Anyone heard of them and if so were they good?
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I'm going to be honest I don't care too much about aesthetics, but I'd be annoyed if I couldn't stand the board up against a wall without it falling over.
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Had a try yet?
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Nope. Flying next saturday and hopefully should get 13 days of ride.
I'll definitely mount the Katanas to start with.
I plan to spend the time between my Surfari, Dada and Party Platter and will report.
On a cool note, just receive my Adidas Acerra, seems like they fit in 7.5UK which is 1.5 size less than what I rode back in January. So hopefully I'll notice a difference!
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I own all three of those boards also, can't wait to hear your thoughts - have a great trip
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Didn't realize there was another Amplid thread. Posted a brief review a couple mos. ago, guess I'll repost here as well:
I've been interested in Amplid for years so I finally sent it and picked up both of these in 157 at the beginning of the season. They look kind of similar at first glance, and share similar construction, but actually ride very differently. Ran Union Atlases on both, since they both need to be paired with a responsive full size disc binding. Figured I'd share some initial impressions after a couple days on snow, since there are so few reviews out there...
Surfari has an 8/10 Flex rating that feels accurate tip to tail, but has a little more torsional flex than expected from just hand flexing it in. This thing locks in on high speed carves with that 8.0 sidecut and has surprising edgehold despite a mellower camber profile and average EE. I think the grip comes from being well balanced and so damn stable. It hasn't snowed much for over 2 weeks here in the PNW, but it stayed steady even on patches of ice in the shade. Reminds me of the US Outer Orbit & Korua TF Plus+.
Souly Grail is slightly toned down, one notch lower 7/10 on the flex scale with considerably more torsional flex, slightly narrower waist, 7.9 sidecut, and a little more setback. Every bit as stable as the Surfari but a little quicker edge-to-edge and you can butter with some effort. This might become my new go-to charger for now. Reminds me of the US Inner Orbit & Nidecker Mellow/Liberty/Fun Ball.
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I've been interested in Amplid for years so I finally sent it and picked up both of these in 157 at the beginning of the season. They look kind of similar at first glance, and share similar construction, but actually ride very differently. Ran Union Atlases on both, since they both need to be paired with a responsive full size disc binding. Figured I'd share some initial impressions after a couple days on snow, since there are so few reviews out there...
Surfari has an 8/10 Flex rating that feels accurate tip to tail, but has a little more torsional flex than expected from just hand flexing it in. This thing locks in on high speed carves with that 8.0 sidecut and has surprising edgehold despite a mellower camber profile and average EE. I think the grip comes from being well balanced and so damn stable. It hasn't snowed much for over 2 weeks here in the PNW, but it stayed steady even on patches of ice in the shade. Reminds me of the US Outer Orbit & Korua TF Plus+.
Souly Grail is slightly toned down, one notch lower 7/10 on the flex scale with considerably more torsional flex, slightly narrower waist, 7.9 sidecut, and a little more setback. Every bit as stable as the Surfari but a little quicker edge-to-edge and you can butter with some effort. This might become my new go-to charger for now. Reminds me of the US Inner Orbit & Nidecker Mellow/Liberty/Fun Ball.
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Some additional thoughts...
Weird to hear the customer service issues above, as I had an opposite experience. You all remember how ridiculously bad the shipping industry was around this past holiday season. They voluntarily upgraded me to 2nd day air, just so I would have a chance at getting the board in time for a trip. I don't even want to know how expensive that is from Germany to US.
I always read marketing materials with a big grain of salt, but antiphase tech is the real deal. Paid close attention but never noticed any discernible chatter in rough conditions. Plenty of other companies try to accomplish this with different wood core layups, various carbon stringer/sheet placements, etc... but in my experience it oftentimes just creates an overly stiff/heavy/dead zone that ultimately isn't even very effective.
Whatever sintered HD7 is, it seems to be a fast base. I was shocked how much faster it was while flat-basing on a cat track vs. my buddy on a Cardiff Bonsai. Granted it's a brand new base, but with only a single coat of basic wax. Base is already dry and edges are white after just a couple days, so it should only get faster with more coats of better wax.
So far, their Centrifugal collection takes everything I like about the Koruas & Nideckers I've owned, but without the dead door feeling that they suffer from. Might need to try the Pentaquark and/or UNW8 someday, but worried they might be too aggressive for what I prefer these days...
Update: I've managed to get it out in some pow since my original post (nothing that deep yet since it's been rough in the PNW) and it performed great. think I've waxed it 3x now and it is now holding up to the rough conditions much better than straight out of the shrinkwrap.
Weird to hear the customer service issues above, as I had an opposite experience. You all remember how ridiculously bad the shipping industry was around this past holiday season. They voluntarily upgraded me to 2nd day air, just so I would have a chance at getting the board in time for a trip. I don't even want to know how expensive that is from Germany to US.
I always read marketing materials with a big grain of salt, but antiphase tech is the real deal. Paid close attention but never noticed any discernible chatter in rough conditions. Plenty of other companies try to accomplish this with different wood core layups, various carbon stringer/sheet placements, etc... but in my experience it oftentimes just creates an overly stiff/heavy/dead zone that ultimately isn't even very effective.
Whatever sintered HD7 is, it seems to be a fast base. I was shocked how much faster it was while flat-basing on a cat track vs. my buddy on a Cardiff Bonsai. Granted it's a brand new base, but with only a single coat of basic wax. Base is already dry and edges are white after just a couple days, so it should only get faster with more coats of better wax.
So far, their Centrifugal collection takes everything I like about the Koruas & Nideckers I've owned, but without the dead door feeling that they suffer from. Might need to try the Pentaquark and/or UNW8 someday, but worried they might be too aggressive for what I prefer these days...
Update: I've managed to get it out in some pow since my original post (nothing that deep yet since it's been rough in the PNW) and it performed great. think I've waxed it 3x now and it is now holding up to the rough conditions much better than straight out of the shrinkwrap.
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How do you like the Union Atlas on the Surfari? And what boot size/binding size do you run?
Currently contemplating buying a pair of Atlas on the EOS. Katanas are sold out but might go on sale later in the season in some stores. K2 Lien AT's are not available in my country, so it would be a hassle if I had to return them.
Has anyone else been getting ghosted by Amplid?
Ordered a Surfari back in January which got delayed and didn't arrive until the end of February... only to arrive in both damaged (cosmetic...but still) and in the wrong size. Opened up a ticket with them on February 24th and got a quick response that same day acknowledging the issue and offering some options (neither of which I was particularly jazzed about). Responded that same day asking about possible alternatives (like getting a different board instead as they said the surfari was sold out now). And then they just stopped responding to me altogether. I've sent 3 follow-ups since opening up my ticket on the 24th as I understand sometimes emails get buried (even sent a hail mary dm to Peter Bauer as someone here mentioned he's chill/responsive) but still nothing. I'd say my emails were respectful and professional (though I guess me pointing out that the damaged board had no padding on it could be seen as passive aggressive?). I really don't want to file for a chargeback on a smaller company like Amplid because I know these things can hurt them, but with them not responding for weeks I feel like I might have to :c
Has Amplid been responding to anyone here this month? They're clearly active on social media, but I recognize that the marketing department isn't necessarily the customer service folks.
Ordered a Surfari back in January which got delayed and didn't arrive until the end of February... only to arrive in both damaged (cosmetic...but still) and in the wrong size. Opened up a ticket with them on February 24th and got a quick response that same day acknowledging the issue and offering some options (neither of which I was particularly jazzed about). Responded that same day asking about possible alternatives (like getting a different board instead as they said the surfari was sold out now). And then they just stopped responding to me altogether. I've sent 3 follow-ups since opening up my ticket on the 24th as I understand sometimes emails get buried (even sent a hail mary dm to Peter Bauer as someone here mentioned he's chill/responsive) but still nothing. I'd say my emails were respectful and professional (though I guess me pointing out that the damaged board had no padding on it could be seen as passive aggressive?). I really don't want to file for a chargeback on a smaller company like Amplid because I know these things can hurt them, but with them not responding for weeks I feel like I might have to :c
Has Amplid been responding to anyone here this month? They're clearly active on social media, but I recognize that the marketing department isn't necessarily the customer service folks.
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I ordered back in January as well, received the wrong size, and just last week received the correct size Surfari. It took a lot of e-mails and I got rather lucky that they found a 157cm in stock at their Dutch distributer.
I'd say your best bet is just to keep trying and stay cool. They should be able to take a return on your board via a local partner and send you the right size next year when more are produced.
I'd say your best bet is just to keep trying and stay cool. They should be able to take a return on your board via a local partner and send you the right size next year when more are produced.
When you say a lot of e-mails, how many did it take for you to get a reply? Right now I'm sitting at 4 unanswered emails over the last 18 days
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Annette hasn't responded to any of mine and UPS has been waiting on her response since 2/22
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My buddy just ordered one at the beginning of this month when they re-upped, and received it a week later. Looks like they've slightly improved the way they pack boards, probably as a result of some of these instances where they got damaged in transit. Still not packaged as well as they should be for international transit though.
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Go for the 153 Souly Grail next season...
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Didn’t know there was one! New addition? When did they add that?
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No idea, just saw it on their website randomly but "out of stock." My best guess is it's a placeholder for next year.
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