Lib Tech Apex Orca Snowboard 2025
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The ultimate apex Natural Selection winning, pow pillow blasting directional snowboard in pinnacle apex “Techno Pop” carbon technology performance construction. Travis took his beloved Orca and merged it with his elite high-performance snowboard world freestyle tour dreams and multiplied them by Mike Olson’s technical composite wizardry to come up with this ultralight supreme Orca freestyle evolution. The long floaty Orca nose loves pow. A directional C2 contour rips resort, trenches hardpack carves, and blasts off mountainous side hits. The Orca’s unique powerful short radius camber tail provides power and control and maximum mobility and control in tight, steep technical terrain. Unidirectional carbon over 30° carbon mega X over magnesium fiber bands wrapping recycled PET plastic bottles, Paulownia, and FSC® certified Aspen core. Eco-sublimated bio beans top and rugged, fast sintered base. All this and the elimination of swing weight with new “Anti Matter” 3-D tips and tails… Our favorite twin power fish snowboard just went bionic.
RIDER TYPE: All Mountain / Freeride / Powder
ABILITY: Intermediate / Advanced
CAMBER
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
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.
Anti Matter – Travis pushed Mervin's experiMental division for less weight, and they gave him Apex performance: 3-D carbon reinforced absence of matter in the tip and tail, reducing spin weight.
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.
TOPSHEET
Eco Sublimated Bio Beans Top – This plant oil based top material is environmentally friendly, rugged, scratch resistant and prints amazingly well with Mervin's eco sublimation process.
STATS
| Size (cm) | 153 | 156 | 159 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Effective Edge (mm) | 1110 | 1130 | 1150 |
| Tip Width (mm) | 316 | 317 | 319 |
| Waist Width (mm) | 267 | 267 | 267 |
| Tail Width (mm) | 305 | 306 | 308 |
| Sidecut Radius (m) | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 |
| Stance Setback (in) | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| Stance Setback (mm) | 64 | 64 | 64 |
| Stance Range (in) | 19.5-24.5 | 19.5-24.5 | 19.5-24.5 |
| Stance Range (mm) | 495-622 | 495-622 | 495-622 |
| Rider Weight (lbs) | 120+ | 130+ | 140+ |
| Width | Regular | Regular | Regular |
