Lib-Tech Men’s Apex Orca Snowboard 2023 Lib-Tech

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.

“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: Hybrid Camber
Terrain: Resort/Pow
Response: Medium

Features:

• Travis’ dream directional shape in dream carbon construction
• Resort ripping to heli drops
• Floaty nose, tight sidecut, maximum power tail
• Hybrid C2X: Lengthened camber, shortened rocker, lengthened camber, the perfect rocker/camber hybrid, rips everything including pow
• T.Rice apex orca construction lighter • environmentally nicer • liveliest
• Core: 20% aspen / 30% paulownia / 40% (pet)recycled bottles, 10% balsa
• Glass: spread toe carbon / 33º carbon mesh / s glass strips / tri-ax
• Top: eco sublimated bio beans top
• Base: sintered knife cut
• Tip/tail: lightweight spin slim
• Birch internal sidewalls
• Uhmw sintered sidewalls
• Uhmw tip/tail impact deflection
• Magne-traction® effortless edge hold serrated steak knife technologyturns ice into powder! 7 strategically located edge serrations provide unreal edge hold and control in all conditions.
• The original award winning rocker/camber hybrid contours engineered for snowboarding patent #7823892 #8511704. Full contact and control in all conditions. “awesome everywhere”. Central rocker builds in carve, edge hold & float. Cambers build in pop, stability and control.
• Board Art By: Andrew Schoultz (@aschoultz)

Profile: Hybrid Camber

The perfect rocker/camber hybrid. Shortened rocker between inserts and camber underfoot with rockered tip/tail for control/precision/float.

Central rocker builds in carve, edge hold, and float. Cambers builds in stability and control. Full contact and control in all conditions.

Shape: Directional 

A smooth, reliable ride.

Directional shapes generally feature a longer, softer nose and a shorter, stiffer tail. These shapes thrive in an all-mountain environment, as they possess the ability to ride more smoothly than their twin-tip counterparts and behave more reliably in variable snow conditions, anywhere from choppy snow to deeper powder. More twin-looking directional shapes where the difference between nose and tail appear minimal will perform best as crossover freestyle snowboards for those looking to still access the park, while more exaggerated differences will excel for additional float in deep powder.

Flex: 6 – 9 (Scale 1 – 10)

Versatility at its finest. From the park to the peak and anywhere in between.

Base: Sintered

High-end base material that is harder, more durable, and faster than extruded bases.