Eric is the very lovable tech rep from Mervin Manufacturing for the northern Calfornia area. We make him do product reviews for our youtube channel. This is classic Eric at his best, I just turned on the camera and let him get in trouble all by himself…I didn’t have the heart to tell him that Ken had all ready created most of the Lib product reviews a month earlier…So enjoy the out takes….he makes me laugh..thanks Eric for the laughs.

Boxes For Days event Jan 16 Summit at Snoqualmie from Andrius Simutis on Vimeo.

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Subject: BOXES FOR DAYS* – THE TOUR!

Lib-Tech and Gnu Snowboards bring you Boxes for Days* – a ridiculously fun event involving a lot of boxes! – The Tour

Mervin Mfg has teamed up with longtime cohorts Snowboy Productions to bring Boxes for Days to the masses…with stops at The Summit at Snoqualmie, Boreal Mountain Resort, Waterville Valley and a super-misty stop somewhere in Japan!

The simple concept is to take normal park boxes and arrange them one after another to create an abnormal, tremendously difficult, yet ridiculously fun to ride Super-Box.

“It’s kinda like Voltron” says event creator Krush Kulesza “except there aren’t any robots.”

The tour teams up with some highly respected resorts in it’s first year with the park crews at each resort looking to raise the bar at each stop.

“It’s never the same event twice…it’s gonna be bananas!” says Mervin’s Pete Saari.

Speaking of bananas…each stop will award one deserving shred the official Slippery Banana award for box riding prowess along with a ton of great prizes given out in RANDOM DISPLAYS OF RADNESS from our great sponsors, including Lib Tech, Gnu, Snowboarder Magazine, Think Thank and COAL.

This event is BEYOND FREE. Meaning that in addition to no entry fee, every entrant will receive a free year’s subscription to Snowboarder Magazine and the first 50 will receive a free event T-shirt…you are almost being paid to go to this event!

Boxes For Days* – A ridiculously fun event involving a lot of boxes! – The Tour is made possible by Lib Technologies, Gnu Snowboards, Think Thank, Snowboarder Magazine, COAL , Snowboard Connection, Porter’s Tahoe and Eastern Boarder.

Summit at Snoqualmie – Jan 15 / Boreal Mountain Resort – Jan 22 / Super-misty Japan Stop – Feb 5 / Waterville Valley – Apr 2

We need to educate the market to understand that our Banana contours are dynamic (flexible and moving) and not static like a surfboard (no flex). Higher Banana actually tends to add stability in a snowboard. It will be a hard concept to grasp for most people for many years to come.

A higher Banana distributes more pressure to the central(straighter) portion of the sidecut, which gives stability at speed. The nose and tail of a board is where the sidecut flares out and can be twitchy if there is too much pressure on the snow(remember the dangerous twitch of cambered boards in the dark ages). Contrary to popular myth, Banana does not cause a board to teeter-totter, it actually redistributes your foot pressure to better portions of the board than antique camber was capable of. We actually tested a very, very stiff and high Banana(too stiff) on our pressure mapping machine a couple of years ago and learned that when stood on by a 150lb rider, it still had a surprising amount of pressure driving into the snow at the nose and tail. And this wasn’t even a C-2.

Our boards with higher Banana have also displayed the ability to glide a little faster than traditional camber or lower Banana contours. We attribute this, once again, to the straightest part of the sidecut(between your feet) having a higher percentage of the pressure distribution. Test a Magic on a flat cat track and you’ll see the raw racing ability at 3 miles per hour. Leave your camber-loving bretheren in your wake!

The Cygnus has won every test(4 at last count) it’s been in with comments about “mad pop” and high speed stability. The Cygnus and Magic have our highest Bananas. The proofs in the pudd’n, but it is something to think about when trying to understand the dynamics of Banana contours.

No magazine has shown a real understanding of Banana stability verses camber in the preseason equipment articles every year. I guess it is our job to better educate them.

The good news is that we have many future years of design aspects to talk about to retailers, magazines and snow-riding-people. Our future will be dynamic and exciting.

Tahoe Local goes big….Congradulations to South Tahoe Homeboy Colby Albino! Good luck this season….from all of us at Shoreline of Tahoe

Tim Dutton Builds Irie Lib Tech Narrow Ass Snowboards

Seattle, WA (October 7, 2010) – For the limited number of Rasta narrow ass snowboarders who ride pow, Lib Tech introduces a limited, early season run of the new Rasta Pow NAS with Magne-Traction. Tim Dutton, pro NASer and 2009 World Freeski Champion, himself handbuilt the collection at Lib Tech’s environmental snowboard factory near Canada in the USA.

“These irie narrow ass snowboards are for jammin through the putto putto (very soft) mon. Rispeck due to the reCurve and Magne-Traction. This RastaPow NAS makes I an I (me) skin teeth (smile),” says Dutton. “No dibby dibby (bad quality) here mon. Just show me your poppyshow (ridiculous) backflip and win a pair.”

Rasta Pow NAS with art by Ryan Davis arrive in stores this week in 181cm and 191cm. Remember it’s buy one, get one free, in case the rider should choose to wear a narrow ass snowboard on each foot.

reCurve dynamic early rise camber rocker combo technology gives life and pop underfoot and catch-free jibbing, float in powder and carving power on ice and hardpack at your tips and tails. Magne-Traction serrated edges provide unbelievable ice edge hold and grip.

Joining Tim Dutton, Jamie Pierre and Mike Wilson on the Rasta NAS Pow team is simple, just submit your best backflip video clip to www.lib-tech.com/nas to win. Or stop by your local NAS dealer. Ya Mon!
Photo by Tim Zimmerman

It has come to our attention that Sierra Snowboards will not be selling 2011 Lib tech snowboards, so here is their review they filmed at the 2011 SIA Ski and Snowboard trade show, posted March 4th 2010 on youtube. We did decide to carry the 2011 Lib Tech Snowboards, so if you would like to buy one we have them now online at Shoreline of Tahoe

Lib Tech 1986 Snow Mullet BTX Snowboard,

 Lib Tech Banana Magic Enhanced BTX HP Snowboard,

 Lib Tech Banana Magic Enhanced BTX HP Wide Snowboard,

 Lib Tech Dark Series C2 BTX Snowboard,

 Lib Tech Dark Series C2 BTX Wide Snowboard,

 Lib Tech Jamie Lynn Phoenix Series C2 BTX Snowboard,

Lib Tech Jamie Lynn Phoenix Series C2 BTX Wide Snowboard,

 Lib Tech Lando Phoenix Series C2 BTX Snowboard,

Lib Tech Lando Phoenix Series C2 BTX Wide Snowboard,

 Lib Tech Skate Banana BTX Narrow Snowboard,

Lib Tech Skate Banana BTX Snowboard,

Lib Tech Skate Banana BTX Wide Snowboard,

Lib Tech Skunk Ape C2 BTX Snowboard,

Lib Tech Travis Rice Banana Hammock TTTR Snowboard,

 Lib Tech Travis Rice C2 BTX HP Snowboard,

 Lib Tech Travis Rice C2 BTX Snowboard,

 Lib Tech TRS C2 BTX Snowboard,

Lib Tech TRS Slims C2 BTX Narrow Snowboard,

 Lib Tech Voila T-Rice C2 BTX Split-Board – Convertible Mono Ski

This is a great event to end the season, Thank-you Matt and the gang from “The Red Dawn” for another good time. See you all this next year at the Shop Battle.

Win a brand new pair of Limited edtion Rasta POW NAS, Check these out! Hand built by 2009 World Freeski Champion Tim Dutton. Send in your best backflip video clip for a chance to win apair of limitededition Rasta POW NAS.
For info visit lib-tech.com/nas

Timy Dutton had a great line down the 500 metre, “Pentes de l’Hôtel” face at the Brévent ski area in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, taking third on the Chamonix stop of the Freeride World Tour. Tim was riding next years Lib Tech Pow NAS

Freeride World Tour Footage of Tim Dutton from Chamonix-Mont-Blanc from Lib Tech on Vimeo.

American rising star and newcomer Tim Dutton impressed the judges as he chose an original line down the face; creative, exposed and searching the good snow.

Against the beautiful backdrop of the Mont-Blanc the Freeride World Tour 2010 kicked off in perfect weather conditions on the 500 metre “Pentes de l’Hôtel” face at the Brévent ski area in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc. The 50 best freeriders on the planet put on an amazing performance, showing the 3000 cheering spectators the top of their game on the committing face and challenging snow conditions

Shoreline of Tahoe picks many of the same snowboards that win the good wood awards. After a summer spent pouring over spreadsheets, the only downside to getting to test out hundreds of new boards, the results of TransWorld SNOWboarding’s Good Wood board test are in and the winners were announced in the new Buyer’s Guide.

Here’s a breakdown of this season’s top 40 boards by category:
BURTON
DC
Gnu
Lib tech
Rome
Roxy
Slomon
Signal
Smokin

Shoreline of Tahoe loves this event because Skiers and snowboarders unite to throw down on a slopestyle course in memory of Sierra Freestyle / Freeride Skier, Greg Smith and to spread Seatbelt Safety Awareness.
Stop by and enjoy the fun, competition and great music. Feast at the outdoor BBQ and win great raffle prizes.
Amateur divisions will jam on a custom rail and/or jump line. Your choice! Prizes from the sponsors to top 3 in each division will awarded.
The Open divisions will jam on the custom jump line, with an emphasis on style, execution, and putting down a solid run. Cash purse will pay to top 5 in each Open division and top 3 in the Women’s division.
CHP will be onsite to share Seatbelt Safety Awareness.
All proceeds go towards the Sierra Education Foundation and towards building a signature feature for Greg.

Divisions Include:
15 & Under Snowboard Am
15 & Under Ski
16 & Over Snowboard Am
16 & Over Ski
Open Snowboard
Open Ski
Women Snowboard
Women Ski

Registration:
Registration will be held in the Aspen Cafe before the contest from 8:00am to 9:30am. The entry fee for the amateur divisions is $25 and the pro divisions is $40. Lift tickets for competitors can be purchased at registration for $35. Competitor Parents can purchase a discounted ticket at registration for $49.

Prizes:
The 4th annual Buckle Up Big Air is boasting a $4,000 cash purse! Our judges will be expecting your tightest game. There’s awesome prizes from our sponsors for the amateurs. Here’s the breakdown for the Open and Women’s divisions:
Open Snowboard 1st Place: $800; 2nd Place: $500; 3rd Place: $200; 4th Place: $100; 5th Place: $50
Open Ski 1st Place: $800; 2nd Place: $500; 3rd Place: $200; 4th Place: $100; 5th Place: $50
Women Snowboard 1st Place: $200; 2nd Place: $100; 3rd Place: $50
Women Ski 1st Place: $200; 2nd Place: $100; 3rd Place: $50
*Best Snowboard trick: Lib Tech Snowboard *Best Ski Trick: Lib Tech NAS
skis

Spectators:
This is an event not to be missed! Enjoy the BBQ, the music and the great raffle prizes. All spectators will be required to remain in the Spectator Village. Access to the course will be limited to registered athletes and those with credentials as stated above. Please note that the contest is held on our Backside- lift access is required to get there.