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AT ski bindings like the Tyrolia Adrenaline and the Marker Duke have changed the way freeriders view ski touring and their equipment choices. The Ego Trip Evolution is as revolutionary, combining lightweight tour-ready construction with a ski that charges the whole mountain. Use it as your everyday resort ski or take it on a tour, but never compromise the ride down! We sat down with PB to find-out more about the ski.
US product review website Blistergearreview.com has earned itself a reputation for offering consumers some of the most insightful and useful gear reviews on the internet. We shipped the guys an Amplid Creamer in the hope that they'd like it.
In May Whitelines Magazine managed to take the Pillow Talk in some fresh Austrian Powder at the annual Spring Break gathering. Here's what tester Adam Hoskins from Bliss Snowboard Store had to say about the board and its unconventional, oversize dimensions.
Host a handful of Dutch snowboard testers in Ischgl, Austria, and what do you get? Nope, the answer isn't an increase in bad apres ski music. You get 128 snowboards tried and tested in the space of a week. Here's what the wintersports.nl testers thought of the LoveLife, Stereo, Pocketknife, Paradigma and HiDef.
The Syntax is a ski that everybody at Amplid is proud of, and it's been a favourite with the team since day 1. Sometimes though it's good to send skis out to testers to get some independent opinion. Last February we shipped Eric from Exotic skis a pair of Syntax to test. Eric's more "all-mountain slayer" than "park rat" so we were interested to see what he had to say.
Every year French publication "Community Touring Club" assembles a large group of avid Freerando enthusiasts in the heart of the French Alps to test the latest and greatest skis. It looks like they enjoyed their time on Amplid's AT ski the Ego Trip Evolution.
German skiing magazine ...erm "SKIING" just released its annual Product Special. The editors had lots of nice things to say about the Rockwell and Lexington, two defining skis that have been turning people onto the Amplid brand for a while. Check-out what they had to say.
The Pillow Talk is a new snowboard in the Amplid line for the 14/15 season, featuring radically different geometry. Its unique outline and carefully thought-out profile put a whole new spin on powder board design. The ARC blog asked the board's designer, Peter Bauer, a few questions.
Our Spanish friends at Splitboard Magazine took the Morning Split for a week of testing up at Tavascan High Mountain Resort in the Spanish Pyrenees. All of the boards on the test were put through their paces in a variety of snow conditions and terrain. Check-out the opinion they formed of the Morning Split.
Victor, Marco, David and the rest of the Splitboard Magazine crew know their sh*t. Together they've ridden more splitboards than most. Amplid shipped the guys a demo LAB Carbon Split for their annual test at Tavascan High Mountain Resort. We were stoked on the feedback from the testing.
Eric from Exotic Skis spent a few weeks cruising about on the Rockwells last winter. Read Eric's full report and find-out what he thought of Amplid's all-mountain game changer.
At Amplid we're testing new shreds daily. When summer arrives that doesn't change. Right now, team rider Kevin Salonius, who is in Les Deux Alpes to coach at Parom freeski camps, is putting a new park ski prototype through its paces.
The Angry Snowboarder is one board tester that doesn't pull his punches. We shipped him Amplid's new all-mountain twin, the Stereo, and crossed our fingers. With this guy you never know what he'll say in his reviews!

R&D Never Stops

It's mid-June and temperatures in southern Bavaria, the location of Amplid's headquarter, are soaring to 32 degrees celsius (90 degrees Fahrenheit). High temperatures haven't stopped Amplid's R&D department from getting to work testing three new ski shapes for the 15/16 product line.
We've entered the Rockwell into the Freeskier Magazine ski test twice and both times it's won a prestigious Editor's Pick award. Click the link and find-out what the testers had to say about the ski.
German speaking freeride ski magazine Powder Magazin took Amplid's Rockwell, Hill Bill and Lexington skis to their annual test at Kaunertal Glacier in Austria last spring. Check-out the testers opinions of the skis.
Whitelines voted the Pocketknife one of their top 40 snowboards of the 1013/14 winter season. It's freestyle specific geometry was tested to submission in the magazine's annual spring board test.
Splitboarding.eu is one of Europe's two biggest splitboard publications. Based in the south of Bavaria they're always keen to get their hands on Amplid's latest splitboard gear. At the Shops' 1st Try event in Landeck they manager to spend a bit of time on the Morning Split and this is what they thought.
The season may be quickly drawing to a close but at Amplid research and development never stops. This weekend Amplid's owner and master shred shaper Peter Bauer was in Serfaus Fiss Ladis dialing-in the shape and construction of a secret snowboard project.

Ego Testing

This week Amplid sent Ambush team rider Harry Juen up to Austria's Kaunertal Glacier to put some time in on a new prototype. If you know your Amplid skis, future and past, the prospect of blending C7 construction with Ego Trip Evolution geometry might spark some interest.
For the last four years the Rockwell has been Amplid's best selling ski. It's irregular geometry and camber-line make it a great do-it-all ski. The ARC Blog sent some questions to the Rockwells' co-designer Peter Bauer to find-out more about a ski that defines versatility.
I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking ‘it’s just honeycomb’, but if you’re thinking that you’d be wrong. HEXO2 is not just honeycomb; it’s actually a lot more sophisticated than just gluing a lighter material into the core in the place of wood.
Despite it's weighless construction and high performance ride the LAB Carbon Pocketknife isn't just for Pro riders. Tom E, a member of the ARC, got his hands on a Carbon PK this weekend for a few laps through Hintertux's early season powder.
There are lightweight snowboards like the HiDef and UNW8. There are very lightweight snowboards like the Burton Method. And then there is the Amplid LAB Carbon Pocketknife which makes a mockery of any other snowboard claiming to be the lightest.
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