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By the time the hectic winter season has ended and there's more time to invest into important R&D projects it's usually May. This year May in the northern Alps has been cold and wet which means conditions on Austria's Glaciers have been all-time!

By the middle of May it's likely that the Alps have experienced more than a few downpours of rain and summer-like days with temperatures in the mid 20s. So it's rare that you can find a snowpatch big enough to ride within walking distance of a main road. But then again, when you know your local mountains like Philip Toplitsch there are hundreds of possibilities.

Last weekend Splitboarding.eu hosted its Spring gathering at the Amberger Huette in Stubaital. Late season snowfalls had provided enough snow for easy access to the surrounding peaks from their base. Amplid's Alex Proyer joined the party.

For most the ski season ends when the last lifts wind down for the season, but for ski tourers the fair weather and low avalanche risk make May a prime month for ski touring. Last weekend Ambush rider Morgan Sauerwald took his new Ego Trip Evolutions for a test run in the Mont Blanc Massif.

In his rookie season as professional skier, Kevin Salonius has spent the last five months travelling throughout Europe discovering the sports many disciplines. In April Kevin travelled to Grandvilira in Andorra to hang-out with team riders Luka Melloni, Pako Benguerel and Noah Albaladejo and film with future movie magnet Borja Azurmendi. Here's a brief trip report.

Every year Burton's Stash Park, a creative terrain park constructed from natural materials and designed to blend into the environment, in Avoriaz, hosts the Stash Gathering. Pros, seasonnaires and visiting tourists gather to shred the park and win one of Frances most highly regarded snowboard contests.

Philip Toplitsch and his crew of riding buddies, The Army, love Vorarlberg, the region of Austria where they live. This season the crew, assisted by film making genius Adam Graf, have created a movie which mixes their passion for snowboarding with the inspiring landscapes of Austria's most western region. Tomorrow night they will premiere the project titled "VorAMarlberg" and they want you there!

Alton Premium Store recently held their end of season tournament, a fun park session and get-together for the local scene. Amplid's Phillip Toplitsch showed-up to support his long term sponsor and ended-up taking home the best trick prize with an uber stylish bs double cork 900.

Grass Roots events are sooo hot right now... but seriously, what's not to like about hanging-out with friends and snowboarding at the same time. Keep Snowboarding 2015 took place last week and brought together the Vorarlberg snowboard scene in Damuels. Amplid's Philip Toplitsch and Jonel Fricke took-part.

For North America's best park riders and the shaping teams from the US' top terrain parks, Snowboarder Magazine's Superpark sessions are an annual highlight. The shaping teams, that hale from resorts like Boreal and Bear Mountain, transform the venue into the most progressive park on the planet. This year Pennsylvania's Seven Springs hosted the event.

SLVSH is the contest in which the world's best freeskiers battle against each other in a game of S.K.A.T.E. This week's episode has devided the Amplid camp, since Luka Melloni is skiing against Noah Albaladejo, both of whom are important members of the Cartel family.

Splitboarding is great, what could be better than accessing beautiful peaks with thousands of meters of untouched vertical stretching out into the distance. Well that's the romanitic view, the reality can be very different. Amplid's Nico Antony recently spent 8 days in the Southern Alps exposing himself to awful conditions and learning essential survival techniques.

Once a year Luka and Noah cross the borders of Andorra and Spain into the French Pyrenees for the Rail Trick Session in Font Romeu. This year the usual BBQ vibes were a little dampened by the heavy snowfall, but Luka and Noah proved once again that they're the guys to beat.

The Ahornspitze is one of the Zillertal Valley's most prominent peaks. Just under 3000m high, it towers above the resort town of Mayrhofen, basking in the late afternoon sun. For any freerider who spends time in the Zillertal it's on the bucket list of peaks to ride. Ambush rider Alex Proyer recently ticked it off his list.

Last week Julien Lange and Kevin Salonius were hanging-out with Swiss Cartel rider Alex Neurohr and filming for a video series in his home resort Vercorin. While they were there, the crew took a day off filming backcountry jumps to join Ambush rider Jeremy Rudaz for the Gangs of Thyon contest.

BoardSportSource recently sat down with Amplid's cofounder and owner, Peter Bauer, to talk about the last 30 years of snowboarding, Peter's involvement in the sport and of course Amplid. This interview is a cracker!

This winter Cartel rider Kevin Salonius has been to the far corners of Europe in search of new skiing adventures. At the end of February, Kevin travelled to Oslo, Norway's Capital City, to film with his homies at WordUp Projects. He kindly put together this little trip report.

Huge congratulations to Cartel team rider Noah Albaladejo who on Friday evening won the "Overall" and "Best Trick" awards at the prestigious B&E Invitational. With such a stacked field of riders, even getting noticed is an incredible achievement.

From 3pm (CET) today the B&E live broadcast will kick off. The contest hosted by Phil Casabon and Henrik Harlaut, in the French resort of Les Arcs, showcases the world's most stylish and creative skiers in a one of a kind, bowl park. This year Amplid's Noah Albaladejo will be riding.

Since French snowboarder Simon Maxit joined the Amplid Family he's been putting his Stereo to good use. Here's a huge Underflip 540 transfer from a hip transition to a kicker landing in the Chatel terrain park.

Who do you call when you're in need of big tricks and faultless style for a magazine feature? Calling Cartel team rider Philip Toplitsch would be a good start and it's what photographer Cyril Mueller did when he needed some shots for a Pleasure Mag feature on the Nike Montafon Park.