Powder

The 2026 Lib Tech Orca is Travis Rice's ultimate one-board quiver, designed to conquer everything from groomed resort runs to the deepest powder days in Japan. Featuring a long, floaty nose paired with the powerful, poppy Whale Tail Technology, this board maximizes edge contact for quick, tight turns and a responsive ride. The 7m sidecut effortlessly carves trenches in hardpack, while the generous width ensures you can lay it over on rail without worrying about toe drag. At the same time, it offers the float needed to slay deep powder and pillow lines with ease. Whether you're charging down Alaskan lines, dropping into Japanese powder, or shredding your home resort, the 2026 Orca is the versatile all-season board that eats up all terrain like a true mammal on the hunt for fish.

Shape / Profile: CR2 Directional Camber / Rocker 

Flex: 6/10

Base: Sintered

Details:

• Dream directional shape and contour for what Travis Rice calls Fun.
• Apex freeride pow ripper meets resorts slashing daily driver.A
• Floaty nose, tight sidecut, maximum power tail.
• Core 75% Apen 25% Paulowinia
• Glass Tri-ax/ Bi-Ax Fibre
• Eco Sublimated Poly top 
• Sintered Base
• Birch internal sidewalls 
• UHMW Sintered Sidewalls
• UHMW Tip/Tail Impact deflection

Size Guide

The 2026 Burton Counterbalance is a powerhouse snowboard, made for those who demand nothing but the best in performance. With its directional camber, this board delivers unmatched precision, responsiveness, and power. Perfect for tackling fresh snow while still holding an edge on groomers, the Counterbalance thrives in any terrain. Sit back, relax, and let this top-performing board guide you to new heights.

Shape/Profile: Directional Camber

Flex: Mid

Base: Sintered WFO

Details:

• A tapered directional snowboard features a shape where the tail is narrower than the nose, providing enhanced control and stability in deeper snow. This design improves floatation in powder and allows for smoother turns, making it ideal for freeride and backcountry riding. 
• Directional Camber incorporates rocker in the nose, enhancing float in powder while preserving the responsiveness and stability of traditional camber.

• Inserts: The Channel

  The Burton Channel forgoes the traditional mounting system and introduces a channel for your front and rear inserts. This allows you to fine-tune your stance width and gives you more freedom in your stance location. The Channel is compatible with most major binding brands, but works best with Burton EST bindings.

• Laminate: 45° Carbon Highlights:

  The 45° Carbon Highlights is a tip-to-tail carbon layer that cuts down on weight while incorporating 45° angled fibers. This design enhances the board's torsional flex, delivering a more aggressive and responsive ride.

• The Super Fly II 700G Core combines stronger, lighter woods in key areas, boosting pop and strength while reducing weight for a more responsive ride.
• Dualzone EGD aligns the wood grain along the heel and toe edges in two continuous zones, perpendicular to the rest of the core. This setup ensures superior edge hold and strength, delivering a more consistent and stable ride.
• Squeezebox blends thicker, more powerful sections with thinner, more flexible ones throughout the core. This profile improves energy transfer, making the board snappier and enhancing its stability.
• Edge: Frostbite Edges
  Frostbite Edges extend slightly under your bindings, providing extra edge hold on hardpack and ice for superior control and stability in challenging conditions.
• The Sintered WFO base—short for Wide F!#@ing Open—features a high-density, extra absorbent material infused with a special wax. This creates a durable, fast base that handles all conditions with ease.
• Infinite Ride:
  Burton's Infinite Ride process overbuilds each board in the factory before using machinery to break it in. This ensures your board maintains its pop and performance from day one to day 100, year after year, for consistent, long-lasting performance.