This freeride board with a wider width remains responsive and lively underfoot. In addition to its carving performance, it has a playful note thanks to a good pop. The Killswitch's shape is generous and modern, yet solid and capable of taking on terrain and speed. The support starts from the centre and is well balanced, then you can easily work on the flex, making it both manoeuvrable and precise.
Amplid offers a wide range of top-of-the-range freeriders. Added this year, it's a more affordable model. However, the philosophy remains the same as that of the Souly grail and Soulmate: fluid rounding in turns and fun, effective short supports. Technically more accessible, it can be controlled from the centre with comfort and balance. Short, the fish tail bends easily, offering manoeuvrability and liveliness in powder. Its advantage is its liveliness when changing edge and in small turns, complemented by comfort on all types of snow.
The Twin version adds a firmer flex to its compact but progressive tips, providing support and stability. We like the balance between its forgiving, easy ride that lets you do just about anything and its powerful, fast support.
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The Singular has become the new all-round freeride reference in the range, with its smooth, fast and ultra-precise handling. It offers total control at all speeds and on all types of snow. This shape, with its solidity and lift under the front foot, provides safety in all terrain and a wide range of versatility, from comfortable, flowing turns to dynamic control in small bends.
This freeride shape, with its short heel and rocker front, is a little more oriented towards on-track versatility than the Surfari. We take advantage of the agility of a small swallow tail, to drift onto a fairly modern approach, oriented towards solid support and efficient carving. Manoeuvrable underfoot, it immediately reveals itself to be incisive, seeking to get into a carved turn fairly quickly.
The Soulmate is in keeping with Amplid's freeride philosophy, with its directional shape and focus on progressiveness and stability, but with a softer centred flex. The feel in powder is top-notch. Long strides are fluid, and you want to go fast and launch with your heel. The transitions from one edge to the next are pleasant. On hard snow, it doesn't have the grip of the top-of-the-range models, so it's best suited to all-terrain riding.
The flex is slightly stiff but evenly distributed, offering a blend of firmness and a hint of softness that gives excellent snow feel. This Milligram remains firm enough to inspire total confidence on edge, whether climbing or descending through tight terrain, while still maintaining playability for those with a solid level of experience. It performs well in wide, high-speed turns, even on hard snow, and stays dynamic and nimble when navigating dense forests with limited visibility or weaving through tight fir trees.
When you get off the slopes, you've got a powerful, precise riding machine that feels fast, a hard snow trafolle swallower. In powder, it's easy to ride, pivots well when you play with the tail, loses its slightly serious side, feels nimble, gets out of the way easily, you're well balanced and can concentrate while looking far ahead.
As the title suggests, the movie is about snowboard sessions right in their proper backyards. With Marc based in Pustertal, Thomas in Innsbruck, and Mario in Zillertal, the film takes you on a short journey through their local playgrounds and mountain ranges. Together with filmmakers Daniel Niederkofler and Mario Käppeli, they not only covered a mad amount of vertical meters but also enjoyed a season filled with powder, sunshine, and good times! Expect plenty of splitboard and backcountry action.
Generally riding as fast and hard as possible in natural terrain. Big, long, high speed turns. Powder, chunder, groomers, and natural airs. If a board is really surfy, I can be persuaded to slow down and spend some time slashing around. Not spending much time in the park.
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Performance-wise, this one is perhaps better at multi-tasking than the average dad. Its powder prowess is made clear in the shape alone, but carving on hard-pack comes naturally too. It’s certainly not a freestyle board, and even some other all-mountain models (including the Amplid Singular, more on which below) may be a better pick for those who truly want to keep all options open.
Ask any splitboarder what would make their life easier, and the answer will usually be the same: a lighter setup for the way up that still rips on the way down. Each year, tons of work goes into cracking this particular nut, but few have managed it quite like the Amplid Milligram.
The Amplid Singular represents Amplid's efforts to crack the final frontier in snowboard design: the perfect all-mountain snowboard. An in-depth review of the Amplid Singular Directional snowboard for 2024-2025 – tested, tried and reviewed by the Whitelines test team. Why We Chose The Amplid Singular: They may be the masters of evidence-based, technical-as-hell board design, but the folk at Amplid still know how to make a crowd-pleaser.
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The Amplid UNW8 definitely isn’t for everyone, but it’s still a favorite of some of our reviewers. It’s a pretty demanding model, but paired with an advanced rider used to the feel of a full-camber board, the UNW8 offers a solid and poppy ride in a lightweight platform. It’s ideal for those who like to go fast and who know how to use camber to their advantage.
The Pentaquark is still one of the best carving boards we’ve tested. Essentially, it blends the qualities of a race board with hints of those from all-mountain options. The Pentaquark is crafted to be light but is still quite damp, thanks to Amplid’s Antiphase construction. This board offers a lengthy effective edge (due to its shortened tip and tail lengths) that provides excellent edge hold on firm conditions.
The Amplid Pentaquark doesn’t have that older school super stiff flex, but it feels damper than most of those boards I’ve ridden. The Antiphase tech is no bullshit. It’s amazing how quiet the board can feel underfoot in uneven snow of any kind. Even though I mainly took this out in good conditions, it didn’t flinch when I hit a rough patch of snow. This is special and a good call for those who like to carve but often have to ride on busy days.
Uneven Terrain: I haven’t experienced this kind of dampness for this flex before trying the Amplid Singular. It really is amazing in everything from hard to soft, uneven snow. Often times I ignore talking about tech because it’s more about how it rides, but this Antiphase tech deserves mention as it’s far from being smoke-and-mirror bullshit.
The Snommelier may occupy a fairly narrow niche, but it’s one of our favorite boards to be on when arcing huge turns in soft snow. Its wide, blunted nose, sole length option of 166 cm, and vintage swallowtail combine to do an excellent job of keeping its nose afloat and alleviating stress on the back leg in deep snow. Like many of Amplid’s boards, the Snommelier is also surprisingly light (despite its large size).
So the Amplid Snommelier is an amazing floater. I was in thigh-high power in some places, and it felt like it wasn’t even trying. Despite being more of a big mtn bomber, this floats super well in low-angle powder. Even with this setback, massive taper, and large swallowtail, you feel more centered on board than you are...
A Guide to Understanding Snowboard Design. Struggling to find the perfect snowboard? In this video, we break down everything you need to know to navigate the jungle of different models and lengths. From understanding your bio specs like body height, boot size, and weight, to selecting the right type of board for your riding level, preferred terrain and snow conditions, we've got you covered.
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