Lib Technologies T.Rice Pro Model C2 BTX Snowboard - 2009

I ride it with size 14 boots, there is some toe drag but its not too bad and no where close to as bad as my previous mid wide boards, the larger sizes are pretty wide so you should be able to get away with riding it with size 12's, its a sweet board

This thing KILLS the grromers and the pow. No instability at mach 5 and the camber at the tips adds pop that seems to be missing with straight up, reverse camber. It also still allows you to power through the nose and snap out of turns, to really get flying.

ive been riding the 161.5 at baker for the last few weekends and its been awesome. it floats the pow like nothing else and annihilates any trees run. it does ride like a smaller board like other reviews have stated. I never experienced any choppiness at high speeds either. So far this has to be the best all mountain board ive ridden.

The C2 BTX is supposed to improve the ride at high speeds, this would be a good board for what your looking to do with it

you can ride switch fine with it, its just not as easy as a twin board. Its a great board for powder, free riding just about anything. If you are just hitting powder and groomers all day you may want to get the 164.5, the 161.5 would be a good all mountain board if you mix in a few park runs

if you are looking for a powder board, consider the burton fish, burton malolo or the rockered rome notch. otherwise, you could go longer with a rockered board if you wanted to, but it isn't necessary. granted it isn't a c2, but the banana 156 btx (i ride a 159 or so normally) handled amazingly well in utah's deepest day of the season last season.

Depends on how and where you ride. I'd go shorter for maneuverability based on your weight. Weight, strength and aggressiveness are more important in sizing than height. However boards with a significant amount of reverse camber do ride short. I have a 161 K2 Gyrator pow board and I'm 5'8" 170lbs and have been riding for about 15 years and it definitely doesn't feel long, especially on the deepest days.

It does great. It is an all mountain board made to handle all conditions.

I actually sized UP for pow and got the 164.5 (from 160).

You can go smaller with the lib tech boards but only the ones with btx (which is pretty much every board they make now), only because they we'll float so well in the pow no matter what size you get because of the reverse camber, but if i was buying a reverse camber board i would go a lil longer in size because it also has less effective edge than a regular camber board.

yes, this is pretty standard with MTX boards. The "french fry" sidecut holds very well.

a lot of it depends on what kind of riding you will be doing. what is your height and weight?

not sure about weight but it is definately a solid build of a board,
meaning it is not superlight but it definately feels like a well built piece of equipment, hope that helps?

You can do pretty much everything with this board, as I have been doing just that this past week, but it's more comfortable in the pow than it is in the park. It'll do fine on groomers as well, but if you're going to stick to groomers and the park, go for either the blunt or try one of the other lib/gnu boards.

I rode this board in CO and I totally agree with the below review and answer. It is a good all around board, but should be used more for the pow and some groomers. If you want to jump, get the board rec'd above.

The 161.5 and 164.5 are what Travis Rice uses when he's freeriding deep stuff in Jackson, New Zealand and AK. A .75" set back stance and pointy nose accompanied by C2 Banana tech which is rockered enough to create a sink/float effect in deep pow but is cambered enough to allow a rider pop off windlips and cliffs. It can hold turns on groomers if necessary. If you're looking for the "jump" board, search item # LBT0142 for the BTX and LBT0141 for the MTX version.