T.Rice Orca II

I can tell you right now that when the Queen dies it will not be Prince Charles that takes over the throne, it will be THIS BOARD! This is hands down the KING of every board there ever has been and ever will be. From sunrise to sunset it sits on a throne atop a 50cm pow-day covered mountain and all other boards bow down to it! Every other board is a peasant ploughing the fields compared to this king reigning in the castle! Don't believe me? Then let me tell you a little story.. One night I'm kicking back by the fire eating smores and drinking hot chocolate when I decide to check the forecast. The forecast says no snow which is disappointing but even so I put my head on the pillow excited that tomorrow morning I'll bomb some groomers on my Burton Trick Pilot, the biggest sender-board anyone has ever known. You want tricks? This board does it. Just strap in and point yourself towards a kicker and this board does the rest. This board is the pilot and you are the passenger. Strap in and prepare to be sent. Spins, grabs, flips, it does it all. Sorry, I'm getting distracted by visions of all the big sends I've done in the past. This one time I even did a 180 and landed it. Anyway where was I? Oh yeah, king of boards. So I go to bed ready for a day laying out turns on fresh corduroy but you'll never believe what happens next. Something jolts me awake at 6am. I look out the window and my head literally explodes. It's dumping. Not just scabby little snowflakes, I'm talking pow for days. It's an absolute powderfest out there! An absolute powderfest! There's gotta be 45cms outside with more to come. No way on planet earth I'm going back to sleep. And suddenly it hits me. Today's the day. Today is the day every other day of my life has been leading up to. Today is the day I get to experience things only a few of us on this earth are lucky enough to enjoy. I open my closest and there it is. Shining like a bright light in the darkness. Bringing hope to the world. I'm in awe. It's been sitting there waiting for a chance. Waiting quietly and humbly. It's the king of boards. It's the ORCA. I get organised, enjoy a huge pancake breakfast and then jump in my mini van and head for the resort. My local mountain is literally shaking at the sound of me coming. Avalanches are exploding everywhere. The fear of the mountain is causing earthquakes all through the rocky mountains. Why? Because the mountain knows. It can hear the low growl of my van as I drive towards it, it knows today is the day it will experience the wrath of the ORCA. I didn't expect what happened next. As I'm walking towards the lift line people start to step out of my way. People are pointing with gaping mouths and almost creating a tunnel for me. They all spread out and literally wave me to the front of the lift line. I wonder what is happening and then I realize. It's the ORCA. It's leading the way and I am its humble servant. There's practically red carpet laid out for it. Next thing I know the liftie puts a cape over me and declares me prince. ORCA is king and I am prince. And that's how it went that day. I floated. I soared. I reached heights not yet experienced by another human being. I slayed more fresh pow than has ever been slayed before. And I did it all before lunchtime. Then I ate a giant hotdog for lunch and reflected on my day. Afterwards they even gave me the keys to the resort and said come back anytime. So tomorrow I will. There's no snow in the forecast though so it's back to the Trick Pilot. Except this time I wont send, I'll just dig trenches. Trenches deep enough to go to war in.

5'11 / 190lbs - 2019 156 This board is sick. There is no other way to describe the ride. Never have I rolled up to a resort and had lifties rave the board - at every resort. The hype is real on so many levels. I usually bring 2 boards with me on every ride; a swallow tail and a groomer - this board is both, and it doesn't even make sense. From never-ending powder manuals, to popping off the sickest scopes - it holds. The board can handle tapping trees and rocks (no popped edges), all kinds of powder (chop, champaign, wet, butter), to hard pack. It doesn't lose an edge like so many other boards have. This board is just amazing. I feel like every line turns into a T-RICE signature line and the board handles whatever you throw at it. The short tail has allowed stability and recoveries from hits that should have had me KO'd - I can't explain a lot of it. All I know is my wife knows her place. I have mounted the 156 above my bed as a reminder of what sex can be like. Cold wax and gummy the edges every session - this board deserves to be treated well.

Best board Ever! I’m 200lb on the 156 and it’s perfect. This is my daily driver that I’ve been ripping in New Zealand (which doesn’t have powder days) and is a ‘dream’ to ride! Super stable base, easy quick edge change and turns yet can still charge and carve! I have size 12us feet and I never catch an edge. I have the falcors, DC TR boots and it’s the perfect combination! Thank you Lib Tech and T.rice for making Amazing boards!

I was lucky to buy it in February i think. I'm living in Innsbruck Austria which is the sickest place in Europe for snowboarding and I'm snowboarding since 98 with 5 years around stop, so before the lock down i had sick and insane powder days with some 1m (40inches)+ of snow. I bought the 150 cause the 153 was sold out. Normally I ride 157 banana magic early season board and 157 TRS main and i'm 173 tall 70kg. Bought insane boards different picture of course they are twins and still killing deep pow. I knew its gonna rip cause the specs with the 153 are very close but I had this unknown feeling going from 157 to 150 but it was amazingly insane this board from the very first time rode it, it took like a rocket. First in kinda slushy conditions bumps and rough parts eating everything on its way jumping and landing on bumps like never before going extremely fast straight trough 20/30cm bumps, ballistic the flex the shape the side cut radius i mean LIB experiMENTAL division and Travis just nailed it like none else to have a volume shifted pow board that you can kill all around the mountain and it is so fast i'm faster than my best friend Fritz skiing and he goes down ballistic he is skiing since 3 years old nothing stays in his way. In pow its hard to be explained with words cause its hands down one of the best pow machines of all time. i think THE BEST when u jump in pow there is magical landing feeling u can only experience it no words can describe it, the float in extreme deep pow 100cm+ from 150 board is unmatched, it's insane straight and insane swimming around the trees like in star wars over all its antigravity in powder this is actually the hover board from Back to the Future even better cause u ride it in powder nothing is better than riding powder. So the Legendary ORCA is one hell of a snowboard so versatile u can rip like hell even when its not a pow day highly recommend to check Travis videos for the Orca if you are wondering which size u need and they are so cool he speaks everything as it is and from his heart i was god blessed to meet him quite a few times that doesn't matter cause we all know Travis and Jordan are true to the core. MERVIN is the most environMENTAL Board factory and we have to really start taking care for planet EARTH and they are doing this since day on cheers to the whole MERVIN family and Travis for giving a portion of the money from the next year boards to the orca conservancy foundation.

I didn't want to believe the hype. So much hype. The hype is real folks. She rips, so much fun to ride. Im 6'1'' 185lb and the 153cm is fantastic. Thanks for another gem Lib!!