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00Genesis

We’ve followed Maryland-based Lloye Sean Warner aka 00genesis for a while. His affiliations with our friends from the the Red Bull Music Academy, Sonar Festival and artists like Musinah & Flying Lotus certainly put him on the map. Besides the credits, he’s widely regarded as one of the most creative producers to emerge from the [...]

HEISE: Bavarian Blues Rap

OK, you guys might be wondering why we would post a Nitro video on our blog …!? Well, besides the fact that we’re really good friends with the Nitroids, we wanted to make sure that you don’t miss out on this one: Our teamrider Stefan “Heise” Markhauser, doing a cultural-melting-pot-like-blues-rap on Marc Swoboda and his [...]

Christoph Schenk @ Area47

Another get-wet-vid in our blog, featuring italian ambush rider Christof Schenk. Dudes it’s about time that we get some snow under our bases … :-)  
Dooh … we somehow completely forgot to post the 10th episode of SHRED `N BREAKFAST featuring norwegian ambush viking Lars Haakon Hafsal. But: Good riding never gets old, even after 4 months … The 10th episode of Shred’ n Breakfast brings you some leftovers from the season and shots from our trips the last few [...]
Every Friday we ask a member of the Amplid Cartel team to tell us about five of their favorites. From five must have tricks you need in your repertoire to the five albums that are rocking their headphones every time they destroy the park. Weekly we’re bringing you closer to the Amplid Cartel. McRae has [...]
Our friends at Switchstance celebrate their 10th anniversary with a special compilation, hosted by Dogu (Ancient Astronauts) and Protassov. Once again, 1 1/2 hour filled with a master selection of great tunes from Breaktbeat to Hip Hop to Jazz and more.  THE SHRED SOUND !!! Tracklisting 1.Kabanjak_Rhythm feat. Azeem_ESL Music 2.Protassov_Steam & Oil_Switchstance Recordings 3.Bing [...]

_____capitalism?

In July-August 2011, five street artists were invited to NHH Norwegian School of Economics to give their comments on capitalism directly on the schools huge white walls. The project was a collaboration with the Nuart Festival, and what Escif, M-City, EINE, DOLK and Hyuro came up with can be seen from this video. For more [...]

Painting Spain

The graffiti writers in Europe, especially in Spain – the homecountry of Pako and Luka – are out of their mind when it comes to clean trains. Not sure what happens at the end of this video, seems as if the cops backed off and let them finish? What was that bang? The ARC thinks you [...]

WHAT THE HELL IS HEXO2 ?

HEX02 Technology – Honey comb structure made out of recycled paper, located in strategically smart places to minimize swing weight and maximize your spins. Always visible through our glory holes. DJ from Korea has played with his lamp to show you exactly how the – i.e. HiDef core is built up – interesting …
Water Ramping up at the Utah Olympic Sports Park… Featuring Tim Gage, Austin Ramaley, Andre Dumas, Max Peters, Nick Goepper and ARC rider McRae Williams in a nice little edit from Roc Maloney.

CLOCKWORK REBELLION

The ARC has selected a bunch of fresh indie tunes for your headphones while travelling or your audio-ready helmet while shredding, put together by UK underground radio station INSOMNIA RADIO. A rad mix from 8 different bands and artists, here is a short tracklist: Art Brut – Lost Weekend Butcher The Bar – Bobby Napolean [...]
The big news from Amplid HQ this month is that Amplid skis killed the 2011/12 Freeskier.com ski test, taking home three prestigious Editors Pick awards. The Editors Picks are awarded to skis that perform hands-down better than the rest of the pack at digging trenches into groomers, floating effortlessly over pow and belittling the park. [...]

SHOW UR LOVE TO 5POINTZ

  Occupying a city block and 5 stories high, 5Pointz is destination for street artists around the world visiting New York City. The building’s owner, Jerry Wolkoff says the time has come to redevelop the site and build high-rise residential towers with up to 1,300 rental units. The building would also include a diverse mix [...]
For months the Amplid Research Cartel has been held-up in Amplid’s laboratories bashing buttons, throwing levers and busying itself with creating the ultimate website to showcase Amplid’s 2011/12 gear. Finally last night at 01:00 hours, after several attempts, a huge pulse of electric current was fed into the Amplid supercomputer and the site coughed and [...]
1 windowless unmarked white van… Check AMPLID travel bag in the trunk… Check 2 skate buddies from back home… Check Road trip to Southern California… Check Shit on the lens in every shot… Check Hand held, shaky, out of focus shots… Check Skateboards… Check A short film about a fun skateboard trip I embarked upon [...]
OUTSIDE IN will have its East Coast Premier on Saturday, September 17th / 10PM at the Urbanworld Film Festival at the AMC 34th Street Theater, NYC. In conjunction with the highly publicized “Art in the Streets” exhibition currently on display at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, a new film from director Alex [...]

SPITTING SMOKE

  Ever wondered what that volcano in Argentina is doing ? Well, still spitting smoke … Enjoy the shot I took this morning with my cellphone from the top of Cerro Catedral! Saludos, Sebastian.

DUB IS A WEAPON

The ARC would like to present this “Brooklyn Radio Exclusive” guest mix from Hahn Solo of Dub Is A Weapon – 45min of classic dub for your helmet (or headphones). Listen to it here or download it, whatever …

Tunnel View

Yesterday we’ve been riding a “Seventies Style” tunnel with a tough oververt combined with a tiny transition. Here a shot of me doing a switch heel flippppp, cool session, but damn hard for the body! Enjoy, Yannick.

Behaving Badly in Public

The ARC’s top documentary of the month: An hour-long special made by Banksy charting the history of behaving badly in public, from anarchists and activists to attention seeking eccentrics. Contributors include Michael Fagan talking about breaking into the Queen’s bedroom: ‘I looked into her eyes, they were dark’; and Noel Godin, who pioneered attacking celebrities [...]
Asianstyle product presentation from our one and only ARc ambassador DJ from Amplid Korea !
Well, for now DEEDEEKID is on the road, cruising through the  US of A. Probably recovering from the hard work in the “ARC Art Boot Camp”. In case you wanna see more stuff he’s doing, check his BLOG RIGHT HERE !
Watch Frenchman and ambush rider Xavier Favre in his 2011 season compilation, freshly edited:   Xavier Favre Winter season 2011

STEVE STEPP IS BACK !

Steve getting back on his skis after almost 1 year with his screwed up leg. Looking good my friend !
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