There are some that would argue that  riding with Teddy is in no shape or form a suitable prize for any competition. However, when Teddy’s sock sponsor CEP Sports throws in a Heli ride in Alrberg and bounds Teddy to the conditions that he must wear outerwear at all times then it doesn’t seem so [...]

Ahh… imagine the life of a Pro Skier, a playboy lifestyle, flying from one exotic mountain range to the next, racking up air miles as you dash across the globe in serach of the next line or the next world class park. Not according to Cartel rider Steve Stepp who breaks into cold sweats as [...]

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 [...]

Hendrix and an Amplid Greenlight Snowboard… one is green and one smoked green – @tylerortonphoto Every month Amplid will be choosing its four favorite #amplid tagged Instagram images on the blog. From men in bear suits humping a Dopamine to the more visually appealing work of professional photographers like Tyler Orton, whatever catches our imagination [...]

Rain, slush and bitter cold; whatever weather the mountain could throw at him, lens man Tyler Orton endured to get the shots necessary for the fourth instalment of his Sweeney Todds series. Once again featuring Cartel rider Justin Norman.

Last week team rider McRae Williams was competing against an international field of riders in Slopestyle at the Austrian Freeski Open in Kaprun, Austria. After breezing through qualifiers in third place with a score of 88.25, McRae stepped his riding up again for the finals scoring 92.00 points with a Switch Left Double Cork 1080 [...]

He may work a full-time engineering job, be building a house and have a toddler to look after but that doesn’t stop Amplid Ambassador Benny Deeg from getting into the mountains for some hardcore shredding. Last weekend Benny took 6th place at the Nature Ride, a backcountry slopestyle contest in Damüls, Austria in a field [...]

A.R.C. artist Luis De Dios is currently slumming-it away from the sun lashed waves of the Canary Islands in the sub zero home of Amplid HQ. It’s been a perfect opportunity for Luis to enjoy fresh tracks up and down the mountain  on Amplid’s latest creation, the Morning Split, a board with artwork created by [...]

Wouldn’t it be a dream to be able to take laps through Park City’s pristine transition and feature wonderland whenever you felt like it! We reckon McRae’s ridden PC’s terrain park so many times he could ride it blindfolded. Check out this edit by Dylan Ferguson filmed in two days and then tell us we’re [...]

Lukas Schoepke fires off a monster booter Here’s some hot off the press Swiss Ambush team news coming direct from Swiss TM Dani M. Riders Alex Neurohr and Lukas Schoepke have been racking-up a serious set of competition results between them. Alex Neurohr started January with a convincing 1st place at the Verbier Qualifier Week [...]

With snow conditions as good as they are in the European Alps this season, Ambush rider Andy Nitsche has had plenty of opportunity to enjoy his uber fat Lexington 185s. Andy emailed across these images by photographer Sev Wegener of him firing through pillow lines and getting creative on unconventional snow laden features.

The second AAA task, set by Amplid’s inhouse cliff seeking missile, Mr Teddy Berr, was to film a 30 second POV edit using the GoPro cameras generously provided by GoPro to the Academy athletes. Once again the bar was raised and the quality of the video submissions impressed. Videos that deserve a mention include Alex [...]

Big dumps of fresh snow have been falling at regular intervals in the European Alps this winter replenishing bombed-out kicker landings and providing the perfect training ground for aerial antics. Amplid Ambush rider Simon Guenther has been making the most of perfect snow and clear blue skys by hucking his meat off this uber flip [...]

On a recent business trip to the US (if you count the Mt Baker Banked Slalom as business), Amplid co-owner Peter Bauer called by Twin Peaks in Salt Lake City, Utah to get some feedback on the product and go shredding with shop owners Tim and BJ. The following day the Amplid and Twin Peaks [...]

German Ambush rider Jürgen Nigg made the finals of last week’s Blue Tomato Rail Jam at Munich’s Olympic Park. In the final he managed to land on the double kink with his chest breaking two ribs put on a positive note he got this killer photo. Jürgen told us he’ll be good to ride within [...]

Unless you’re really on the ball when it comes to the freeski scene or you keep an eagle eye on this blog you’re probably not aware that Amplid recently signed Andorran, Noah Albaladejo… an official release will be soon to follow. Until then enjoy this short little edit of Noah killing it with the Stept [...]

It’s been four years since Peter competed in the Mt Baker Banked Slalom, but it seems he’s still got the magic, clocking a 1:37 on one of the most physically demanding courses to date. It wasn’t fast enough to take top spot in the Pro Masters category but second ain’t too bad! Here he is [...]

It’s been a successful first day at the Legendary Banked Slalom, Mt Baker. After a four year break from racing in the event, Amplid’s co-owner Peter Bauer guided an UNW8 159 through Baker’s famous banks at a warp speed time of 1:38:06, taking top spot in the Pro Master’s category ahead of a sterling field [...]

It’s approaching the time of year when anybody who’s anybody in the US snowboard scene makes the pilgrimage to Mt. Baker, Washington, to compete or just watch the Legendary Banked Slalom. Amplid HQ arrived at Baker yesterday with uber jetlag to enjoy fresh snowfalls, insane freeride terrain and some banked slalom madness. Keep an eye [...]

At the start of January we posted this video of Amplid boss Peter Bauer testing a new powder board shape in the Austrian Alps. The first production boards have now been pressed and shipped globally for Industry tests and tradeshows which meant that Amplid Ambassador and ex world cup big air rider Stefan Falkeis was [...]

Last year Dash teamed-up with clothing sponsor Jiberish to release a park edit filmed at Park City, Utah. The video was rammed start to finish with bangers and blew up big time with a huge number of views and comments praising Dash’s unique style. This winter Jiberish hooked Dash up with fellow team rider Joe [...]