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LIB TECH APEX GOLDEN ORCA SNOWBOARD

Apex Golden Orca

The Apex of resort ripping, pow blasting snowboards. The best of carbon infused snowboard technology performance and construction. The 2023 Apex Orca is a float machine, powerful, and poppy. “whale tail technology” maximizes contact with the snow to increase stability in variable terrain. Can it carve? A 7 m sidecu lets you dig trenches on groomers and is wide enough that you’ll never worry about toe drag again. Play with pillows like a sleepy dream or ride your limits like your hanging on for dear life. Carbon over carbon over magnesium wrapped in a recycled PET plastic, paulownia, balsa, and FSC certified aspen core are ready to take a beating. Eco friendly sublimated bio bean topsheet and rugged/fast eco-sublimated sintered base keep our mountains happy. Our favorite cetacean snowboard just went bionic. Stop by Salty Peaks Board Shop and check it out!  Made to ride 3-6 cm shorter than your average board.

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https://www.saltypeaks.com/travis-rice-lib-tech-pro-model-buyers-guide/ Need help choosing the right size? Need help choosing the right size?

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Apex Golden Orca

The Apex of resort ripping, pow blasting snowboards. The best of carbon infused snowboard technology performance and construction. The 2023 Apex Orca is a float machine, powerful, and poppy. “whale tail technology” maximizes contact with the snow to increase stability in variable terrain. Can it carve? A 7 m sidecu lets you dig trenches on groomers and is wide enough that you’ll never worry about toe drag again. Play with pillows like a sleepy dream or ride your limits like your hanging on for dear life. Carbon over carbon over magnesium wrapped in a recycled PET plastic, paulownia, balsa, and FSC certified aspen core are ready to take a beating. Eco friendly sublimated bio bean topsheet and rugged/fast eco-sublimated sintered base keep our mountains happy. Our favorite cetacean snowboard just went bionic. Stop by Salty Peaks Board Shop and check it out!  Made to ride 3-6 cm shorter than your average board.

How To Choose The Right Snowboard

https://www.saltypeaks.com/travis-rice-lib-tech-pro-model-buyers-guide/ Need help choosing the right size? Need help choosing the right size?

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Weight 10 lbs
Dimensions 64 × 16 × 1 in
Color / Size

153, 157, 161

Specs

Rocker Type

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.

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.

Graphics

Art by Adam Haynes

Additional Features

Mervin Made – Hand made at the Mervin Factory in Washington, USA with zero hazardous waste.

Binding Compatibility

2 x 4 Inserts

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