The 2024 Lib-Tech Lost Retro Ripper is a Japan-inspired, extra floaty, powder loving throwback board that is a work of art worthy of being both under your feet and hanging on your wall. The extra wide floaty nose and swallow tail combine to keep your nose up, your tail down, and your legs burn-free on even the deepest of powder days, and they deliver a speedy, surfy, and carve-hungry feeling on on groomers and hard snow. The Retro Ripper is a timeless board that turns average days into great days, and great days into best days. Rider Level: Intermediate - Advanced Board Type: Freeride Camber Type: C3 Very mild rocker between your feet with powerful camber to the tip and tail. This is Mervins version of traditional camber, offering maximum edge hold, pop, power and precision with extra float and carve. This board has a setback camber profile, shifting the profile towards your back foot which increases power in the tail and float in the nose. Flex: 6.5/10 (1=soft, 10=stiff) Shape: Directional This board has a wide, pointy, extra floaty early rise nose and a swallow tail for effortless float in powder. Core: OP+ - Original Power + Sintered Base/Bio Beans Topsheet Light, environmentally nice, strong. Combines 75% Aspen and 25% Paulownia woods with Triax and Biax Fibreglass for a great long lasting ride. Base: Sintered Knife Cut Fast and rugged with maximum wax retention. Mounting Pattern: 2x4 inserts Additional Features: Eco Sublimated Bio Beans Topsheet - A bio-plastic made from beans. Good for your board, and good for the environment. Birch Internal Sidewalls UHMW Sintered Sidewalls UHMW Tip/Tail Impact Deflection SIZE CHART Length (cm) Contact Length (cm) Waist (mm) Nose / Tail Width (cm) Sidecut (m) Max Stance (cm) Setback (cm) Weight Range (kg) 156cm 100 254 30.7 / 29.1 8-7-6 59.7 12.7 55+ 161cm 109 261 31.7 / 30.1 8-7-6 61.6 12.7 60+ 166cm 118 273 32.2 / 30.7 8-7-6 64.7 12.7 65+ Not sure which size to get? Check out our snowboard size chart here. Not sure if you need a wide board or not? Find out here. Want to find out about snowboard cambers and shapes? Click here. Want to find out about different types of snowboard edges (magne-traction)? Click here. Want to find out about the difference in snowboard bases? Click here. Want to find out about snowboard construction? Click here.
