Editing Jon Foreman (section)

== Personal life ==

Foreman was born in [[San Bernardino County, California]], but his family moved to Massachusetts and Virginia Beach during his childhood. There he became fast friends with Todd Cooper, who encouraged him to learn guitar.<ref>[http://www.freewebs.com/landofbrokenhearts1/interviewwithtodd.htm Interview with Todd Cooper] {{dead link|date=January 2018|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Cooper was later a guitar tech for Switchfoot, although he left in 2005 to pursue his own musical career.

After several years, Foreman and his family moved back to Southern California, this time settling in [[Encinitas, California|Encinitas]]. He graduated from [[San Dieguito Academy]] in the North County Coastal area of San Diego, California.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sutton |first=Jarnard |date=2015-10-30 |title=Video: Jon Foreman’s 25 shows in 24 hours |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2015/10/30/video-jon-foremans-25-shows-in-24-hours/ |access-date=2024-12-27 |website=San Diego Union-Tribune |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lott-Schwartz • • |first=Hannah |date=2016-02-23 |title=Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder Schools His Encinitas Alma Mater |url=https://www.nbcsandiego.com/in-your-neighborhood/pearl-jam-frontman-surprises-students/2020201/ |access-date=2024-12-27 |website=NBC 7 San Diego |language=en-US}}</ref> Foreman attended [[University of California, San Diego|UC San Diego]] and later dropped out to follow his singing career.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web|url=http://www.landofbrokenhearts1.org/jonsbio.htm|title=JON FOREMAN BIOGRAPHY|access-date=September 22, 2014}} {{Dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Foreman married Emily Masen in 2002, and the couple had a daughter in 2012.<ref name="myswitchfeed.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.myswitchfeed.com/switchfoot/bio/jonforeman/ |title=Jon Foreman Bio » My Switchfeed |access-date=September 21, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101073356/http://www.myswitchfeed.com/switchfoot/bio/jonforeman/ |archive-date=January 1, 2015 }} Jon Foreman Bio</ref> The couple welcomed their second child, a son, in June 2018.<ref name="“theknow.com”">{{cite web|last=|first=|date=March 21, 2019|title=Switchfoot frontman on the group's hiatus, his bandmate's cancer and more ahead of Denver show|url=https://theknow.denverpost.com/2019/03/21/switchfoot-tour-break-native-tongue-denver/211116/|access-date=January 28, 2021|website=Denver Post}}</ref>

One of Foreman's favorite pastimes is surfing,<ref name=autogenerated1 /> and when not on tour, he resides in [[Cardiff-by-the-Sea, Encinitas, California|Cardiff-by-the-Sea]], a beach community in [[Encinitas, California|Encinitas]].<ref name="myswitchfeed.com"/>

Foreman is a committed [[nondenominational Christian]]; however, his goal with Switchfoot has always been to make music for all people. "For us, these songs are for everyone. Calling us 'Christian rock' tends to be a box that closes some people out and excludes them. And that's not what we're trying to do. Music has always opened my mind — and that's what we want."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2004/01/09/switchfoot_steps_toward_stardom|title=Switchfoot steps toward stardom|newspaper=Boston.com|date=January 9, 2004|access-date=September 22, 2014|last1=Morse|first1=Steve}}</ref>

Foreman's father, Mark, served as the senior pastor of North Coast Calvary Chapel in [[Carlsbad, California]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Our Staff - North Coast Calvary Chapel |url=https://www.northcoastcalvary.org/team/mark-foreman/ |access-date=June 26, 2019}}</ref> His mother is Jan ([[née]] Carlton).<ref>{{cite web |author1=John Wilkens |title=Birthday surprise for WWII pilot reunited with pieces of his past |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/military/sd-me-found-plane-20190114-story.html |publisher=San Diego Union-Tribune |access-date=January 31, 2019 |date=January 14, 2019}}</ref>