Lib Tech

Dream Boards / Building a better surfboard

Lib Tech co-founders Mike Olson and Pete Saari have been building dream boards and innovating technologies for forty + years. From Mike’s groomer conquering finless deep side cut snowboards of the ‘80s that helped pave snowboarding’s acceptance at ski areas to the launch of the Lib Tech brand and the meteoric rise of Jamie Lynn to the ground breaking discoveries of Magne-Traction® serrated edge technology and shortly thereafter the revolutionary Skate Banana model which ushered in a “Banana Age” of reversed cambers industry wide.

The history of innovation continued with the realization of Mike’s life long project to build a better surfboard with Lib Tech’s proprietary “dang difficult to ding” ecoIMPACTO® construction.

Mike Olson and the libtech hands on craftsperson crew are constantly experimenting and working to improve the process and materials. The latest incarnation of the original ecoIMPACTO construction incorporates a new improved formula of the foam and refinements to the process that reduce weight and improve performance while retaining that “Dang Difficult to Ding” durability that relaxes your lifestyle, makes Lib Techs the best travel boards in the world and hold their value over time.

Along this adventure libtech was joined by the once in a generation talent and vision of Travis Rice along with countless Rippers, artists, crafters and experiMENTALists all chasing their dreams through Mike and Pete’s project – to build environmentally friendly dream boards for themselves and their friends.

Lost by Mayhem x Lib Tech

Lost Surfboards by Mayhem, Matt Biolos’s high performance surfboard shapes and his world class, dysfunctionally progressive surfing program have always been inspiring for Lib Tech and always always felt to them like a sister company.

In 2015 a dream became reality when Lib Tech teamed up with Lost to bring Mayhem shapes to life in their ecoIMPACTO construction. Not only a legendary surf shaper but also a frothy snowboarder and Mammoth Mt. local, Biolos also brought his shaping prowess to the snow designing a line of Lib Tech snowboards with timeless curves, wall hanging art and powerful all mountain capabilities.