Our friends from SCORFOR (you might have seen’em during our last ISPO-booth-party) just recorded a new track “Hidden in the Moment”. Awesome tune. Listen to and watch it right here…

So finally the new website is online. Click through the bible of NEXT LEVEL RIDING, enjoy the new product line up and web features, while we’ll have some bottles of “Arcweiser Lager” and go surfing in the meantime.

Featuring: Steve Stepp, Tom Wallisch, Brady Perron and ARC friends Ben Moxham, Witt Foster, and Nick Martini.

Only a couple more hours and beers and our IT-dudes will get the all new AMPLID 2008/09 website online. Until then, go skating or surfing and check your browser on August 1st for some severe infotainment (silly word !). Hold on …

When boredom turns into creativity: Sam Strauss riding homemade austrian swell. “I need some distance to snow once in a while - but living in Austria doesn’t make life as a surfer easy” states Amplid ambush rider Sam. Well, it doesn’t look too tough …

Teddy B. sailing it up on the local lakes. Check the massive speed!

While others spend their summer in glacier camps, ambush rider Simon shreds the concrete. Physical balance, somewhere in Germany.

Photo: Marc Gasch

This is what happens when you spend too much time without paella, tapas or pan tomaca. It was about time for Pako to get back home to Catalunya. Por fin …

Teddy’s clothing sponsor”Chiemsee” just signed a deal with Toyota for supplying their teamriders with free cars to wreck. Awesome. Teddy’s caribbean team mate Brian Talma is stoked. And so is Mr. Berr - he couldn’t join the official Toyota photoshoot, so sorry for the bad photoshop job. Actually it looks quite real.

photo: Level 1

Wanna find out what else went down at the Level 1 Hood shoot? Check it out HERE.

Here comes Stefano Bergamaschi from Italy, doing a very very late 3 to warm up. This shot was taken 2 days ago right after breakfast* - looks like all kickers are in a good shape up at Senales Glacier. Rip it up Stefano !

*(italian breakfast: five cookies and eight cups of coffee at 11 a.m.)

photo: JamminJuliePhotography.com

Check out how the final shoot for Level 1’s TURBO went down @ Newschoolers.com

Ruggero giving wings to his Falconoid in Des Alps yesterday. “If this kid continues like this” states italian A.R.C. team manager Davide, “Mr. White needs to watch out …”. Severe mute at the Des Alp corner in France.

Watch A.R.C. rider Basti Huber and his buddy Stefan Beranek in their latest promo vid. Most of the footage has been shot at their local park in Schliersee/Spitzingsee during the last season. Latest edit though. Enjoy …

… again up at Windell’s. Seems like this is the place where the winter’s going on …

Rider: Tom Wallisch / Photo: JamminJuliePhotography.com courtesy of newschoolers.com

Watch our A.R.C. riders at the latest Windell’s report on Newschoolers.com.

Whistler, B.C. - Week 3.

In case one day skateboarding will be an obligatory subject in french schools, the kids have to shout out a big “merci dude” to A.R.C. member Yannick Prebel, who is on the constant mission to get kids on boards. Right on Y.! Stylish concrete indie, probably in front of the Ministry of Education and Culture.

Getting grimy in Windells…

… during the Camp of Champions - 3 days ago.

… getting off an airplane after traveling 20 hours. More details on Pako’s trips and photos with a fresher face at Pako’s website right here. Pretty impressive homepage … muy español !

Ruggero Naccari from Italy, giving wings to his new Falconoid 159. Superpipe in Les Des Alpes!

… at the Kaunertalglacier, Austria.

Click here for the full news story from our friends at PLAYBOARD In german) or ONBOARDMAG.com (in english).

Click here to get behind the curtains of Colorado’s summer snowboarding …

Eclipse Snow Park Summer 2008 from Brent Meyer on Vimeo.

Here comes Seth Hill, with a selfpotrait of Seth Hill, and a painting of Seth Hill. By Seth Hill. Right on son !

Watch Pako shralping without Paella and Tapas.

Showing Tom “the tudor” Wallisch at work.