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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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

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

Get Vectorfunked
Matt W. Moore is an artist, designer and Illustrator from Portland, Maine. You may recognize his signature style from the countless projects he’s produced over the years for clients such as Burton, Mountain Dew, Nike and Google. We had the opportunity to talk with him about his style, influences, action sports and what’s next on his list of big things to do for 2010.

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Forsnowboarding x Drop Giveaway
We’re giving away a pair of limited edition Drop x Bigfoot DPI Series Pipe Gloves to one of our lucky readers, courtesy of Drop MFG. The contest will be conducted through our Twitter account @Forsnowboarding.

Here’s how enter:
1. You must be following @DropMFG and @Forsnowboarding on Twitter.
2. You must post a message containing the following: I want the @DropMFG x Bigfoot Gloves via @Forsnowboarding.
3. You may enter as many times as you wish; a winner will be selected
randomly on Monday, December 28th, at Noon EST and notified thereafter.

Contest deadline is Sunday, December 27th, at Midnight EST.
Rules and Regulations after the jump.

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Forsnowboarding x Ride Qi Givewaway
We’re giving away a free Ride Qi Alpha Mask in the blue colorway to one of our lucky readers, courtesy of Ride Qi. The contest will be conducted through our Twitter account at @Forsnowboarding.

Here’s how enter:
1. You must be following Forsnowboarding’s Twitter account at @Forsnowboarding
2. You must post a message containing the following: I want the Ride Qi Alpha Mask. Via @Forsnowboarding
3. You may enter as many times as you wish, a winner will be selected randomly on Friday December 4th at noon EST and notified thereafter.

Contest deadline is Thursday December 3rd at 10PM EST.
Rules and Regulations after the jump.

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For Desktop & iPhone
Introducing the Forsnowboarding™ Cedar Camouflage pattern for your desktop and iPhone. Our signature pattern for the 2010 season. Keep your eyes out for more of this soon!

Download now: Forsnowboarding™ Cedar Camouflage Wallpapers

Nike Zoom Air Kaiju
Japanese for “strange beast”, it’s no surprise that the Nike Snowboarding Zoom Air Kaiju snowboard boot is a monster of a release for Nike’s snow division this season. We had originally posted a glimpse of the boot when it surfaced after the SIA trade show, but now we have all the info on the features and tech that make this boot a must-have for riding this season.

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Skate at Work
Spaces is a behind the scenes look into the creative environments of the snowboard industry. This month we’re checking out the newly renovated office of Skullcandy, one of the world’s leading headphone and audio accessories companies. Skullcandy collaborates with elite core sports brands and celebrities to integrate its audio technology into products like snow helmets, outerwear, apparel, packs and bags.

Image source: Skullcandy

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Collaborations and Special Editions
A follow-up to the first part of our History of Oakley Frogskins series, this time the focus is on how these iconic sunglasses came back into fashion and the special collaborations that have been created along the way.

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