce their first collaborative project together: Snowboard Graphic Design Contest. Beginning February 15th, 2010, we invite all snowboarders and designers to create their best original snowboard topsheet graphics using our supplied templates and submit them to our official gallery to be judged by a panel of artists, designers and industry professionals. Guest judge for this competition is none other than Mike Orduña AKA Fatoe.

Grand prize is a custom one-of-a-kind Grafik Armor Snowboard Decal Wrap with the winners graphic. Second place gets a Grafik Armor Snowboard Decal of their choice from Grafik Armors current line-up.

More information on our contest page.

Image source: Forsnowboarding

Beastin’
For its 20th anniversary this year, Timorous Beasties, a design studio from Glasgow Scotland, has collaborated with Nike ACG to create a capsule collection of jackets and soft-goods featuring their signature style of visual imagery in a limited run.

For this collection, Timorous Beasties have merged traditional 19th century motifs with designs of the day to create an interesting pattern that compliments itself well. This graphic has been applied to a Nike ACG TB Vertical Shell BK Jacket, in both black and blue colorways, and feature fully taped seams and a wind and waterproof lightweight shell that utilizes the ACG Storm-Fit technology.

Image source: Freshness Mag

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