there was a thread about this a little bit ago. They look like good boards, but they only offer a few models which is pretty limiting. Firewire, for example, has a much, much wider board selection.
this. they seem kinda cheaply made, to me...reminiscent of the aquajet boards of the 1960's or 70's. i'm also not keen on "outside" brands getting into the market & bringing, or coining, their own terminology w/ them. say what you will, but at least burton didn't start slapping it's name on boards after it purchased channel islands.
if you are in VB they have about a dozen of them at freedom surf shop. They look like "stretch" boards. Not sure what they are made of... but libtech produces a $5000 pro model snow board so they must be SCHWEET also... what the heck ever happened to those saloman hollow hex type boards? they were all the $800 surfboard rage for a while there...
I have seen them and in my personal opinion I think they suuuck. Hated the shapes and thought the construction was gimmicky. Rockers looked like a **** backyard board. Don't even want to demo one...and I usually want to demo everything. I wouldnt even want to waste a paddle out on that thing. Garbage
Agree with you and LB. I think they are odd looking and personally hate the logo but I would like to demo one. The biggest issue I see would be where would you take it for repair?
Don't count them out so quick. Mike Olson is a freaking genius. Lib Tech pretty much completely redefined snowboard design and construction over the last 5 years. I'm not super impressed with the look either of their surfboards but I'd like to surf one before saying they suck. If someone showed you a snowboard 5 years ago with wobbly edges and alternating rocker/camber you would have thought they had gone insane or were on acid while designing it. That's exactly what Lib Tech did and now every company is following suit. Lib paved the way.
I am very familiar with the snowboard construction, but again I hated the feel under arm and would much rather go with a more customizable platform. Dont like the shapes to begin with..and once again this is just my narrow minded opinion We shall see as only time will tell...
I was lucky enough to score one of these boards off a friend of mine in CR. At first glance they look pretty awesome. The honeycomb tech and silver, shiny carbon fiber rails and concave deck are all good ideas. This board is basically indestructable, however, the glassing can be penetrated. The great thing about their honeycomb basalt tech is that it is not foam and will not suck up water when the glass is compromised. I surfed the board a handful of times and personally i felt it to be way to heavy and not enough concave thru the center of the board. This was the VERT 5'8" model. I have since used the board for strapless kitesurfing and love it. The concave deck, divit rails and durability are all great for kiting and because im not paddling or relying on the board for power the extra weight doesnt bother me. The only problem ive found other than the weight issue is the finboxes. Libtech went with some new fin system that imo sucks. Ive busted both fin boxes out and while the board doesnt suck up water it still exposes a huge hole on the bottom of the board. They can be fixed with regular epoxy resin so not a huge deal. Overall I compare them to Coil Industries boards but slightly heavier, more durability but less surf performance and ****ty fin boxes. Ps. met the guy running LibTech and like others have said he is a VERY intelligent man and im sure he will have all the problems with these boards worked out asap. I would keep an eye on this company and maybe a year or 2 from now grab a board.
