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John Rodosky: In The Works EP2

by Dana
Apr 15th 2012 - 0 comments

More footage from Jackson Hole born and bred John Rodosky. The “In The Works” crew happened to be passing through Jackson and hooked up with John for a few days of pow slaying and boosting off booters. The whole 8 minute edit which has featured on Transworld Snowboarding online is crammed full of smooth shredding [...]

Mt Bachelor is Open for More J-Norm Doubles

by Dana
Apr 14th 2012 - 0 comments

A 40ft base means that Bachelor’s lifts will be hauling riders to the top of the hill for another 6 weeks! Good news for Cartel rider Justin Norman who seems to have found a liking for going upside down twice off backcountry booters, but needs snow to do it. In this vid from Bachelor Resort [...]

CLASSIC

by Dana
Apr 13th 2012 - 0 comments

When a classic guitar solo meets a classic method air, you know that classic Yannick P. is in the game. Enjoy that french spring slush edit and crank up the volume. Congrats for the hollywoodish title graphics BTW …

More From Yannicks Yeux

by Dana
Apr 12th 2012 - 0 comments

Ever wondered what it’s like to be mid-way through a McTwist in slushy La Plagne whilst riding next year’s Amplid Paradigma? It’s pretty damn confusing, so that’s why we got French Ambush rider Yannick Pebrel to film it in slow motion and put together a montage. You get a good look at next year’s 159 [...]

Andi Nitsche Packs His Bags for Hollywood

by Dana
Apr 11th 2012 - 0 comments

When a tour in the Austrian Alps turns bad all you can do is focus on survival. Whiteout, directed by Philip Kammerer and featuring Amplid’s very own Andi Nitsche, is the (slightly shorter than epic) tale of four friends tempted out to the mountains for fresh lines when a storm rolls-in and ruins their day’s [...]

John Rodosky Kills Kirkwood

by Dana
Apr 10th 2012 - 0 comments

The Amplid team knows that Cartel rider John Rodosky is one of the best all-mountain riders out there. For the past couple of seasons John has been achieving some great results on the North Face Master?s tour and proving that like a lot of Jackson Hole locals, big mountain riding is in his blood. Last [...]

The Blackcomb Saga Continues

by Dana
Apr 9th 2012 - 0 comments

Mach 10 slams, house sized cliffs and switch powder landings… it can only be March’s installment of the Blackcomb Story series. If you need evidence that the Lexington is THE ski for big mountain freestyle and slashy pow turns and that it can handle the odd tree that gets in the way, Ambush rider Chris [...]

Spring Crush

by Dana
Apr 8th 2012 - 0 comments

When Harry Juen isn?t keeping Amplid HQ in the loop with all the juiciest Austrian Ambush team gossip the man has skills on skis. Like everybody in the Alps right now, Harry has been making the most of warm sunny weather and taking laps of his local park. It looks like perfect weather for the [...]

Luka on a Spinning Spree

by Dana
Apr 7th 2012 - 0 comments

A poor season for snow in the Pyrenees hasn?t stopped Spain and Andorra?s dedicated freestyle scene from building next level parks and progressing their riding, Amplid Cartel rider Luka Melloni is testament to that. Last week Luka competed at Grandvalira?s Total Fight Masters of Freestyle 2012 competition and snagged a podium finish for his efforts. [...]

Slushy Laps with the Freeski Crew

by Dana
Apr 5th 2012 - 0 comments

The days are longer, the sun is baking and Mayrhofen?s Penken park is soft and slushy? it must be spring! Austrian Ambush team manager Harry J dropped this banging edit of Ambush rider Jürgen Nigg making the most of forgiving conditions and dismantling the Penken jib line piece by piece, with more style than Prince [...]

Steve Stepp Local Low Down ? Park City Resort, Utah

by Dana
Apr 3rd 2012 - 0 comments

Renowned for its light dry powder, Utah attracts skiers and snowboarders from around the world. There is one resort in Utah that stands head and shoulders above the competition when it comes to its park setup, that?s Park City Resort. Now an institution among the freeski community, many of the world?s top pros call PC [...]

Fabian Sandholzer Gets Kinky

by Dana
Apr 2nd 2012 - 0 comments

Amplid HQ was sent this gnarly snap of Austrian Ambush rider Fabian Sandholzer attacking what looks like an impossible 9 kink wooden hand rail, designed exclusively to damage snowboarders foolish enough to give it a go. Well we haven’t heard from Austrian Ambush team manager Harry Juen if Fabian made it, but here is a [...]

PrimeTime 2012 ? LUKA MELLONI

by Dana
Apr 1st 2012 - 0 comments

PRIME TIME is a video contest held by ALL THE SKI. Last year lots of prize money was to be won, this year the black firday situation “only” offers a trip to Vars, France. Since Vars is a bad ass place (even though it sounds like warts), that prize isn’t that bad. Check out Luka’s [...]

Neck Face

by Dana
Mar 31st 2012 - 0 comments

  OTW.tv’s final Neck Face part, where the artists is less than bashful. “Yeah, it’s kinda cool when you write something jacked or write something crazy and then put your name next to it, and people come up to you later, like, ‘Damn, you’re kinda fucked up?somethin’s wrong which you!’ But I’ll claim the fuck [...]

Kev Mills POV

by Dana
Mar 29th 2012 - 0 comments

  While others mount their high tech GoPro on a high tech carbon stick, Kevin Mills oes for the old school polaroid :-) ! POV, frozen the other day in Mayrhofen – which actually is one of the view british colonies in the Alps. That explains the amount of pubs in the village …

Fabian Sandholzer Spot Checking-In

by Dana
Mar 28th 2012 - 0 comments

Austrian Ambush team rider Fabian Sandholzer recently visited the Crystal Ground in Kleinwalsertal, Austria and filmed a little spot check video. This is how you’re meant to ride the park set-up and the Dopamine is the perfect board for it!