DESCRIPTION Natural Selection winning power predator in both directions. Travis took his Orca learnings and merged them with his elite high performance snowboard world freestyle tour dreams to come up with this supreme Orca freestyle evolution. The long floaty Orca nose loves pow. A directional C2 contour rips resort, trenches hardpack carves and blasts off mountainous side hits. A brand new long floaty switch friendly power kink tail rides short powerful and poppy on hardpack but floats like a dream through switch freestyle takeoffs and landings. The beloved Orca merges with magical T.Rice Pro and manifests a golden power beast. Now built with eco-sublimated Ocean-bound PBT top material made from recycled PET plastic waist collected from coastal areas. Introducing strong, poppy Makah Hemlock wood cores sustainably harvested by the Makah tribe who reside on the Northwestern most corner of the USA near our factory. TRAVIS RICE’S NATURAL SELECTION WINNING PERFECTION SWITCH FRIENLDY RESORT DAILY DRIVER TO 1000 POW PILLOWS DREAM OCEAN BOUND TOP AND MAKAH HEMLOCK CORE PRODUCT DETAILS DESIGNED FOR: Intermediate - Expert / All-Mountain, Backcountry, Pow SHAPE: Directional FLEX: Medium 7/10 BASE: Sintered CAMBER PROFILE: C2x BINDING MOUNT: 4x2 12-pack FEATURES: MAGNE-TRACTIONEffortless edge hold. Serrated Steak Knife Technology Strategically located edge serrations provide unreal edge hold and control in all conditions. Turns ice into powder. C2x - Directional Xtreme FULL CONTACT AND CONTROL IN ALL CONDITIONS. “AWESOME EVERYWHERE” CENTRAL ROCKER BUILDS IN CARVE, EDGE HOLD & FLOAT CAMBERS BUILD IN POP, STABILITY AND CONTROL Carves the resort, plays in the park and slays the powder. We worked with Travis Rice to develop this perfectly balanced all terrain contour. Mild rocker between your feet combined with powerful cambers to the tips and tails. Enough power, pop, and precision to hit the biggest wedges. Enough float and freedom to rip the gnarliest AK lines. NEW FIREPOWER HEMLOCK CONSTRUCTION [FPH]LIGHTER • ENVIRONMENTALLY NICER • SMOOTH & LIVELY CORE: EXTENDED 60% MAKAH HEMLOCK / 40% PAULOWNIA GLASS: TRI-AX / CARBON X TOP: OCEAN BOUND PBT BASE: SINTERED KNIFE CUT TIP/TAIL: LIGHTWEIGHT SPIN SLIM BIRCH INTERNAL SIDEWALLS UHMW SINTERED SIDEWALLS UHMW TIP/TAIL IMPACT DEFLECTION 1-YEAR WARRANTY SIZE GUIDE VOLUME SHIFTED, RIDE THIS BOARD 1-3 CM SHORTER THAN YOUR NORMAL BOARD. Size (cm) 150 153 155 157 159 161 164 Contact Length (cm) 107 110 112 113 114 115 116 Side Cut (m) 7.5 8 8 8 8 8 8 Nose / Tail Width (cm) 30.5 / 29.6 30.7 / 29.8 30.8 / 29.9 30.9 / 30 31 / 30.1 31.1 / 30.2 31.2 / 30.3 Waist Width (cm) 26 26.3 26.4 26.5 26.6 26.7 26.8 Surface Area (sq in) 635 645 657 671 678 690 706 Stance Min-Max / Set Back (cm) 44.5 - 57.2 / 2.5 48.3 - 60.9 / 2.5 48.3 - 60.9 / 2.5 48.3 - 60.9 / 2.5 48.3 - 60.9 / 2.5 48.3 - 60.9 / 2.5 48.3 - 60.9 / 2.5 Flex (10 = Firm) 7 8 8 8 8 7 8 Weight Range (kg) 60+ 65+ 70+ 70+ 75+ 75+ 75+ RIDER INFO Travis RiceHeight: 5’11” Weight: 190lbsBoot Size: 11 Golden Orca 157: I love this board for resort and side country. Still a lot of surface area for pow but this size is my go-to for all mountain resort riding as it is basically an Orca 153 with a redesigned tail that excels while switch riding. Golden Orca 161: This is my ultimate backcountry freestyle stick that I compete with at Natural Selection and film with. Great for resort as the core is damp and well suited for resort chop.
