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Lib Technologies NAS Freeride Recurve Ski

Lib Technologies NAS Freeride Recurve Ski

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Lib Technologies NAS Freeride Recurve Ski

The Lib Tech NAS Freeride Recurve uses a rockered tip and tail to enhance maneuverability and float in soft, ungroomed snow, while its 100mm waist and Magne-Traction edges keep you railing hardpack like a train. It’s a do-anything ski that won’t let you down, no matter whether your riding buddies have their eyes on the park or the boundary gates.

  • Magne-Traction serrated edges improve hold on hardpack
  • reCURVE rocker: early-rising tip and tail with low traditional camber underfoot for hardpack
  • Reclaimed wood core and soy-derived Bio-plastic topsheet keeps you green

Bottom Line: Really good stuff in an only slightly weird package.

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How far back from "true center" is the recommended

How far back from "true center" is the recommended mounting point on these? I have last year's Jibs, and they're pretty close to center, less than 2cm back

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October 28, 2009

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I can give you last years Freeride 188's and I'll bet this years mount point is the same (since I am guessing the recurve in tip & tail is same at about 20cm each end).

Depends what you mean by center, so I'll give you two measurements. Based on centre of running length, the dimple is about -5cm back from that point. For me, in my 310BSL shells, it's pretty close; I'd still go back -7cm from centre of contact/running length so the dent, for me, is 2cm too far forward.

Tape pulled taught the skis are 186cm tip to tail; dimple is at 101.5cm from tip. So based on that, if true centre is at 93cm, these are -8.5 from that.

Bear in mind these are a directional twin, with a much more subtle tail relative to the tip. My tips are roughly 22cm long and tails are 16cm long so comparing these to the Jibs (which are pretty much perfectly symmetrical) just basing on midpoint between tip and tail is no good.

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November 8, 2009

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where can i find reveiws. no reveiws anywhere on the net :(

where can i find reveiws. no reveiws anywhere on the net :(

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October 28, 2009

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You won't find any, and you will be very lucky if you do. It is a brand new ski for this year. And lib tech isn't very big on giving skis to magazine ski testers. Something to keep in mind is that the lib tech nas freeride recurve is really just a narrower version in every aspect of its big brother the nas pow recurve. So if you find some reviews on that ski, it should be pretty accurate as to how the freerides will ski, with the exception of being lighter and more nimble. I think this ski is going to be amazing, and one of the best ski out there. Magne-traction provides the most ridiculously good edge hold you've ever seen. I was amazed the first time i used them. The carve up hardpack like a samurai sword. The recruve helps keep the tips from digging in deep pow, make the ski more nimble, while still providing snappiness in the turn due to the small amount of camber underfoot.

I haven't skied this particular model, only the bigger brother the nas pow recurve, but like I said, they are fairly identical, just narrower. Here is my review of the nas pow recurve, the fatter version. On the nas pow, the recurve is fairly subtle. It really aids in the maneuverability of the ski, and makes it more nimble. I'm 5'8", 160 and the ski was 191, so for me to say that really is a credit to the skis design, i think anyway. The subtle recurve teamed with the magne traction allows the ski to initiate easily and rail on the hard stuff, while still being able to pivot and smear in the soft snow. The ski didn't exactly float in pow. It sunk and was kind of like a shark cutting through water, it never hooked or dug, just plowed through everything. The only time I really noticed the recurve paying dividends was when hucking stuff. The tip kind of just hung up there as I was skiing away, until I started driving the ski, and went back to shark mode. It wasn't soft or stiff, but a good medium flex great for use all over the mountain and all conditions. I was even able to take a lap in the park and do some spinny stuff with them off some bc booters. They do ski a bit shorter than the 191 length on them. I felt like it was a lot of ski on hard snow, but they still railed it. It felt like I was back on gs skis again, albeit really wide ones.

I really wouldn't hesitate about getting this ski.

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5 days ago

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will u be re-stocking the 188's?

will u be re-stocking the 188's?

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October 26, 2009

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YES, we've got some on order expected to arrive in the warehouse on 11/13. Hang tight, these skis are worth it.

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October 27, 2009

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Tech Specs:

Lengths:
178cm, 188cm 
Dimensions:
[178cm] 132 / 100 / 123mm; [188cm] 144 / 100 / 128cm 
Turn Radius:
[178cm] 18m; [188cm] 19m 
Construction:
Traditional sandwich 
Core Material:
Wood 
Base:
Sintered UMHW 
Tail:
Twintip 
Binding System:
No 
Binding Included:
No 
Recommended Use:
All-mountain freestyle 
Manufacturer Warranty:
1 Year 

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