Lib Tech TRS BTX - Total Ripper Series - 2010
Pipe, park and freeriding, the TRS Banana is a freestyle focused all-mountain snowboard. The snowboard of choice for the majoity of the Lib Tech team…so it’s probably fair to assume the TRS is good!
Manufacturer's Description:
Designed and ridden in the pipe, park, and all over the mountain by Eric Jackson, Sammy Luebke, Jakob Wilhelmson, and Martin Cernik.
The stiff TRS Banana ensures good times and solid landings when riding big booters. Rocker “banana” between your feet makes the TRS Banana loose and catch-free, it presses boxes, rails and jibs extremely well with the preset rocker, maintains pop with a stiffened tip and tail, and turns easily on hardpack or ice when the built-in rocker is put on edge. The built-in rocker curve makes the board float naturally in powder and the firm nose and tail prevent the board from folding in chunky conditions. Snowboarding is easier and more fun for all!
Recommended for park riding.
Recommended for halfpipe riding.
Recommended for rail riding.
Recommended for freeride riding.
High cost $
Rocker Construction.
Directional Twin Shape.
Year: 2010
Available Lengths (cm):
148, 151, 154, 157,159, 162, 167
Riding Style: Freestyle/Park
Specifications:
CORRECT SANDWICH: Low spin weight!
DIRECTIONAL PROGRESSIVE SIDECUT: Freestyle all sizes!
BANANA-TECH: Control between your feet!
MAGNE-TRACTION: Turns ice into powder!
GOLDEN FLEECE: Strong, pop like volcano!
POWER TRANSFER INTERNAL SIDEWALLS: More pop!
DOUBLE SINTERED UHMW SIDEWALLS: Tough!
TNT BASE: Fast!
Similar boards: Salomon Official - 2010 Palmer Burn - 2010 Head Team I. - 2010
User Snowboard Reviews
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on October 08, 2009 at 10:17 PM
I don’t understand, where is the review? Surely snowboard-review.com reviews snowboards and doesn’t simply copy a manufacturers description?
on October 08, 2009 at 11:27 PM
Hi Chris,
You’re not wrong, Snowboard-Review’s main aim is to test as many boards as we can. Unfortunately we’ve only been able to test around 200 boards before the beginning of the season, most of those at the UK board test in Austria. We plan on testing a lot more during the season but as you can understand it’s unlikely that we’ll be able to test all 500 boards on the site. Nevertheless, the site still opens the eyes of thousands of consumers to the vast array of boards and board manufacturers out there. We also successfully categorise boards so that consumers can better understand what type of board a particular deck is. If you’re not completely set on buying the Lib Ripper then have a look at the similar boards section…I wrote the review for the Head Team I. which is a great board. I’ll definitely try and test the ripper series early on in the season though.
You’ll notice that for each brand page, the snowboards we have tested are denoted by a red “Tested” seal which differentiates them from those we have not personally been able to test. For the others, we introduce the board based and allow readers to post your own reviews and comments, just as you have done here.
Tom
on December 31, 2010 at 05:28 PM
Living in New York I am a long time veteran of the Ice Coast. The season is young so the conditions have been crap so far i.e. completely “normal” for the East.
I’ve had the board out a half-dozen times so far and it is clearly a game-changer.
You notice the Magne INSTANTLY. I will unconditionally state that I WILL NEVER GO BACK TO RIDING WITHOUT IT. Ice is a completely different experience now. I have literally ridden over patches that knocked my friends down like bowling pins and not even noticed they were there.
I did some experiments to see how far you can push this. There are limits to everything. No, you can not ride a solid sheet of ice like packed powder. They do still require skills. HOWEVER - that being said, on small to even moderate sized patches the ‘steak knife’ edge acts like ABS does in your car - you hear an unpleasant noise and you just casually steer like you usually would. (Also like ABS it takes an adjustment period to learn to TRUST it instead of panicking)
I’m a big guy so I ride a 167. The board is more stable at high-speed than I am - unlike my old NeverSummer that would wobble when I hit the upper range, reminding me to rein it back in. This board wants to go fast.
The Banana Tech shape makes nose/tail presses so easy they’re practically irresistible. I’m getting more pop out of the board than any I’ve ever ridden before. I honestly don’t know if it actually has any more spring or if I’m just inclined to tigger off the tips more often now. In a word: FUN (Also - say goodbye to detuning - it’s utterly obsolete with this)
On the downside I hit a fist-sized rock riding switch and it took a BIG chip out of the tail. I’ve done similar things to other boards in the past without such a big chip. Either way it’s just a slight epoxy job.
So that was certainly Bad Judgement, (wrong place to go off-piste) but also possibly Bad Luck OR else possibly materials that aren’t that robust. It is hard to say. So it’s not all that much of a downer really.
Once I’ve had it out more maybe I’ll write a follow-up.