Inspired by Anthony De Rocco, snow sports industry mogul and Mervin’s new CEO along with Bend Oregon’s Lucas Wachs, Lib Tech’s ExperiMENTAL Division has launched an all new ski line for 2016/17. A lifetime of ski experience, decades of experiMENTAL minded composite expertise and hands on youthful progressive ski energy has been built into these […]

Mervin Manufacturings new global headquarters are located in STONE 34 the first building approved by the Seattle City council as part of its “Deep Green Pilot Program”. Designed to be one of the most efficient commercial office buildings in the country the building reduces water and energy consumption by more than 75% of comparable buildings […]

Travis Rice, snowboarding’s most prodigious big mountain freestyle powerhouse, has signed on for five more years riding Lib Tech the world’s best boards! Travis and Lib Tech continue their decade long partnership of trail blazing board design, environMENTALly nicer zero hazardous waste manufacturing, cutting edge technology, humor and the constant hunt for the unbelievable.  Building […]

Nicolas lives the dream on his snowboard. A dream he created one perfect turn, iconic method and mind bending video part at a time. Nicolas’ snowboard dream has made the unreal a reality and with the Gnu factory and design team at his disposal he has finally made the board he needs in order to […]

Volcom presents Standing Ovation featuring Lib Ripper Jamie Lynn and legend Bryan Iguchi. If you have four minutes and can withstand the temptation to possibly blow your savings on the…

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This week in the latest Full Moon film #sidetracked episode Jamie Anderson shares what it takes to Stay Centered in the hectic existence of a professional snowboarder.  Her ability to find balance…

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Travis Rice and his long time friend Dan Adams get after it with a one two punch of snowmobile / snowboard Baldface action.  Some sick clips in this Brainfarm produced…

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The Jackson Brothers have their own part in this year’s Transworld Snowboarding movie Origins. Eric Jackson and his brother John are Mammoth locals catching some spring lines hauling ass up (and down)  Mount Ritter. Check out all of action here!  

Snowboarder Mag November 2015 Issue is now in stores! Grab One!

This month’s issue of Snowboard Mag is in stores now – Check out the Mark Landvik interview inside!

Technology can be complicated. It’s time to understand Effortless Edgehold using Magne-Traction brought to you by Mervin Manufacturing. The fine folks at Pleasure Mag  have taken the time to discuss the workings and physics of the Serrated Steak Knife Technology that turns ice into powder! Gather a better understanding at Pleasure Mag, Click here for […]

If you are fluent in German or use an intelligent web browser that can translate to English you are stoked! Pleasure Mag has taken the liberty of breaking down the benefits of Asymmetry. In doing so Pleasure features the Riders Choice  (as seen above), and explains the benefits of its asymmetry in layman’s terms! Have a […]

Late September is a great time for Surf in Huntington Beach. The air temperature is Mid 80s, the water is mid 70s and the waves usually pretty good. Huntington Surf and Sport hosted their fourth annual Demo Day just a couple of weeks ago. Over 300 Surf enthusiasts/beach bums flocked to HSS to try all of their […]

Lib Ripper Andy Bergin-Sperry is living in tiny luxury with his hand crafted and modified adventure-mobile.  Check out the pics and write up here!

“Red Bull stayed up all night putting together this list of the top five most iconic snowboard graphics and the classic Jamie Blue Girl is on there!  Check it out and then go green with this season’s Jamie Phoenix FM Green Girl board, they’re tits!” For Full coverage on Red Bull’s 5 most iconic snowboards […]

There is an undeniable glory to the the pearly red, surf inspired, Lost Mayhem Rocket. With a beautiful floaty nose, shimmering finish, and some stingers, if you ride the snow you are purchasing to rip, if you ride the waves maybe you are purchasing this one as a wall hanger. Either/or, you can’t go wrong ! […]

In our bias opinion there is not much better than the Zoid ripping and the Gonz snowboarding ! Thanks to Alex Lopez for the dreamy wave produced by the board that keeps on giving you the best days … the ZOID !  Check the SuperstarSnow Edit here!

Lib Ripper Mark Landvik opens up with an honest depiction of the stresses of producing at the highest level of filming backcountry freestyle snowboarding in the Snowboard Mag mini documentary…

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Early last week Chile Con Pollo dropped on SnowboarderMag.Com (If you haven’t seen it, its a must watch!). Max and Gus Warbington, Blake Paul, Mike Rav and the film talent…

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Lords of Seatown 2015 recap and video coverage is ablaze! ThrasherMagazine.com picked up the video recap and deemed it worthy of the highly respected “Junk Drawer”. Check the video Recap at Thrasher, see the Lib Tech blog for the Gallery, Recap, and video!

The mags are dropping. Here is the Mervin coverage from September’s issue of Snowboarder Magazine … IN STORES NOW!

The gang has gone south. Not in a ‘poor decision making’ or ‘unfortunate instance’ way. Quite the opposite actually. With only a handful of days off snow, coming straight from…

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This Saturday, September 19th marks the date of the 12th annual Hot Dawgz and Handrails contest at Bear Mountain. If you plan on being at the mountain, please get your…

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This year brings the Project Detour. A film dedicated to a trip we all dream of. You know, the trip of a lifetime with all of our friends, taking in…

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The season is finally here! Freeskier put their annual gear guide out, complete with their top selections for this year’s gear. The Fully Functional Five was among the top of the heap! See NAS coverage above, but you’ll probably just want to go pick up a copy of the mag!

  The talent came out for the Tactics Northwest Jam 2015. The Washington-Jefferson park in Eugene, Oregon fled with the top rippers from all over the West Coast with names…

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  Kaitlyn Farrington had an unreal season last year.  Not in her usual contest domination sort of way, but in an unreal life-changing experience and life- changing adventure sort of…

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So you have all heard of Banked Slaloms, there a few major ones. After 30+ years of existence and only increasing popularity Australia got the gist and decided it was…

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Danyale Patterson can without a doubt hang with the dudes. This past winter she proved herself during her 24 hour stay in Cleavland. The Too Hard Founder took to the…

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The OG Skeleton goes on a comfortable cruise from the corner store to the slappy curbs. You never know when you’ll need a little freestyle in your life so you…

After a successful stint at the Piranha Shop gallery in Seattle for the inaugural show, the two-stop tour is rolling through London, showcasing the work of some of the snowboard…

How do you get from the car to the bathroom at the surf spot parking lot?  Walk?  No, you’ll ride this Lib Poly Cruiser with quick turning smooth sailing ecologically…