Lib Tech 2026 Golden Orca

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Ride the future before anyone else! The latest 2026 season snowboards are available exclusively in Australia and New Zealand before the rest of the world.

• Secure yours now—limited stock available
• Expected delivery: April–May 2025 (subject to change)
• Lay-by available

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DESCRIPTION

Natural Selection winning power predator in both directions. Travis took his Orca learnings and merged them with his elite high performance snowboard world freestyle tour dreams to come up with this 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. A brand new long floaty switch friendly power kink tail rides short powerful and poppy on hardpack but floats like a dream through switch freestyle takeoff and landings. The beloved Orca merges with magical T. Rice Pro and manifests a golden power beast.

• TRAVIS RICE’S NATURAL SELECTION WINNING PERFECTION
• RESORT DAILY DRIVER TO 1000 POW PILLOWS DREAM
• SWITCH FRIENDLY POWER KINK TAIL

PRODUCT DETAILS

DESIGNED FOR: Intermediate - Expert / All-Mountain, Backcountry, Pow

SHAPE: Directional

FLEX:  Medium 7/10

BASE: Sintered

CAMBER PROFILE: C2x

BINDING MOUNT: 4x2 12-pack

FEATURES:

MAGNE-TRACTION
Effortless edge hold. Serrated Steak Knife Technology Strategically located edge serrations provide unreal edge hold and control in all conditions. Turns ice into powder.

C2x - Directional Xtreme

• FULL CONTACT AND CONTROL IN ALL CONDITIONS. “AWESOME EVERYWHERE”

• CENTRAL ROCKER BUILDS IN CARVE, EDGE HOLD & FLOAT

• CAMBERS BUILD IN POP, STABILITY AND CONTROL

Carves the resort, plays in the park and slays the powder. We worked with Travis Rice to develop this perfectly balanced all terrain contour. Mild rocker between your feet combined with powerful cambers to the tips and tails. Enough power, pop, and precision to hit the biggest wedges. Enough float and freedom to rip the gnarliest AK lines.

FIREPOWER CONSTRUCTION [FP]
Lighter • Environmentally Nicer • Smoother

• CORE: EXTENDED 60% ASPEN / 40% PAULOWNIA
• GLASS: TRI-AX / BASALT ALLOY / CARBON X
• TOP: ECO SUBLIMATED POLY TOP
• BASE: SINTERED KNIFE CUT
• TIP/TAIL: LIGHTWEIGHT SPIN SLIM
• BIRCH INTERNAL SIDEWALLS
• UHMW SINTERED SIDEWALLS
• UHMWTIP/TAIL IMPACT DEFLECTION

1-YEAR WARRANTY

SIZE GUIDE

VOLUME SHIFTED, RIDE THIS BOARD 3-6 CM SHORTER THAN YOUR NORMAL BOARD.

RIDER INFO

Travis Rice
Height: 5’11”
Weight: 190lbs
Boot Size: 11

Board size:

Golden Orca 157: I love this board for resort and side country. Still a lot of surface area for pow but this size is my go-to for all mountain resort riding as it is basically an Orca 153 with a redesigned tail that excels while switch riding.

Golden Orca 161: This is my ultimate backcountry freestyle stick that I compete with at Natural Selection and film with. Great for resort as the core is damp and well suited for resort chop.

~Travis Rice