Picture this: you’re a great white shark prowling through the ocean. You’ve got like five rows of teeth, top and bottom. You’re a living, swimming death machine. You’re the king of these waters. You’re swimming along one day, feeling like just about the baddest thing on the planet, when suddenly, something flashes by below you. You didn’t quite catch what it was, just a black shadow. Alas, it was your doom. Teeth tear into you and all thoughts of being the apex predator vanish from your tiny fish brain. Nothing is safe. The entire ocean is just potential prey for the killer whale. Just as mountains are prey for the Lib Tech T.Rice Orca Snowboard. Grab yours: it’s feeding time.
Product Details
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.
Core
Horsepower (HP) Construction – 60% Aspen / 40% Paulownia – Lighter. Environmentally Nicer. Smoother.
Laminates
Triaxial / Biaxial Fiberglass with Basalt Alloy – A unique volcanic fiber derived from basalt features amazing strength and dampening properties, allowing the creation of light, strong, and amazingly smooth performance rides.
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 Andrew Schoultz
Additional Features
Mervin Made – Hand made at the Mervin Factory in Washington, USA with zero hazardous waste.
Orca Conservancy – Travis and Mervin will be donating a portion of the sale of each Orca snowboard to the www.orcaconservancy.org in support of their efforts to prevent the extinction of the Salish Sea’s Southern Resident Killer Whales.
Binding Compatibility
2 x 4 Inserts
Specs
- Terrain:All-Mountain, Freeride, Powder
- Ability Level:Intermediate-Advanced
- Rocker Type:Camber/Rocker/Camber
- Shape:Directional
- Flex Rating:Stiff
- Binding Mount Pattern:2×4
- Core/Laminates:Basalt, Wood
- Edge Tech:Magne-Traction
- Athletes:Travis Rice
- Made in the USA:Yes
- Warranty:1 Year
| Size (cm) | 147 | 150 | 153 | 156 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Effective Edge (mm) | 1050 | 1080 | 1100 | 1130 | ||||
| Tip Width (mm) | 303 | 314 | 316 | 317 | ||||
| Waist Width (mm) | 257 | 265 | 267 | 267 | ||||
| Tail Width (mm) | 293 | 304 | 305 | 306 | ||||
| Sidecut Radius (m) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | ||||
| Stance Setback (in) | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | ||||
| Stance Range (in) | 19.5-24.5 | 19.5-24.5 | 19.5-24.5 | 19.5-24.5 | ||||
| Width | Regular | Regular | Regular | Regular |