After a couple of weeks of hacking and some nightshifts at the very end our website is finally online. We’ll be on the beach now, doing aftersurf-debugging sessions. Nobody is perfect: So feel free to let us know whatever doesn’t work on your browser end. Thanks, the ARC with square eyes.
Photo by Alexandr Chighov
The Amplid representors at the russian Dombai camp
Photographer: Kirill Umrikhin
Esnat is flying high at the russion Dombai Camp.
17 апреля 2010 года в Quiksilver-парке Домбайского лагеря прошли лыжные соревнования нью-скул Amplid Knock‘em Out на линии профессиональных трамплинов (слоупстайл). Призовую тройку составили представители регионов: Иван Олейников (Смоленск), Даниил Калачев (Кировск) и Павел Карпачев (Екатеринбург), разыгравшие 60 тысяч призового фонда.
Hi all,
A quick update from the slushy snow in la Plagne …
Temperature outside 15°C. We’re in the April 10th ….
Weather is cloudy like never …
What to do …. hum … maybe … I don’t know … but yeah …. go shaping !!!!
My friend & I found all kinf of shovels:
Hi all,
A quick update from the Freeride World Qualifier “El Dorado Freeride” in Andorra. After beeing 3rd last year, I just sticked to my line and won the 2010′s edition. Second comp, second podium & only one word to resume the situation (= STOKED =) !! Check out the little edit of the Finals run !!
Some more news SOON,
Greetz for Andorra,
Happy Mati =)
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Snowboard Review caught up with Co-owner of Amplid, Peter Bauer to find out a bit more about the brand…
Amplid have been going for 5 years, in that time owners Peter and Anian have created some incredible skis and snowboards, but more importantly, they’ve created a brand that has earnt respect and admiration from both camps, a tricky tightrope to walk. Peter’s illustrious history with snowboarding, his understanding of riding, knack for pushing snowboard design and an incessant desire to find the latest and highest performance materials means that Amplid Snowboards are some of the most technologically advanced rides on the planet… we were blown away by them at the snowboard test. Snowboard Review caught up with Peter to find out a little more about Amplid.
There aren’t many people on this planet that understand snowboard design like Peter Bauer. With an illustrious career in the sport dating back to the early 80s, Peter has rode through the development of the sport. From pushing his Burton Cruiser Swallowtail to the limits around the World Cup slalom courses to pioneering freestyle riding on the first twin tipped Burton Air in a pair of ski liner packed Sorel boots (workmen’s boots reinforced with Gaffa tape!), Peter’s lived through, and been hugely influential to the development of Snowboard equipment.
After years of tinkering around with snowboard design Peter found himself helping his friend (now business partner) Anin with the design of a new ski brand. Experimenting with new materials and resins in the same factory that he’d been in 20 years earlier developing prototypes for Burton, Peter unearthed a burning desire to create a killer snowboard brand. Amplid was born! Peter is in a unique position where his riding ability and the knowledge of design he’s picked up over the years …
10 years deep and still not satisfied
Featuring:
Tom Wallisch, Wiley Miller, Tanner Rainville, Duncan Adams, Phil Casabon, Henrik Harlaut, Mike Riddle, Josh Bibby, Liam Downey, Corey Vanular, Mike Hornbeck, Stefan Thomas, Will Wesson, Adam Delorme, Ahmet Dadali, JF Houle, Arnaud Rougier, Niklas Eriksson, and others.
Shot on location at:
SEABA/Haines AK, Mammoth Mountain CA, Denver CO, Michigan, Salt Lake City UT, Chamonix and Tignes France, Baldface Lodge BC, Helsinki Finland, Are Sweden, Trysil Norway, Copper Mtn CO, Alta UT, Eclipse Snow Park CO, Squaw Valley CA, Windells/Timberline OR, Montana, Eastern Canada, Keystone CO, Revelstoke Mountain Resort BC, and Crested Butte CO
Proudly supported by:
Dynastar/Lange, Spyder, Under Armour, Skullcandy, Jiberish, Spy Optic, SWEET, Freeskier Magazine, Level, SBC Skier, Moment Skis, Orage, Amplid, Volkl, 4Frnt, Full Tilt, Kombi, EC Headwear
Josh Berman @ Level1:
Our friends over at BNQT.com have teamed up with Coast Body Wash to launch the first annual Make Me Famous sponsorship contest, awarding the winning skier or snowboarder a year-long sponsorship deal worth $20k. We’ve gathered some of Tom Wallisch’s best content from the past 3 years, (with the exception, of course, of all his new content which we’ll have to keep exclusive to Level 1′s latest flick, “Refresh”), and edited it all together in one of the most impressive displays of talent that we’ve seen in a while.
LEAVE A COMMENT AND HELP TOM ENTER THE FINALS !
Check out the HD version below, then head right on over to check out Tom’s entry on the official Coast contest site and leave a comment. In order to be considered for the finals, we need at least a few people to drop some kind words in the comment field.
Check out all the official rules and regulations at coast-makemefamous.com.
Ambush rider Anderl Zissler, carving the 80ties back into now. Anderl is not only famous for his 80ies outfit, but also for his eurocarveability.
Photo: Stefan Grässl
The Association of Freeskiing Professionals (AFP), the voice of freeskiing, has calculated it’s final world rankings for men’s and women’s halfpipe, slopestyle. big air and overall winners for the 2008-09 season.
The AFP ranking system was developed to track men’s and women’s competition results of more than 18 events held on four continents in slopestyle, halfpipe and big air in order to name true global world champions. The AFP has developed an event ranking system that creates balance between the different formats and levels of events held throughout the world, separating them into four categories, Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum. Events are ranked based on course construction, prize money, media exposure and level of athlete participation and receive maximum point values based on this criteria. The top four individual results for halfpipe and top 3 results for slopestyle and big air are used to determine athlete rankings and discipline champions.
In men’s slopestyle, relative newcomer Tom Wallisch, 21, originally from Pittsburgh but now resides in Park City, UT , staged a late season surge to take the AFP World Champion Slopestyle title for 2008-09. With wins at Dew Tour #3 in Northstar and at the Dumont Cup at Sunday River, ME, along with a 2nd place at the European Open in Laax, Switzerland, Wallisch compiled 2,040 points in his three qualifying results and made his claim to surge past 2nd place finisher Henrik Harlaut, 17 from Are, Sweden. Harlaut had wins at the Aspen and European Opens and two top five finishes at Dew Tour to garner 1,890 points. Sammy Carlson, 20 of Tigard, Oregon came in third with a 2nd place at X-Games and two top 4 finishes at Dew Tour with a total of 1,700 points.
More info on afpworldtour.com
Press Release Eurosima
EUROSIMA SNOWBALL
During the two-day Source European Snowboarding Industry Forum which gathered around 90 international attendees in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, EuroSIMA’s Mountain Division held last Friday, April 24, the annual snowboard industry party, the Snowball.
The event dedicated to collecting funds for proven mountain environmental groups welcomed many personalities, riders and snowboard lovers of the European and international snowboard scene.
It was also the opportunity for the industry to host its annual Snowboard Industry Awards ceremony. Held annually these awards recognize the most outstanding achievements of both brands and individuals in developing the snowboard market in Europe.
In its third year, three Awards were given:
The EuroSIMA Lifetime Achievement Award, voted on by the EuroSIMA Mountain Division Committee, was presented to Amplid founder Peter Bauer (more…)
West Coast Session: Days Two and Three from Junction 133 on Vimeo.
Watch A.R.C. riders Wallisch, Stepp and friends ripping at Timberline. More coverage on Day II and III right HERE …
West Coast Session – day 1 Read the story HERE…
West Coast Session: Day One from Junction 133 on Vimeo.
Ah, how they grow: what just yesterday seemed a gangly, pimply and socially awkward ski event called the West Coast Session has quickly matured into a full-grown, hairy-chest man event. What’s become Mt. Hood’s signature spring park skiing session is back for a third year, and it’s bigger and better than ever.
Presented by AMPLID and Newschoolers.com, the West Coast Session gathers 25 of the world’s top young park skiers for a four-day film and photo shoot on the unique creations of the Timberline Lodge terrain park crew, documented by a group of equally talented guys behind expensive lenses who will capture all the action for extensive event coverage on Newschoolers.com.
Enjoy 6 awesome minutes of sick and solid freestyle.
For details on the awards party and what the other participants turned in, check the full story on NS.
Metrosnow.co.uk needs some entertainment, but note that these guys expect some british humour. More info on how to make’m laugh and grab swag HERE …
Tom is wearing yellow pants and a blue jacket and is riding the SYNTAX … BTW … FYI … ;-)
Yes, but not really … winter doesn’t want to end up now … so we do with !!!Enjoy these shots of our Motocross Gap Session in Vars. 100km/h in spring snow, Chol’s are still here !!
Mati
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Fresh off his two-week journey through Norway and Sweden for the Jon Olsson Super Sessions, Simon Dumont returned to his home resort of Sunday River in Newry, Maine to host the first annual Dumont Cup. Over 70 competitors came out to the event in good weather & soft snow to see who would walk away with the first victory of what will surely become one of the signature events to that you’ll want to mark on your calendar.
