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Lib-Tech Narrow ass snowboards

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VKarma185
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wow, i really don't know what to think about these. i wonder how they ski. i guess you have to buy them individually. this shit is crazy haha. yea, dunno if there has already been a thread on this already but i thought it was very interesting
Oct 18 2005 12:17AM
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VKarma185
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oh yea here they are http://www.lib-tech.com/news/2005/10/nas/nas.htm
Oct 18 2005 12:18AM
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stinkypoodangle
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how much do they cost?
Oct 18 2005 12:23AM
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agree.this
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theyre probably pretty good quality, ive ridden a few lib tech boards in my days and loved each one
Oct 18 2005 12:23AM
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VKarma185
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i believe they're about 175 apiece (not positive) a guy i work with just bought them
Oct 18 2005 12:23AM
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agree.this
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and he had to buy them seperately?
Oct 18 2005 12:25AM
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VKarma185
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yea, pretty sure he got employee discount though so i'm sure that wouldn't be the reg. price
Oct 18 2005 12:27AM
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Ryno
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i love the marketing with them...

one narrow ass snowboard
two for better balance
three incase one dissapears in deep snow






NAS is very clever way to never mention ski
Oct 18 2005 12:34AM
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pedmiqueo
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i got mine for $175 each
Oct 18 2005 12:35AM
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quebecfreestyler
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i wanna try those
Oct 18 2005 12:40AM
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crazyfuck
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only thing that bothers me about them is that it says right in the ad that any apparent ski-to-ski contact they can detect will void the warranty. everyone has their skis slam into each other every once in a while, so i don't know how well this policy will fly.
Oct 18 2005 12:41AM
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quebecfreestyler
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^ so yea you think they used materials from earth core to make snowboards for real??
You dont halways have to take everything that libtech says like if it was the absolute truth.

libtech are making fun of peoples a lot that's prolly why i lovge them so much
Oct 18 2005 12:45AM
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crazyfuck
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i dunno... this looks like they're being serious. who knows.

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Oct 18 2005 12:50AM
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KeegLove
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ya i was kinda lookin into these but i dunno they seem a little iffy at the momment i will just have to wait to see a little more info on them
Oct 18 2005 12:51AM
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renojames
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I don't get it...its like they are saying "well skis aren't cool enough, so we'll let you ride some really narrow snowboards," as if they will lose credibility with the snowboarders if they actually make a ski.
Oct 18 2005 12:53AM
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mammothpunks
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do you think any ski company will warrenty their skis for ski to ski topsheet damage? i dont chink sooo
Oct 18 2005 12:55AM
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crazyfuck
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not FOR topsheet damage, but they still warranty them if there's topsheet damage.
Oct 18 2005 12:56AM
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WONTON
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thanks..........@!#@% im tired
Oct 18 2005 1:04AM
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hemlockjibber8
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damn this just raised my respect for Libtech 1 gazillion points
Oct 18 2005 1:11AM
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hemlockjibber8
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^ the canada thing
Oct 18 2005 1:11AM
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VKarma185
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haha even though i don't snowboard i still wanna get that shirt
Oct 18 2005 1:13AM
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hemlockjibber8
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they have a shirt of that?

and these are skis boi
Oct 18 2005 1:14AM
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VKarma185
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yea, mervins came to my shop but i wasn't there that day, apparently they were givin out shirts...
Oct 18 2005 1:16AM
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quebecfreestyler
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libtech dosent really careabout credibility
Oct 18 2005 1:18AM
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VKarma185
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yea, they're really hard-nosed, do there own thing kinda company and it's worked out really good for them
Oct 18 2005 1:20AM
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Spam_Man_1500
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I'm really digging that 'magna-traction'. If it turns ice into powder, it must turn Tahoe powder into UTAH POWDER! YEAH
Oct 18 2005 1:26AM
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VKarma185
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^haha nice. so icey landings turn into powder landings? how now lib-tech?
Oct 18 2005 1:43AM
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Kev
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haha handcrafted "near" canada
Oct 18 2005 1:47AM
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Sk3bUm
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you don't get the chop through turns with magna-traction like you do with regular skis. that's what they mean by turning ice into powder. you float through turns, and news is that their is a certain pro that is testing these skis out
Oct 18 2005 1:55AM
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k2skier420
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fuck those!!!!
Oct 18 2005 3:17AM
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casimiro
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I like the idea of being able to bey one ski, that is hilarious, what about getting three bindings?
Oct 18 2005 3:35AM
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VKarma185
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prolly just get two and then switch it out if you need to, kinda like the triplet
Oct 18 2005 12:43PM
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OReJow
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i'm curious how much they are and who sells them
Oct 18 2005 12:46PM
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delete2
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wow, like half the people responding here dont even understand that link
Oct 18 2005 12:50PM
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VKarma185
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^what do you mean?
Oct 18 2005 1:02PM
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schmies
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I'm not backing their involvement in skiing just yet. They have always been anti-skiing in these parts. They sponsored a huge pipe event up by us when the whole mountain was closed due to shitty Northwest weather.
It was a sick pipe, spring conditions, etc. In between heats or riders, all bunches or snowboarders were sessioning the pipe. I took a few hikes and then I was pulled aside. "Sorry dude, no skiers, LIb Tech's call." There were some hack snowboarders in there, scraping the walls away and I couldn't hit it with them?
I was pissed and then made my "LIb Tech licks my ass." T-shirt I wear to snowboard premieres.
Then I see they are making skis??????????
As I said, I haven't talke dwith any of them and heard their reasonings for this, so I remain a bit skeptical, and still bitter about the pipe.
Oct 18 2005 1:09PM
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VKarma185
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that's really gay that you couldn't hit it just because you were a skier.

they're doing this because skiing is like soooo hot right now...haha
Oct 18 2005 1:11PM
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quebecfreestyler
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Well, ryan, I think it might just have been one guy from Lib who was not freeski suportive, I might be tottaly wrong tho
Oct 18 2005 1:11PM
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Summit1
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The prices listed above are direct prices and are per 1/2 pair. The actual selling price will be about $590/pr. I've already ordered them for both shops. It's very limited availability/distribution and they won't be in stores for a few more weeks. This is the facts.

I've ridden Magna-traction boards and they're SICK! Can't wait to ride the NAS.
Oct 18 2005 1:34PM
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threejay
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ive seem em theyre sick. cant wait to try them out
Oct 18 2005 4:32PM
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l337
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cool
Oct 18 2005 4:48PM
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renojames
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That's what I was talking about above. Why do we want to support a company that is too cool to actually make "skis?" They might think its funny to call their skis "narrow ass snowboards," but I think its demeaning to the very people they are trying to sell to. Lib-Tech can shove their narrow snowboards up their asses as far as I'm concerned, at least until they show they are ready to genuinely support skiing.
Oct 18 2005 4:50PM
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jtski
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Lib Tech is fucking gay. thats almost as bad as if Burton started making snowboard.


skiing has tons of core companies out, we dont need to support a snowboard company thats already made it.
Oct 18 2005 4:54PM
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GotamaBCshredder
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dude we are all in snow sports seriously. If those boarder put skiis on they wil be as good as our pros in like 2 weeks. its all the same/
Oct 18 2005 4:58PM
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schmies
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We know it is all the same, or should be at this point in time; that is precisely why I say I'm not backing it. Their behavior towards skiing in the past has led me to make that personal stance.

If they jump into it and start supporting different aspects of the sport: movies, magazines, web, and events, then I'll think differently.

As of now, I am simply skeptical.
Oct 18 2005 9:37PM
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Jib_This
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I hear Ride already makes skis...you should buy theirs.
Oct 18 2005 11:04PM
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Kev
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ouch.
Oct 18 2005 11:12PM
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hemlockjibber8
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supposedly along with the 3 old employees from burton, there are a lot of skiers, or a ski company involved in Rome Snowboards. never knew that before
Oct 18 2005 11:16PM
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delete2
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No offence man, but you sound like a bitch.

I think that its funny how they don’t call them skis and sell them one at a time. I think you all need to lighten up and take a joke.
Oct 19 2005 1:16AM
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mtbakerskier
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'm not backing their involvement in skiing just yet. They have always been anti-skiing in these parts. They sponsored a huge pipe event up by us when the whole mountain was closed due to shitty Northwest weather.
It was a sick pipe, spring conditions, etc. In between heats or riders, all bunches or snowboarders were sessioning the pipe. I took a few hikes and then I was pulled aside. "Sorry dude, no skiers, LIb Tech's call." There were some hack snowboarders in there, scraping the walls away and I couldn't hit it with them?
I was pissed and then made my "LIb Tech licks my ass." T-shirt I wear to snowboard premieres.
Then I see they are making skis??????????
As I said, I haven't talke dwith any of them and heard their reasonings for this, so I remain a bit skeptical, and still bitter about the pipe."

Schmies, dude, Libtech has actually been making skis for far longer than you have been involved in this industry. They have been suppling a few of the best big mountian skiers in Washington since the early 90's with skis. The guys at libtech/gnu/merving are deidcated hardcore riders/ and even skiers they paticipate 100% in the sports that they make gear for, and they are behind the ski project 100%

The skiers that they have announced are the latest development in the underground testing that they have done over the last fifteen years. I have had the priveladge to see the skis evovle for quite some time now, and have skied on various protypes, and was involved with providing some test data to one of the key figures in testing the skis.

The Libtech skis are here to stay, and they are going to be a formable competitor in the ski market. Libtech is part of the same clogramorate "Quicksilver" that includes Dynastar and Rossi.

I just mounted a pair of these skis for an athlete that is now in S.A. attempting a first decent on these skis. If he feals confident enough in the skis to attempt a first decent on them, I am more than confident in there ability to hold up and ski well.
Oct 19 2005 1:22AM
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mattster
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I will never buy another libtech skateboard ,snowboard, or ski ever again
Oct 19 2005 1:36AM
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