Lib Tech T.Rice Orca Splitboard 2023
Your favorite power fish has just been filleted into a fast climbing adventure vehicle. A long floaty nose and wide body float pow efficiently and effortlessly. The powerful poppy contact maximizing “whale tail technology” maneuvers with agility in steep or tight technical terrain and hooks up solidly when things get tight and icy out there. Built in our ultralight SC construction with FSC certified aspen and paulownia core, this Orca moves well through gravitational forces. A rugged, fast sintered base, 3-D integrated tip inserts and updated Karakoram UltraClip 2.0 round out this whale of a split board.
SPLIT ORCA VOLUME SHIFT: 3CM REDUCTION FROM YOUR NORMAL BOARD SIZING.
- THE ULTIMATE DIRECTIONAL PILLOW BLASTER SPLIT
- POW AND BACKCOUNTRY
- NOW WITH KARAKORAM ULTRACLIP 2.0 AND TIP-LOCKS ACTIVE JOINING
Karakoram UltraClip 2.0 and Tip-Locks use active joining to spring load the seam of your split board, eliminating the rattling, shearing and rolling inherent to passive slip-fit connections. Simply close the lever to lock in the most responsive ride.
Profile - 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 Flex – Stout enough to charge your hardest but without excessive harshness.
Shape - Volume-Shifted Directional – Made to float, aim for 3cm shorter than your normal board. Setback – 1.5".
Core - Split Construction – 5% Aspen / 95% Paulownia
Laminates - Triaxial / Biaxial Fiberglass / Basalt Alloy
Sidewalls - Birch Internal Sidewalls. UHMW Sintered Sidewalls. UHMW Tip / Tail Protection.
Base - Sintered Knife Cut Base
Edges - Magne-Traction® – Strategically located edge serrations provide unreal edge hold and control in all conditions. Turns ice into powder.
|
Size (cm) |
Contact |
Side |
Nose / Tail |
Waist |
Stance |
Stance |
Flex |
Weight |
Weight |
|
153 |
110 |
8 |
30.5 / 29.6 |
26.3 |
19"-24" / 1.5" |
43,2 - 60,9 / 3,8cm |
8 |
130+ |
70+ kg |
|
156 |
113 |
8 |
30.8 / 30.1 |
26.5 |
17"-24" / 1.5" |
43,2 - 60,9 / 3,8cm |
8 |
140+ |
70+ kg |
|
159 |
115 |
8 |
31.1 / 30.2 |
26.7 |
17"-24" / 1.5" |
43,2 - 60,9 / 3,8cm |
8 |
150+ |
75+ kg |
Description
Your favorite power fish has just been filleted into a fast climbing adventure vehicle. A long floaty nose and wide body float pow efficiently and effortlessly. The powerful poppy contact maximizing “whale tail technology” maneuvers with agility in steep or tight technical terrain and hooks up solidly when things get tight and icy out there. Built in our ultralight SC construction with FSC certified aspen and paulownia core, this Orca moves well through gravitational forces. A rugged, fast sintered base, 3-D integrated tip inserts and updated Karakoram UltraClip 2.0 round out this whale of a split board.
SPLIT ORCA VOLUME SHIFT: 3CM REDUCTION FROM YOUR NORMAL BOARD SIZING.
- THE ULTIMATE DIRECTIONAL PILLOW BLASTER SPLIT
- POW AND BACKCOUNTRY
- NOW WITH KARAKORAM ULTRACLIP 2.0 AND TIP-LOCKS ACTIVE JOINING
Karakoram UltraClip 2.0 and Tip-Locks use active joining to spring load the seam of your split board, eliminating the rattling, shearing and rolling inherent to passive slip-fit connections. Simply close the lever to lock in the most responsive ride.
Profile - 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 Flex – Stout enough to charge your hardest but without excessive harshness.
Shape - Volume-Shifted Directional – Made to float, aim for 3cm shorter than your normal board. Setback – 1.5".
Core - Split Construction – 5% Aspen / 95% Paulownia
Laminates - Triaxial / Biaxial Fiberglass / Basalt Alloy
Sidewalls - Birch Internal Sidewalls. UHMW Sintered Sidewalls. UHMW Tip / Tail Protection.
Base - Sintered Knife Cut Base
Edges - Magne-Traction® – Strategically located edge serrations provide unreal edge hold and control in all conditions. Turns ice into powder.
|
Size (cm) |
Contact |
Side |
Nose / Tail |
Waist |
Stance |
Stance |
Flex |
Weight |
Weight |
|
153 |
110 |
8 |
30.5 / 29.6 |
26.3 |
19"-24" / 1.5" |
43,2 - 60,9 / 3,8cm |
8 |
130+ |
70+ kg |
|
156 |
113 |
8 |
30.8 / 30.1 |
26.5 |
17"-24" / 1.5" |
43,2 - 60,9 / 3,8cm |
8 |
140+ |
70+ kg |
|
159 |
115 |
8 |
31.1 / 30.2 |
26.7 |
17"-24" / 1.5" |
43,2 - 60,9 / 3,8cm |
8 |
150+ |
75+ kg |
