Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Skate Banana, taking part in the reverse camber evolution



So exited, just ordered my long awaited Skate Banana from lib tech. Wish that would make me ride like Travis Rice, but that wont happen :) My home boy Marty will bring it for me from Canada in our Mont-Blanc "Tour de Force" in a month.

"Lib Tech uses "Banana Technology" (patent pending). Their reverse camber snowboards have the rocker between the bindings, and the board is straight from the bindings to the nose and tail. Lib Tech says that the reverse camber on their boards makes the board ride more like a skateboard than previous snowboards. Most modern snowboards have camber, which means the board arches up off the ground between the nose and tail. This is a shaping that was based off skis, where skiers wanted to pop out of their turns when doing jump turns. Reverse camber brings snowboarding back to it's skateboarding and surfing roots so the board rides more comfortably, and how they should ride. Additionally, reverse camber snowboards are great for doing nose presses and tail presses."