Enjoy the FREESKI CREW’s latest movie DYNAMITE, featuring our ambush riders Fex Althammer and Juergen Nigg, and obviousl ythe rest of the rocking freeski crew !

Bendik Oye is a rising star on the Norwegian Freeski scene. Recently Tor Meirik from Norwegian publication FriFlyt Magazine took the opportunity to ask Bendik a couple of questions about his gear. We used the incredible translation skills of Google Translate to turn a lot of these “Ø” and these “å” into good old, dependable [...]

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’re a regular reader of the Amplid bog you’ll know that Spain’s favorite son and Amplid’s joint favorite Spaniard, Pako Benguerel has been at the Early Camp in Val Thorens, France. Whilst he was there the heavens decided to open and dump a meter plus of precious white gold on the resort town. Pako [...]

Part -time French Ambush rider, full-time powder junkie Morgan Sauerwald got a shot and profile in the latest issue of French ski rag Skieur. France has had some incr0yable early season conditions, perfect for Morgan to line-up some more monster drops and gnarly pillow lines, so expect to see a few more shots of Morgan [...]

Last weekend the annual Killington “Rails to Riches” contest kicked the season off with a bang. After another summer season of camp up at hood, Cartel rider Steve Stepp was there ready to do battle. The qualifiers saw the 37 strong field cut to 12, but in the words of Newschoolers man on the scene [...]

Temps have dropped in Europe and even if all the resorts aren’t open, urban shredding is on! Cartel rider Dima Makrushin and the LSM crew hit the streets of Moscow under the cover of darkness for some P-Tex on metal action.

Amplid is taking over the freeski world; if you need proof, check-out this double page hit from the latest edition of Skiing Mag. On page 102 and 103 (the premium pages in the magazine I might add) you’ll find Teddy Berr and Juergen Nigg hucking their meat for the local paparazi. Here are the close-ups… [...]

When it’s a downday in Val Thorens, France it really is a downday. VT’s location high above the treeline means when the light is flat, the snowfall is heavy or the wind is howling, you’d better find something else to do. Cartel rider Pako Benguerel (who has been in Val Thorens for the last week [...]

Last weekend the season kicked-off in Park City, Utah. Cartel rider Steve Stepp and the rest of the 4bi9 crew were there to represent. Park City’s resident filmer was there to catch the action and put this nice little edit together.

For the last two months Austria’s glaciers have been playing host to an International list of riders working through their pre-season training. Ambush rider Andi Nitsche hit Stubai last weekend with photographer Sev Wegener to enjoy the last week of sun-kissed Autumn before winter sets-in towards the end of this week and temperatures on the [...]

When your park skis aren’t mounted and you’re dying to hit one of Austria’s pres-season glacier parks, there’s only one thing for it… dust off the Lexington’s and get shredding? German Ambush rider Chris Graf is awarded the “Riskiest Way To Start Your Season Award” after taking his 130mm waisted pow weapons up to the [...]

Cover shots are few and far between even for the Tanner Halls and Shaun Whites of the world, so hats-off to German Ambush rider Jürgen Nigg who recently scored the cover of The Ski Jornal. The stunning shot was taken in the Bavarian Alps not far from Amplid HQ, overlooking lake Chiemsee by photographer Roman [...]

McRae hasn’t quite made it to the catwalks of Milan although the podium at Modena wasn’t so far off. One of the jobs of being a pro skier is getting shots for your sponsors catalogues and ads. Last season McRae was invited to chill with the rest of the Orage freeski team in Keystone to [...]

Russia’s favorite freeskiing sons Dima, Yura and Alex hit Moscow’s indoor shred dome to limber-up for a season of urban assault, which means two things; 1) it’s almost winter and 2) LSM are creating another series of episodes around their 2012/13 winter. We’ll be glued to the series, that’s for sure.

We’ve had to wait three months since the epic trailer, but finally LSM’s latest full length release is here. A great follow up to Life Steeze Media’s ‘Russian Revival’, ‘My World’ featuring Dima, Alex, Yuriy and friends takes in all of Moscow’s latest urban spots.

Today Amplid announces the signing of Russian urban shredder Dima Makrushin to it’s International Cartel Team. Moscow local Dima has been riding on Amplid’s Ambush team for the last three years, but with the success of his video parts with Life Steeze Media and the constant progression of his riding Amplid decided it was time [...]

Photo: Giovanni Marchesi Modena, Italy, after a long qualification session, the 10 skiers were ready for the final of the Shogun Freeski Contest. The five invited riders (McRae Williams, Jonas Hunziker, Kai Mahler, Klaus Finne, Raffa Cusini, Andreas Bacher) plus the five qualified riders (Johan Berg, Christof SchenkMagnus Solheim, Davide Cusini, Lars Bjorum) were pushing [...]

Steve Stepp aka Dumpster Mummy aka Green Goblin… the man with many aliases, just dropped a mash-up of a load of summer Windells footage. For a masterclass in swag style click play and enjoy some uber stunts and future spins performed by the Trap Star himself.

Today Amplid in partnership with GoPro the world’s most versatile camera launched the Amplid Ambush Academy. The Academy is a grass-roots sponsorship program created to find young, unsigned and talented athletes with next level riding, media production and self promotions skills for the International Cartel team.Amplid co-founder Peter Bauer said: “It’s crazy how being a [...]

Amplid ambush rider Andi Nitsche a.k.a. “intern of of the month” and his grass root activity: The Camp of the Champignons – nope, this is not a misspelling … :-)

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