This is a used Lib Tech T. Rice Apex Orca snowboard in the 159 cm length, a directional freestyle and all mountain board with a carbon layup.

What it's for

The Apex Orca is the carbon version of Travis Rice's Orca. It is a directional board with a long nose for float in powder and a kinked tail that still lets you ride switch. Lib Tech builds it as a volume shifted shape, which means it is wider than a standard board and is meant to be ridden 3 to 6 cm shorter than your usual length.

How it works

Directional C2X contour: Lib Tech's hybrid profile with rocker between the feet and camber toward the tip and tail, tuned here for a directional shape so the board floats in powder and still holds on hardpack.

Magne-Traction: serrated edges that add contact points along the sidecut for grip on firm snow.

Carbon layup: unidirectional carbon over 30 degree carbon, with magnesium fiber bands wrapping the core.

3D tips and tails: the nose and tail are thinned and shaped to cut swing weight.

Core: FSC certified aspen and paulownia with recycled PET plastic.

Sizing and fit

• Length: 159 cm
• Rider weight: 155 lb and up (70 kg and up)
• Sizing tip: Lib Tech says to ride this shape 3 to 6 cm shorter than your normal board
• Waist width: 26.7 cm, which is wide. Check it against your boot size

Specs

• Contact length: 115 cm
• Sidecut radius: 7 m
• Nose width: 31.9 cm
• Tail width: 30.8 cm
• Waist width: 26.7 cm
• Stance range: 19.5 to 24.5 in
• Stance setback: 6.4 cm
• Flex: 7 out of 10
• Base: sintered
• Spec source: Lib Tech 2023/24 Apex Orca 159

Care and service

• Used item: this is a used ReGear item. Condition is not described here, so inspect it in person or ask OMG before you buy
• OMG's shop can wax and tune the board