This winter, Milligram mega-fan Andreas Baumann and his girlfriend traveled east to Japan for the splitboard trip of a lifetime. Surfing bottomless powder with the Car Danchi crew, relaxing with a Sapporo Beer in hot springs and playing menu roulette every evening, it sounds like one hell of a way to spend a vacation!

After a month of cabin fever inducing weather in Alaska, Ambush rider Ben Reynolds was finally able to access some of his favourite zones in the the Chugach range, close to his home. Three days of glorious weather, stable snow conditions and over 5,000m of vertical allowed for Ben to poach some dream lines with his Milligram.

This weekend the Amplid Research Cartel made its way to the hidden resort of Hochkeil in Austria's Salzburgerland region to race the banks of the Livingroom Banked Slalom, a grassroots event organised by Peter Radacher and a crew of local snowboarders.

After a very confident run with an unfortunate fall in the first stop of the Freeride World Tour, Cartel rider Christoffer Granbom was brimming with confidence for the second leg. Re-staged in Vallnord, because of dangerous snow conditions earlier in the season, Christoffer took home the top spot on the 2nd stop.

Professional Mountain Guide Eric Haufe lives a charmed existence, chasing the best snow conditions and most exciting adventures throughout the Alps. Amplid caught up with Eric to find-out some details about his favourite trips in the 16/17 winter to date.

Cartel rider Alex Neurohr shows us what a perfect day of skiing in Switzerland looks like: Perfect runs through the forest in knee deep powder with friends, followed by Fondue and a belly full of Genepi. Anyone disagree?

This year Amplid has partnered with Choice Splitboard Camps, the brainchild of Pia Schroeter and ex-Freeride World Tour Champion Aline Bock. The camps, which are based at various locations around Austria, offer splitboarders of all levels guiding and tuition. We caught up with Pia to find out more.

Conditions in Austria's Steiermark were some of the best in the Alps in January. It's not often that the Alps this far east trump their westerly neighbours so Amplid's Sebastian Hiersche made the most of the great conditions to film some POV footage.

In the past few years California has been given the cold shoulder by the snow gods. This year the snow is back and with 20ft of snow in January alone, conditions are all time! Amplid ambassadors Buell Steelman and Henning Schwalbe have been making the most of the spectacular conditions on their splitboards.

Amplid's graphics guru, Michi Hanauer, and his wife Bianca made the most of the Christmas break to take a dream splitboard trip in Romania's Carpathian Mountains. Fresh tracks by day and plenty of Sliwowitz at night, Romania looks like it's well worth a visit.

Between the 17th and 19th of February join the Amplid Research Cartel at the Hochkeil ski area in Salzburgerland for the Livingroom Banked Slalom presented by Amplid. So tune-up your board and get yourself registered to race down the Hochkeil's twisting and turning course.

Young buck Andew Hoblitzelle and a crew of East Coast faces lay down some style heavy trickery in parks across the US. Andrews brother Oliver takes control of the edit: the fish-eye lens and analogue film give this edit a classic 90s skate video feel.

Under the guidance of ex pro-rider Franky Moissonnier, a man that knows how to pick a great snowboard, Snow Surf conducts a gargantuan test every winter. By testing over 250 boards across the winter, Franky and his team are able to choose the real diamonds.

The Freeride World Qualifier events are a hotbed for talent. Eager to earn themselves a spot on the Freeride World Tour, the tour's qualifier events attract hundreds of ambitious skiers and snowboarders. This weekend rising star Sebastian Hiersche earned a 4th place at the Open Faces 2* event in Kappl, Austria. Here's his run.

Last year the testers of ski test website "Le Bon Test" voted the Rockwell one of their favourite all-mountain skis. This year it was the turn of Amplid's playful park destroyer, the Antidote, to impress the testers and bring home the silverware.

After a two-year hiatus, Luka Melloni and Pepe Gay team up once again to drop this smooth, trance-inducing park edit. Shot around the Pyrenees.

As the winter season gets underway more and more lines become rideable in AK, Amplid's Alaskan splitboard ambassador, Ben Reynolds, and fellow riders Orin and Uriah Rolando took the opportunity, on a clear day with stable conditions, to ride Kick Step, a well-known peak in the Chugach Range.

Long time Ambush team rider Fex Althammer kicks off the new year with a soulful edit pieced together from two years of footage filmed with the Freeski-Crew.

Germany's popular ski touring publication, Alpin Magazine, recently released the results of its annual "Mega Test". Amplid sent the testers a pair of Ego Trip Evolution to compete in the 89-98mm category. We've translated the original article into English for your reading pleasure.

Once again Amplid entrusted Blister Gear Review with the task of putting the UNW8 through its paces. Having tested the previous year's model as well, tester Justin Bobb, was able to dig a little deeper than most.

For the second year in a row the LoveLife has been featured in Outside Online's prestigious Buyers Guide as one of the Five Best Women's Snowboards of 2017! Check-out the whole review here.

Finnish freeski legend Kevin Salonius braves miserable November weather to bring you a short but sweet edit loaded with heaters!