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!

It's that time of year again... you know, when the internet reduces all the gear that won't sell to rock bottom prices! This year Amplid is doing things a little differently. Instead of discounting our super awesome hard goods, we're offering some next level freebies like touring skins, our Codex freeride backpack and Pally'Hi Merino base layers. Click here to find-out more.

This weekend the Test To Believe Tour is at the Kaunertal Glacier in Austria's Tirol region. The snow on the glacier is in prime condition after some great early season snowfalls and with the terrain park already in operation, Kaunertal is a great place to demo every type of ski and snowboard, from park cruisers to backcountry missiles.

In "Love from Above", a short movie by Julien Lange and Gpsy Feelin, Julien proves that an injury plagued season doesn't have to be a wasted season. Armed with his Facelift skis and with help from his crew, Julien ventured deeper into the incredible backcountry terrain surrounding Tignes to film new and challenging lines.

This week the temperature dropped to below freezing in the Bavarian Alps and the heavens opened leaving a blanket of snow for Amplid's ultra-eager office team to poach. Equipped with Facelifts, Ego Trip Evolutions, Milligrams and Morning Splits the team hiked up to the Summit of Spitzingsee's Rosskopf for a quick fix of pow riding.

The Milligram continues its ascent to legendary status by winning a "Selection 2017" award from French ski touring magazine "Ski Rando". The testers were blown away with the Milligram's combination of lightweight construction and killer performance.

Jonnie Merrill shows why he's earned himself a spot on Amplid's Cartel team this winter with a season edit jam packed full of big lines, insane trickery and smooth style.

Working with fellow Amplid team rider Kevin Salonius and Amplid's favourite lens man, Stephan Sutton, Finnish shredder Christian Stromberg has pieced together one hell of a season edit. Christian is one to watch this season as he returns from a season-ending injury.

Last March German freeride skiing magazine Powder-Magazin took the Facelift for a spin on the Kaunertal Glacier. They tested the ski in a full range of conditions and had some great things to say about the ski.