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Due to poor snow conditions the fourth stop of the Freeride World Tour was moved to Snowbird in Utah. For team rider John Rodosky, competing in a resort in his adopted College town gives him familiarity with the contest face that other riders just don't have.
Large snowstorms have been creating some pretty scetchy snow conditions in Utah, the adopted home of the fourth stop on this year's Freeride World Tour. For the moment, Amplid Cartel rider John Rodosky will just have to hold tight.

Rodo Live in Chamonix

After a disappointing ride in Courmayeur, Cartel rider John Rodosky will be looking for redemption when he rides in Chamonix today. Be sure to tune-in to the Freeride World Tour live, first thing this morning, to watch John's line.
Downdays on the Freeride World Tour aren't so bad. When you've had your fill of riding bottonless powder in Courmayeur you can top-up your caffine levels with the finest Italien coffee. It looks like Rodo is having a lot of fun right now.
The Freeride World Tour kicks off on Friday in Courmayeur. Tune-in early to catch all of the the first stop drama and Amplid's own John Rodosky guide his trusty UNW8 down a face with it's fair share of steep lines and fun features.
In the latest WYPY Crew edit Rodo sadles-up with his fellow Jackson cowboys for a day of blasting the runs off Big Red. The WYPY edits are building a cult following for capturing big time pros like Travis Rice, Brian Iguchi and Mark Carter as they lark around with the rest of their buddies.

Suicide Chute POV

Last week the ARC blog revealed Instagram shots of team rider John Rodosky getting some early season couloir practice in Utah's Wasatch Mountains. Well you'll be pleased to read that you can now watch some POV footage of this rock riding adventure.

Rodo Vs Suicide Chute

Early season snowfalls in the Wasatch have created total hysteria in the ski and snowboard community of Salt Lake City. Consumed by his addiction, recovering Couloir addict John Rodosky has been getting his fix of gnarly chutes.
Last Year the North Face Masters and Freeride World Tour merged pitting North America's best riders against Europe's. Caught in the maelstrom was the Cartel's very-own John Rodosky. It was sink or swim for John in his Rookie season, the ARC caught up with John to find out his strategy for winter 13/14 on the tour.
This week the Freeride World Tour released its tour dates for the 13/14 winter season. After surviving his rookie season on the tour last winter, Cartel rider John Rodosky is ready to prove himself as a serious contender.

Watch Between The Lines

Imagine a winter travelling to exotic shred loactions all over the globe with your best riding buddies… that’s just what Cartel rider John Rodosky got to do this winter on the Freeride World Tour. And the best thing about it? John finished in 7th this season qualifying him for next winters FWT where he’ll get [...]

Rodo Talking Trannies

Team rider John Rodosky is bringing his freestyle flair to the Freeride World Tour and is flipping people’s conceptions of what competitive freeriding is in the process. John’s not your typical freerider, growing up in Jackson hole has given him incredible big mountain skills alongside technical freestyle abilities, combining these in a top to bottom [...]

Rodo Qualifies For FWT 2014

It’s been a week of cabin fever for the Freeride World Tour competitors in Fieberbrunn, Austria. Although the weather was glorious for the scheduled Saturday of the event, a baked and weak snowpack due to the spring conditions meant the Avalanche danger was too high and the contest had to be postponed. Eventually last Saturday [...]
Amplid Cartel rider John Rodosky is competing this weekend in Fieberbrunn, Austria at the 5th Freeride World Tour stop. John will be riding his socks off to secure a starting spot in Verbier which is granted to the top 5 snowboarders and a place on the tour for next season which will be awarded to [...]
There are only four days to go before the Academy riders need to submit their edit for the 3rd challenge, so the pressure is on! Cartel rider John Rodosky impressed with what he’s seen from the Academy riders so far wanted the guys to step out of their comfort zone and take their freestyle riding [...]

Rodo Lands 2nd in Courmayeur

Congratulations to Cartel rider John Rodosky who yesterday took second place at the Courmayeur stop of the Freeride World Tour. His run described as “playful” by the live commentators included multiple 360s, some ballsy fall-line drops and a big ol’ back flip and placed John above some big name riders like last year’s tour winner [...]

Rodo @ FWT Courmayeur

Yesterday team rider John Rodosky spent the day scoping lines for his run in the second stop of the Freeride World Tour in Courmayeur, Italy. Situated on the south face of Mt Blanc, the European Alp’s highest mountain, Courmayeur promises incredibly steep faces, tons of exposure and lots of rocks and cliffs. Tune into the [...]

Revelling Rodo

Last season the Cartel’s very own John Rodosky earned a place on the 2013 Freeride World Tour. At this very moment John is in Revelstoke, interior British Columbia preparing for the first contest shred of the season. With delays on the first day due to a fresh storm cycle the FWT has been busying John [...]
Last year was a world of couch surfing and pow day face shots up and down the Rockies and the West coast for Cartel rider John Rodosky. Chasing the snow and persuing his dream of riding on the Freeride World Tour meant putting school on hold and throwing away the comforts of normal life to [...]

RodoBoardin’

In case you haven’t heard, there wasn’t much snow in the US last season. That didn’t seem to stop Cartel rider John Rodosky finding what pow pow there was and building all-time kickers to propel himself into it. John put this little edit together of his 11/12 season. We agree with the words of Brandon [...]
More footage from Jackson Hole born and bred John Rodosky. The “In The Works” crew happened to be passing through Jackson and hooked up with John for a few days of pow slaying and boosting off booters. The whole 8 minute edit which has featured on Transworld Snowboarding online is crammed full of smooth shredding [...]

John Rodosky Kills Kirkwood

The Amplid team knows that Cartel rider John Rodosky is one of the best all-mountain riders out there. For the past couple of seasons John has been achieving some great results on the North Face Master’s tour and proving that like a lot of Jackson Hole locals, big mountain riding is in his blood. Last [...]
When a publication like Snowboard Mag honours your Method grabs with the “Method of the Day” title it’s a pretty good indicator that your style is on point. Cartel rider John Rodosky tweaked-out this monster method on his Creamer moments before destroying his body on a sketchy, moguled, bone shaker landing. It pays to scope [...]
… and John with a nice spinning opener … :-) !
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