Lib Technologies: April 2008 Archives

April 29, 2008

Lib Tech's Stronger than Snowmo?

At least the Lib made it...must have been the golden fleece or whatever the hell you guys put in your boards, it's stronger than my snowmobile!-Brick

Posted by Webmonkey at 10:14 AM on April 29, 2008 in Letters | Permalink | Comments (2)

April 28, 2008

skatebanana

The world would be a lonely place without skate bananas. Everywhere I go
people are like "Dude rad board! I want one so bad!" Well im a proud owner of a banana, and it goes everywhere with me, like the park, the backcountry with powder up to my hips or more, night runs, the whole shabang. Best all around board, You guys are the shit, mad props.

Posted by Webmonkey at 04:23 PM on April 28, 2008 in Letters | Permalink | Comments (1)

NANNER LUV

We luv your Bananas – the long ones, the short ones and the ones in between.
We luv your bright colors.
We luv reverse camber and magne-traction!
We luv hitting kickers, jibbing, sliding rails and popping out of the pipe and shredding deep pow on your bananas.
We’re going ape to get our hands on next season’s bananas!!

Your HUGE-EST fans
Pat, Geneva and Carly

Posted by Webmonkey at 10:22 AM on April 28, 2008 in Letters | Permalink | Comments (0)

Sky in Khiro Ad

As Seen in Concrete Wave Mag

Posted by Webmonkey at 10:11 AM on April 28, 2008 in Skate | Permalink | Comments (0)

April 25, 2008

Jason Robinson is Stoked on Skate Bananas in Montana

Front 7

"Props on the banana tech, I'm super stoked riding them, they're the sickest boards for sure."-Jason
Photos: Brendan Rohan

Posted by Webmonkey at 10:58 AM on April 25, 2008 in Rippers | Permalink | Comments (1)

April 24, 2008

AK Jay Gets Kinky

Check out our Alaskan Lib Tech Rep, Jay Liska front boarding this split wisker rail on the new MC Kink Banana Mag! Photo: Brian Adams

Posted by Webmonkey at 11:49 AM on April 24, 2008 in Rippers | Permalink | Comments (5)

April 23, 2008

Two Alaskan Mullet Shredders

HEY DUDES
HERE IS A PICTURE OF BEN LUSTIG AKA THE" FALCON" ON THE LEFT AND
LONG TIME ALASKAN MADMAN JESSE CROSS ON THE SLED KEEPING IT REAL
RIDING MULLETS FOR THERE ENJOYMENT.

THE SECOND PICTURE IS BEN THE FALCON IN TRUE FORM DURING A KICKER
SESSION A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. " GUY IN THE SKY" HAAA HA. TWO ALASKAN
SHREDDERS...

THANKS PAUL LACA

Posted by Webmonkey at 03:14 PM on April 23, 2008 in Rippers | Permalink | Comments (2)

Flying Banana

Posted by Webmonkey at 01:49 PM on April 23, 2008 in Happened on a Banana! | Permalink | Comments (3)

Exit Real World's Intern, Conner Brown Loving His Banana

Posted by Webmonkey at 01:05 PM on April 23, 2008 in Happened on a Banana! | Permalink | Comments (0)

April 22, 2008

Grenade Games 4 – June Mountain

Ramblings by Krush

It’s April 18…winter won’t quit in the Northwest…Seattle is preparing for snowfall…I’m tired of plowing my driveway…fourth annual Grenade Games going on at June…fuckit’…let’s get some sunshine.
Photos by, Andrew Miller, George Crosland at SNOWREV.COM. and the BFG.

So we got the sunshine…but also cold temps and a shit-ton of wind. It wasn’t windy at Whiskey Creek though, where Mervin webmonkey Trevor Phillips, Geoff from the Summit at Snoqualmie and the rest of the Grenerds and I threw back an entire army of white Russians. I then proceeded to not remember any part of the rest of the evening.

We made it to the lifts sometime after 2pm on Saturday and bumped into fellow late arriving NW shred Corey Noble in the parking lot and made it to base camp where we proceeded to eat undercooked e-coli burgers and nurse lingering hangovers. The highlight of the day was the Chinese Eyed Downhill. I’d say around 70 half-ripped nutbags starting from the top of the summit chair and pointed it straight down Deer Bowl. They came crashing through a late addition safety fence with some skier in the lead and mere feet away from collecting the $500 purse when Thor flies up on a Skunkape, boardslides over the dude, shotguns a can of Monster Energy Swill and takes the cash…fucking brilliant.

Chinese Eyed Downhill, Photo Liam Gallagher TWS

A little advice to any future Grenade Games attendees…when you get your rental car, make sure the damn thing has license plates…ours was brand new and didn’t have the plates yet…I asked the dude at Enterprise and he was all “no-problem…it’s totally legal”. Legal yes…but it’s also screaming to be pulled over when you run the uber-nazi-cop-gauntlet called highway 395 and June Lakes road. Two days, twice pulled over by a total of seven cars…no tickets. Final box score Washington shreds 2, Johnny Law 0.

Photo by Andy Wright TWS

Later than night at Whiskey Creek some douche-bag jacked by hoodie and I ended up freezing my ass off walking back to our hotel…thanks dick.

Sunday was pipe day…both kinds. Props to Nate Farrell and Pat Bridges who hiked the u-ditch all day long. Nate with a bunch of head and a half high airs and spins while rocking a sweet poncho and the “eYe” for putting on another handplant seminar on the metal eyeballs that lined the pipe…how appropriate. Luke Mitrani went huge and won the Boosted Air, Chas Guldemond was killing it and Danny hit it a few times for good measure. Shawn Farmer and Terry Kidwell’s band THC played a bitchin’ set that apparently only Bridges and I were stoked on…fuck all you guys…know your metal and know your roots…the Fizz has an open invite to play any event I ever throw…”Going Postal” fucking rips. The day finished off with the mogul course…it was actually just a bunch of ice and chunder with a Zumiez couch in the middle. This thing was borderline impossible if you had bindings on…but no-boading while drunk dudes huck snowballs at your face and crotch…no chance. One dude t-boned the Zumiez couch so hard I thought he was dead. Shit was funny as hell.

Nate Farrell mid spin over the EYE ball.

We pussed out on the closing party and ended up eating pizza, drinking rum and watching the Rock of Love II Reunion show on VH1 before waking before dawn to catch an early flight out of Reno…back at the Summit we have 15 feet of base, it’s still snowing and the cops are all at Starbucks…and my driveway needs plowing.

Thanks to Danny, Shiff, Cassillo and all those for putting on a great event…Seacrest out.

MORE WORDS BY PAT BRIDGES

Posted by Webmonkey at 03:36 PM on April 22, 2008 in Rippers | Permalink | Comments (4)

Monkey Business: Banana Technology Creates Big Buzz in Snowboard Market

We peel our own to see if banana junkies are really on to something…or just off their rocker.

By Jeff Hemmel

Posted by Webmonkey at 10:57 AM on April 22, 2008 in Happened on a Banana! | Permalink | Comments (5)

Thor Ryen Wins Chinese Eyed Downhill on a Skunk Ape Banana!!!

Thor jibs over a skier to win the Grenade Games Chinese Eyed Downhill!!!

For Total Coverage of Grenade Games go to SNOWREV.com

Posted by Webmonkey at 08:06 AM on April 22, 2008 in Happened on a Banana! | Permalink | Comments (0)

April 16, 2008

20th anniversary: Advance Cup 2008- Japan. Hai!

Photos and Captions by A. unless otherwise noted.

Posted by Webmonkey at 12:00 PM on April 16, 2008 in Happened on a Banana! | Permalink | Comments (3)

April 15, 2008

MT BAKER CHAIR 1 CHAIRS - OWN A PIECE OF HISTORY!

Mt. Baker is replacing the original Chair #1 double chair with a fixed grip quad chair this summer. Now is your chance to own a piece of Mt. Baker history - the last of Mt. Baker's double chairs! And you will be supporting a great cause at the same time, with all sales of the chairs donated to the Northwest Weather and Avalanche Center.

Posted by Webmonkey at 11:22 AM on April 15, 2008 in Rippers | Permalink | Comments (1)

April 14, 2008

Kinko de Mayo at The Summit!

The Summit at Snoqualmie and Snowboy Productions refuse to go quietly into the summer…behold the arrival of Kinko de Mayo a kinked rail and piñata bonking fiesta!

While all other Washington resorts will have closed for the season the Summit teams up with the like-minded folks Nitro, Electric, Grenade, Skullcandy and Zumiez to bring one final jib event as a perfect end to a perfect shred season in the great northwest. Kinked rails to slide, piñatas to bonk and free chips and salsa to shove in your mouth await all who sign up for this sweet event on May 3 right off the plaza at Summit West Base area.

Registration from 10-11AM day of event / $20 entry fee / helmets required / under 18 needs a parents signature to get rad

Posted by Webmonkey at 11:21 AM on April 14, 2008 in Rippers | Permalink | Comments (0)

April 09, 2008

Lib Tech Skate Banana Goes Big at Last Call

"Waterville Valley’s own Luke Mathison stepped up some of the highest, backside methods of the day." EASTERN BOARDER'S 8TH ANNUAL LAST CALL AT LOON MT.

Posted by Webmonkey at 01:58 PM on April 9, 2008 in Happened on a Banana! | Permalink | Comments (5)

April 08, 2008

SHUT UP AND SNOWSKATE YEAR SIXX!

Grand Poobah

The Course

All action photos taken by,www.plwp.com

Spico

Clark Hurlbut

Rocker

BigHairBob

Jeff

Pete

Pat Quinn

Spico

Jake

Pat

Spico

Terry Parker Memorial Downhill

Sno Skate Obama Banana Traction Prize

Results:
Park Jam Results:
1st – Pat Quinn
2nd – Jake Tomlinson
3rd – Clark Hurlbut

Best Trick – Pat Quinn / Ollie Blunt on wallride
Hardest Starfish – Quincy Quigg

Terry Parker Memorial Downhill Results:
1st – Pat Quinn
2nd – Jake Tomlinson
3rd – John Carlson

Posted by Webmonkey at 12:07 PM on April 8, 2008 in SnowSkate | Permalink | Comments (9)

April 07, 2008

Magne-testing...one, two..one, two...

My friend Andy Tullis was brave enough to get within a couple hundred yards of me to take this sequence of a high-speed backside slash over a perfectly groomed little roller at Bachelor. After further review of the final frame, I've come to the realization that I am actually a primal indigenous northwestern large-head skunk ape... that was previously misplaced. My facial posture implies that I am sub-consciously wanting to take a banana to the throat. I am thus planning to ride a skunk ape 162 BTX next year, on which I hear you can carve out an even more slippery backside fan.... Thanks Mervin.

Jibbin' Jay

Posted by Webmonkey at 05:21 PM on April 7, 2008 in Letters | Permalink | Comments (6)

B.C. Bananas

Hey Boys-
Good on ya once again! The banana has proven itself in the big mtns...its all I want to ride! Self surfacing nose, lightning quick edge response, and general soaring marks on fun factor. Holds great edge at speed and helps to keep from going over the bars on landings. And blown away how good it is on hardpack, wow, who would of thought? Would REALLY like to see a longer board with nana, actually think all your boards should be transformed (as maybe you do as well). For me personally, a TRS 67 with banana and magne will be the ultimate of boards, it will dominate the big mtns hands down.
Thanks for making snowboarding even more fun and keeping me stoked over the years!!

cheers-
Chris Ankeny

nana in the big mtns.