Description
2025 Lib Tech Skunk Ape Snowboard
Lib's experiMENTAL Division’s big guy “dream board”. Constant testing and refinement by Trevor Phillips, Krush Kulesza, Neil Green and Kurt Jensen make this the best larger gentlemen’s power freestyle stick on the planet. A slightly more relaxed longer nose shape for pow float. This ape is absolutely resort ready… hit the rails or put it on rail and trench, your toes won’t drag but your knuckles might. Built in ultra-light HP construction for easy on the front foot chair rides.
CAMBER 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.
SHAPE
- Directional Twin
FLEX
- Medium - Stiff – Stout enough to charge your hardest but without excessive harshness.
- 6/10
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 - Extremely rugged high impact 6 ply sidewall reinforcement.
- UHMW Sintered Sidewalls - Strong high impact ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene. Long molecular chains create rugged impact resistance, resilience and a smooth damp ride.
- UHMW Tip/Tail Impact Deflection - Strong high impact ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene. Long molecular chains create unbelievable impact resistance, resilience, a smooth ride and minimize tip and tail spin weight.
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 Poly Top – High strength, impact resistant, lightweight dimensionally stable UV and temperature resistant top material decorated using an environmentally friendly eco sublimation process.
ADDITIONAL FEATURES
- Mervin Made – Hand made at the Mervin Factory in Washington, USA with zero hazardous waste.
BINDING COMPATIBILITY
- 2 x 4 Inserts
BOARD SIZE CHART
| Size (cm) | Contact Length (cm) |
Side Cut (m) |
Nose / Tail Width (cm) |
Waist Width (cm) |
Surface Area (sq in) |
Stance Min-Max / Set Back |
Stance Min-Max / Set Back (cm) |
Flex 10 = Firm |
Weight Range (lbs / kg) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 157W | 115 | 8.5 | 30.5 / 30.3 | 26.8 | 662 | 21"-26" / 1" | 53.3 - 66 / 2.5 cm | 7 | 140+ / 65+ |
| 161W | 118 | 8.5 | 30.8 / 30.5 | 26.8 | 682 | 21"-26" / 1" | 53.3 - 66 / 2.5 cm | 7 | 145+ / 70+ |
| 163UW | 120 | 8.5 | 32.5 / 32.2 | 28 | 738 | 21"-26" / 1" | 53.3 - 66 / 2.5 cm | 7 | 150+ / 70+ |
| 165W | 121 | 8.6 | 31.2 / 31 | 26.8 | 702 | 21"-26" / 1" | 53.3 - 66 / 2.5 cm | 7 | 145+ / 70+ |
| 169W | 124 | 8.6 | 31.4 / 31.2 | 26.8 | 722 | 21"-26" / 1" | 53.3 - 66 / 2.5 cm | 7 | 150+ / 70+ |
| 170UW | 124 | 8.75 | 32.9 / 32.6 | 28.5 | 766 | 21"-26" / 1" | 53.3 - 66 / 2.5 cm | 7 | 160+ / 75+ |
| 173UW | 127 | 8.75 | 33.2 / 33 | 28.5 | 784 | 21"-26" / 1" | 53.3 - 66 / 2.5 cm | 7 | 170+ / 80+ |
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