Ok I'm just going to put out shit straight in chono so you understand. Forum was started back in 1996 when Peter Line and some of the guys from mackdawg wanted to make a rider ruled company and gathered the best boarders to start the team (Line, Walker, Leines, Walsh, Jones, Luoma(didn't endo up working out), and were to be called orginally meridian)(kind of like how armada started). Mackdawg and co. orginally owned special blend and were to own the two starting companies Forum and foursquare (originally clothing by Peter Line, but the logo with four squares stuck better). Then they were up in the air for a bit as four star distribution (see Video Gangs(see Whiskey Journals & Defective Films)). Burton drop it's mad cash to "save" these "core" companies (forum,4square, SB). After ten years of forum, last acutal rider is Joni Malmi (Peter Line basically does alot of realestate in Portland and get ask about suggestions alot by Forum and Electric because he owns the shit).
I made that whole post drunk as hell.