Lib Tech T.Rice Apex Orca Snowboard 2023

The apex resort ripping, pow pillow blasting snowboard in pinnacle apex carbon carbon technology performance construction. A long floaty nose, powerful poppy contact maximizing “whale tail technology”. A tight 7m trench gouging sidecut wide enough to allow you to really put it on hardpack rail with no toe drag and float pillows like a dream but narrow enough to be your daily driver. Carbon over carbon over magnesium wrapping a recycled PET plastic bottle, paulownia, balsa and FSC certified aspen core. Eco sublimated bio beans top and rugged/fast sintered knife cut base. Our favorite power fish snowboard just went bionic.

VOLUME SHIFTED, RIDE THIS BOARD 3-6 CM SHORTER THAN YOUR NORMAL BOARD.

• TRAVIS’ DREAM DIRECTIONAL SHAPE IN DREAM CARBON CONSTRUCTION
• RESORT RIPPING TO HELI DROPS
• FLOATY NOSE, TIGHT SIDECUT, MAXIMUM POWER TAIL
• ART BY: Andrew Schoultz (@aschoultz)

“This board is all about zero compromises when it comes to pure pow or even smooth corduroy. Light, extremely responsive and packing mega snap, the Apex Orca is a predator. This is a vehicle that is meant to leverage! Straight up, this board is not meant for bell to bell days on bumpy resort conditions. While this carbon board is absolutely the dampest carbon board on the market, when it comes to chopped up and bumpy afternoons on resort, a wood core is a more forgiving ride. When you get this board in its sweet spot, you can’t beat it. Andrew Schultz went Stereophonic on the vibratory rate of this top sheet to compliment the feeling that this board has in pow. This board is a sports car, not to be confused with the utilitarianism of a daily driver!” - Travis Rice

Profile - C2X – A shorter, more aggressive banana rocker combined with cambers that sit more underfoot. Extra solid tip and tail pressure for power, pop, precision and end-to-end stability combined with a medium amount of pressure between your feet for carving, edge hold on ice and float in pow.

Flex - Medium - Stiff – Stout enough to charge your hardest but without excessive harshness.

Shape - Volume Shifted – Ride this board 3-6 cm shorter than your normal board. Lightweight Spin Slim Tip / Tail.

Core - Apex Construction – 20% Aspen / 30% Paulownia / 40% (PET) Recycled Bottles / 10% Balsa. Lightest. Environmentally nicer. Liveliest.

Laminates - Spread Toe Carbon – Flattened widely aligned carbon fibers maximize strength, minimize weight and eliminate potential stress/break points associated with woven carbon fabrics. Light, strong and responsive. 33° Carbon Mesh – Light strong, lively carbon fiber oriented to maximize torsional response from control points to contacts points for maximum performance. S-Glass Strips – High silica content glass fiber that has high tensile strength, high elastic modulus great overall strength to weight properties. Triaxial Fiberglass – 0° x 45° x 45° oriented fiber combination creates the perfect balance of torsional responsiveness and overall flex performance.

Sidewalls - Birch Internal Sidewalls. UHMW Sintered Sidewalls. UHMW Tip / Tail Impact Deflection.

Base - Sintered Knife Cut Base – High density UHMW. Optimized wax retention and toughness. Wax regularly and repair professionally.

Edges - Magne-Traction® – Strategically located edge serrations provide unreal edge hold and control in all conditions. Turns ice into powder.