This weekend the Amplid 13/14 snowboard demo tent rolled into La Clusaz, France for France’s number one retailer demo weekend, Avant Premiere. Amplid head honcho Peter Bauer hooked up with the French A.R.C. to present an incredible collection to France’s snowboard industry glitterati. Next stop for Amplid’s retailer test tour is the Shop’s 1st Try [...]

The response to the Amplid Ambush Academy was incredible. Within a month the ARC had recieved hundreds of applications from talented riders wanting to be a part of the Academy for the 2012/13 season. Recieving the applications was the easy part; it then took an entire week to sort the applications and with the help [...]

If you don’t know buOLOco already, it’s a blog created by Kevin Jones and Ed Segovia packed full of interviews with people who are currently or have been involved with the Snowboard & Skateboard industry. Ed Segovia must the most well connected man in the Snowboard Industry as he’s interviewed everyone from old school legends [...]

  The ARC in motion picture, beamed straight  into your living room. Unpack your nacho chips, open the salsa can, and a beer, and flick through thousands of fresh shrEdits. Click and enjoy the new ARC-TV !!!  

  Leaned back arc webisode…for the ones who are hungry already! Edited by Sepp – Cheers Sepp!

And this month’s A.R.C. Ambassy Award goes to “Green Room Store” in Mayrhofen for putting up such an awesome tent, turning their shop practically into an A.R.C. flagship store.

What brings an eclectic group of young adults to the Oregon wilderness for the summer? Is it a love for hiking, hermitism, or crystal meth? Hardly. The members of Da Hood House are here for several reasons; to shred the brown summer slopes of Mt Hood, to exterminate the gypsies in nearby Government Camp, and [...]

While our riders are getting ready for Windell’s, Windell’s is getting ready for YOU ! See what’s new for the coming season on Windell’s World Update at Newschoolers.com. Photo: Courtesy of Windell’s

This little arty flick by illustrator Alex Budovsky has been selected by the A.R.C. for the category “WE THINK YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN THAT ‘CAUSE IT’S FU§%IN’ AWESOME”. Enjoy …

Nine Knights presented by Almdudler: Action Video from Nico Zacek on Vimeo. The A.R.C. would like to shout out a big shout out to Nico Zacek and his visionary power and to the SCHNEESTERN crew for building a kicker castle like this one !!! Word !!!

West Coast Session – day 1 Read the story HERE… West Coast Session: Day One from Junction 133 on Vimeo.

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The sweetest voice of the Amplid callcenter: MC Teddy B. on da mic.

On 21./22. of April the Whitstyle open took place iin Mürren/Switzerland. The A.R.C. was there to show next years stuff and to shred … Some impressions

Ambush rider Martin Reicht during his photoshoot for Dragon Alliance in Mayrhofen/Tyrol. He proudly presents not just a pair of new goggles, he also rides the new Amplid Teddy Legal. Photo: Clemens Neumann

Hi there! The Amplid French Connection is very proud to announce to you Lao Chazelas, form Meribel, FR. This kid got a lot of skills with and very high freestyle level. You’ll hear about him very soon, but before, we’ll let you enjoy the shots!

Yes, it’s snowing. Still. Which means even more workload for the Schneestern shape team. At least they got easy access to their parks now: The entire crew is on Amplid shreds, for a better living, for a better kicker testing. Schneestern has been building kickers and rails for the Air & Style, the Red Bull [...]

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