Lib Technologies T. Rice MTX Snowboard - 2008 BCS

I'm the same size as you (10 lbs. lighter), and I'd say definitely go with the 157. At 6', anything above 160 is getting into more of the powder range. As a fellow Malolo owner, get a 157, as the lolo will kill any and all powder you need to hit, while the lib tech will fill the gaps from park and pipe.

I've had three LIB's. All three have had lackluster coloring. I'm guessing it is because they use renewable resources, soy bean ink n stuff.

None of us can really comment on what you expected.

3 differences really. The shape, width and stiffness. The T-rice has two distinct shapes that are both different then the TRS. The Rice has a blunt shape in the smaller ones for park and pointy in the larger ones for pow. The TRS is just your general freestyle shape. For the width the T-rice is considered a mid wide so it is much more suited for someone with a size 10 and up foot, where as the TRS has just a regular width to it. Lastly the T-rice is stiffer and more all mountain/freeride driven, simply because that is how T-rice wanted it. Whereas the TRS is softer, hence more park and freestyle driven.But on the lib tech website, they say that it's suitable for boot size 8.5+. so it's necessary not for someone with big feet right?

anything works.... depending on your skill level you want either a stiff binding or a soft binding. Stiff if you are good and ride aggressive, soft if you are still learning or working on your park skills. Go with Flux bindings either way. Normally the more expensive the stiffer and more adjustability. Go with Flux Titan. good all purpose with tons of features

mtx only has magnatraction. the btx has magnatraction and a banana camber.. thats a different board than this one. this has a regular camber to it

All Lib boards have Magnetraction. When you see MTX in the title it means it has it, BTX is banana Technology w/ Mag. Good stuff.

Corp... You're looking in the right direction. I'm 36 and this will be my 20th season snowboarding. whithout a doubt, the MTX is the real deal. I can't speak to BTX because I haven't ridden one, but I have a TRS 167 from last year and it is an unbelievable ride. Like you, I'm not a park guy, but like to ride the natural terrain. I rode 27 days on Mt Bachelor (Oregon) after getting the Lib Tech and was really happy with it. It worked well on everythig from powder to crud up on the summit to groomers and chewed up tree runs down low. My only negative observation is that when you're haulin a*#, it seems to be a little grabby. The only thing I can say is maybe I didn't detune my edges enough.....who knows. Anyway, the thing rides great fakie as well. I have ridden 30 or 40 different freestyle and park boards over the years (worked in the snowboard industry for a few years) and this one seems to beat them all. Bottom Line MTX is the way to go!

The T-Rice and the Custom are relatively the same as far as stiffness. The T-Rice is a little wider. I would recommend getting the same size or relatively close though. You don't want to play around too much with that.