The Roof Box is Newschoolers' pick of the best ski gear. This week Newschoolers' gear editors selected the top powder skis from the 15/16 winter offering. They had a lot of positive things to say about the Hill Bill!

Newschoolers gear editor Twig took the all-new Antidote for a ride last month, in classic pre-season conditions, on the Stubai Glacier. It's hard for any ski to excel in early season conditions, so we were very stoked when the ski came-up trumps.

Reviewing snowboards is all about opinion and the Angry Snowboarder has more opinion to share than most reviewers. It's fortunate for us then that Angry loved the Pillow Talk, a fresh concept in powder board design.

Another review from the folks at LeBonTest.fr translated with the help of Google and finessed with pure guess work. This time it was the turn of Amplid's new all-mountain ski, the Multiplayer, to be put through its paces.

The most awarded ski in the Amplid collection scoops more silverware for its trophy cabinet, this year it's from the guys at LeBonTest.fr. Read the whole interview, translated into English, here.

2015 was the second year in a row that Amplid has sent the Syntax to Skieur Magazine's annual ski test and it's the second year that the ski has been awarded a coverted "Tester's Choice" award. Maybe next year we'll make it a hat-trick!

Yearly, the Community Touring Club, a collective of die-hard skinners, puts the latest and greatest touring skis through their paces in the French Alps. We shipped them a pair of 15/16 Ego Trip Evolutions with its new ultra-light construction and this is what they had to say...

More great news from the world of splitboarding, this time from the kind chaps at european splitboard website Splitboarding.eu. Splitboarding.eu put the Milligram through it's paces in the Northern Alps of Germany and Austria and have selected it as one of their favourite boards of the 15/16 winter.

The Milligram is a new splitboard in the Amplid collection for the 15/16 season. Building on the success of the now legendary LAB Carbon Split, the Milligram takes it's vaporweight construction and applies it to a new shape concept. Splitboard Mag voted it the MOST VERSATILE splitboard that they tested.

For aggressive and dynamic femal snowboards the LoveLife has always been a fantastic choice, its Paradigma inspired dimensions and Hybrid-V camber create a responsive and lively board to ride. Now with the addition of Basalt Suspension Strips the board is even better equiped to crush the backcountry. Outside Magazine really liked the new board and featured it in its gear guide as a favourite!

Renowned for telling it how he sees it, the Angry Snowboarder hasn't made a name for himself and his board reviews by making friends in the industry. Nope Angry will call a spade a spade and to hell with the consequences. It's one of the reasons we like to send him boards, for honest, opinionated, feedback.

Blister Gear Review, a US based website putting skis and snowboards through their paces for the benefit of the general public, doesn't pull any punches when it gets to putting opinions to paper. We were more than stoked when we read the review of Amplid's flagship snowboard the UNW8.

When a board tester describes a board as "taking no prisinors" that's either a very good or very bad thing. In the case of the UNW8 it was just a way to describe how this all-mountain beast won't stand for any nonsense.

Buying a ready made splitboard is an expensive job, but once you add carbon into the equation the prices bump up considerably. So is carbon worth the extra cost? And what really are the benefits over a traditional fibreglass construction? Splitboard.com has the answers.

Today Amplid releases a very limited edition ski and snowboard to mark TEN years of Amplid and THIRTY years since the company's owner Peter Bauer first strapped onto a snowboard, a decision that changed his life. The ARC blog caught up with Peter to find out more about the very special 10/30 series and uncover a bit more about his past 30 years designing boards and skis.

Not everybody likes to ride gnarly rock faces and terrifying couloirs on a powder day. Most people just want to cruise through the trees with finesse and fluidity, air some pillows and huck some tricks into bottomless landings. This is exactly what Amplid designed the Pillow Talk for and it seems French snowboard mag Snowsurf agrees! Here's their review.

Wanna know what Amplid's epic powder board, the Morning Glory, is all about? Check-out this review by French snowboard magazine "Snowsurf", these guys obviously know a good powder board when they ride one!

Each winter, French snowboard title "Snowsurf Magazine" tests hundreds of snowboards from a broad selection of brands. The testers particularly liked Amplid's Big Mountain freeride board the Creamer and awarded it "Top of the Pop" status.

Last winter, French freeski title Skieur Magazine, was shipped a pair of Syntax and Provoke, two skis at opposite ends of the feel and price spectrum in Amplid's line, to test. Here's what they thought of Amplid's price point true twin, the Provoke.

The Syntax is a ski that has been endlessly tweaked and tuned over the years to reach perfection. Developed with the input of Amplid's top team riders, past and present, it's a true flagship ski for Amplid. In March we shipped a pair of Syntax to Skieur Magazine to check that our pride wasn't misplaced and the ski ended up winning a "Tester's Choice" Award.

Snowmagazine took the UNW8, Pillow Talk and Stereo for a spin. After a few days on the boards the Stereo emerged as one of the tester's favourites thanks to the boards fun feel and versatility.

Every May the UK's retailers and dedicated riders pack their boots and outerwear and head out to Kaunertal in Austria for some spring snowboard testing. In October The Reason Magazine publishes the tester's notes. Here's what they thought of Amplid's boards.