Lib-Tech Men’s BRD Snowboard 2023 Lib-Tech

Lib’s Split BRD rides the resort so well they built the BRD as a daily driver for powder freaks. The perfect combination of a stable poppy C3 camber body with a big floaty pow loving early rise nose, a freestyle friendly tail and taper for stomped soft snow landings. It’s not always soft so we made sure the BRD rails hardpack and ice with the serrated edge grip technology and rips switch if you are feeling frisky… undercover mogul slasher! Austen Sweetin loves this one so much he took over the art direction and working with his friend Javier gave it a magical new look.

The BRD is the best of the best for the all-terrain ripper. A nice deep sidecut for railing turns on the resort with a nice fl oaty nose to fl oat through the deepest of pow days. Although it is a directional snowboard the tapered blunt tail allows you to ride switch with ease and keep the tip up while landing switch in deep pow. I’ve been riding the Split BRD for years and after discovering the solid state BRD this past season it has eliminated the thought of questioning what board to ride knowing that the BRD will handle any condition thrown in front of me any day of the season. I hope you enjoy this board as much as I do! I’m 5’3’’ and ride the 153 as my daily driver and the 156 for the deep days and charging big lines. -Austen Sweetin

Profile: Camber
Terrain: Park/Resort/Pow
Response: Medium

Features:

• The ultimate daily driver for powder freaks
• Rips everywhere, loves pow days and dream trips
• Austen took over the art direction this year!
• C3 Aggression, control, precision, power: camber, mild rocker, camber
• Original power construction + sintered base [op+] light • environmentally nice • strong 
• Core: 75% aspen / 25% paulownia
• Glass: tri-ax / bi-ax fiber
• Top: eco sublimated polytop + base: sintered knife cut base
• Birch internal sidewalls
• Uhmw sintered sidewalls
• Uhmw tip/tail impact deflection
• Magne-traction® effortless edge hold serrated steak knife technology turns 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
• Javier Mendizabal (@javiermendizabal)

Profile: Camber

Precision, control and pop.

The side profile of camber looks like a rainbow. Tried and true, camber has been the dominant board bend in the snowboard industry for almost 40 years. Adopted from the bend of alpine skis, camber snowboards deliver precise turning and edge control, with spring-loaded pop due to the bend in the board, providing better jumping characteristics. Advanced riders tend to prefer this bend, especially for hard carving and high-speed riding. Even when it comes to softer park snowboards, camber boards deliver exceptional pop and control.

However, they are not as forgiving of mistakes and can be more difficult to learn or progress on than a rocker or hybrid bend.

Shape: Directional Tapered

Directional tapered boards excel in a pure mountain environment. The tail sinks in pow for better float and quicker turns.

A directional shape with a longer, softer nose and a shorter, stiffer tail get taken to the next level with a tapering design—which sees a wider nose tapering into a narrower tail. The advantages are two-fold: this shape not only sees mega-enhanced floatation with a surfy feel in deep powder, it also creates a faster turning snowboard which is noticeably more nimble and great for tree riding.

Flex: 6 – 8 (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.