Lib Tech C3
@SamNZ,
The best jibbers in the world are riding camber??? - Scott Stevens, Jed Anderson, LNP, Joe Sexton, JP Walker, Simon Chamberlain, Forest Bailey, Ted Borland, Dan Brisse etc etc - all rocker or flat. No camber here! Again, everyone has an opinion on this subject - ride whatever you prefer, simple as that. We do demos in NZ - what resort are you based at? Have you ridden many of the Lib or Gnu boards?
@Andy Aitken - yeah that does suck for you bro. The Travis is a mid-wide to suit Travis and his riding style. Same with the Jamie unfortunately. Can’t do much about pro models - it’s what they want to ride! It’s good for me with my 11+ feet! - Maybe try the TRS? What size board do you ride?
@trav: I think you’re referring to me or Andy Trav? Andy loves wide boards cuz he has a size 13 boots.
Ahh shit sorry skip11 - that reply was for you. Have you ridden the TRS?
Has the TRS still got an extruded base?????
@SamNZ,
The best jibbers in the world are riding camber??? - Scott Stevens, Jed Anderson, LNP, Joe Sexton, JP Walker, Simon Chamberlain, Forest Bailey, Ted Borland, Dan Brisse etc etc - all rocker or flat. No camber here!
I’ve always thought that this is where rocker excels!!!!!
@trav: No I haven’t, my friend got a TRS but always forgot to try it out. I love the T.Rice so much though it’s hard for me to get another C2 board in the Lib Tech line haha. I’m thinking of either a new 53 T.Rice, 54 Lando, or a Rossi One Magtek for next season if I am anywhere near a country that has a winter haha. Do you think it’ll be slow edge to edge for me on a 57 T.Rice trav? I’m 5’5” 150lbs size 9 boots.
@Sam
Oh yeah, of course a park board won’t ride powder as easily as a powder board and vice versa.
I just do it cause I think of it as dedicating myself to my main discipline in snowboarding. So I ride my park board everywhere.
I know a guy who is primarily a free-rider and he competes in world cup slopestyle events on a fish tale board! Now that’s dedicated! It actually looks pretty cool though.
Having the same board in 2 sizes like torstein isn’t a bad idea. But I don’t know if I could spend that much cash to have 2 of the same boards.
@SamNZ,
The best jibbers in the world are riding camber??? - Scott Stevens, Jed Anderson, LNP, Joe Sexton, JP Walker, Simon Chamberlain, Forest Bailey, Ted Borland, Dan Brisse etc etc - all rocker or flat. No camber here!I’ve always thought that this is where rocker excels!!!!!
They do in most ways. Rockers are best at powder, buttering and pressing on rails.
But locking in a boardslide is a different matter.
Don’t get me wrong, you can boardslide on anything. But IMO the best board for the job is a camber because it curves around the rail, not away from it which can sometimes slide you off to the side (Yes, all boards bend around the rail under pressure, but one that is already bent around it is ideal). Again, just my opinion.
I actually believe the best camber for rails over all is Flat! Cause u land flush with the rail and it presses easily.
But flat boards don’t have pop from the center, only the nose or tail. Which makes me sad cause they are so awesome for everything else.
I’ve always thought that this is where rocker excels!!!!!
Depends what you want out of it. Camber locks onto rails better and has better pop. Rockered obviously has the advantage of buttering better, but that’s often an argument about ‘cheating’ when it comes to pressing. Camber alternatives, in my opinion, do the best at jibs, pow and learners.
As for the best jibbers in the world, I guess it comes down to who you regard as ‘the best jibbers’. I’m definitely thinking Halldor and Eiki Helgason brothers and Torstein at the top of my list, and I could go on and also include people who use camrock. I mean, we could both probably rattle off just as many names for jibbers who ride camber as rocker and flat - it comes back to who you think is the best.
I usually live around Ruapehu - I’ve only ever seen Burton do a demo day up there once, I’m pretty sure I’ve never seen any other demos up Whaka’s side (maybe Turoa gets some more, but even then I’m sure they’re few and far between). I’m in Wanaka now, but the only brands who demo boards at TC are Rossignol. NZ has a disappointingly large lack of demos and pro deals for industry.
@Sam
Oh yeah, of course a park board won’t ride powder as easily as a powder board and vice versa.
I just do it cause I think of it as dedicating myself to my main discipline in snowboarding. So I ride my park board everywhere.
Well, I mean, the board does, just the size doesn’t. I liked my WWW in pow, just not anywhere else, and it’s a park board.
They do in most ways. Rockers are best at powder, buttering and pressing on rails.
Camber profiles are still king in powder. Rockered is fun for that floaty feel, and sure, camber doesn’t float as well, but it still holds that same stability and carving/turning ability as it does on the groomers.
I disagree with the rocker floats better than camber argument (unless you have the exact same specs on both boards). Ask Terje! He much prefers the cambered malolo to the rockered malolo, and his new cheetah is cambered. Stephan Maurer went from the rockered fish to the rockered barracuda, yet he rode the cambered the juice wagon last season. Why would he if rocker was so much better?
anyways, back to Lib’s C3. It’s weird, I thought when the attack banana came out it was supposed to be the perfect board.
It’s undeniable that rocker floats better, Gamblor. That doesn’t make it better, though - A camber board is still more responsive in powder, hence why pro’s prefer camber in pow and big mountain.
Unless the pro’s name is Travis Rice haha.
We all know Rice rides a specially made camber. 
Yep, that was back when Lib doesn’t have C2, only banana. He rides C2 now.