Lib Tech TRS Review: All-Mountain-Freestyle Snowboard Review

Hello and welcome to my Lib Tech TRS review.

In this review, I will take a look at the TRS as an All-Mountain-Freestyle snowboard.

As per tradition here at SnowboardingProfiles.com I will give the TRS a score out of 100 (based on several factors) and see how it compares with other All-Mountain-Freestyle snowboards.

Overall Rating

Board: Lib Technologies TRS HP C2X

Price: $599 (USD recommended retail)

Style: All-Mountain-Freestyle

Flex Rating: Medium to Medium-Stiff (5-7/10 depending on the size)

Flex Feel: Medium (5/10)

Rating Score: 85.4/100

Compared to other Men’s All-Mountain-Freestyle Boards

Out of the 24 men’s all-mountain-freestyle snowboards that I rated:

• The average score was 81.3/100
• The highest score was 93.3/100 (see below)
• The lowest score was 70.8/100
• The average price was $507
• The TRS ranked 6th out of 24

Overview of the TRS’s Specs

Check out the tables below for the TRS’s specs and available sizes in the charts below.

Specs

Style	All-Mountain-Freestyle	Flex	Medium (5/10)
Ability Level	Intermediate to Expert	Feel	Semi Loose
Weight	Normal	Turn Initiation	Fast
Camber Profile	Hybrid Rocker – Lib Tech’s C2X	Shape	True Twin
Stance Setback	Centered	Edge-hold	Icy-snow
Price	$599 (USD)	Base	TnT Dual Layered Fluoro Base

Sizing

Size (Length)	148N	151N	154	157	157MW	159	159MW	162	165MW
Waist Width (mm)	237	247	253	253	260	253	260	256	263
Weight Range (lbs)	90+	100+	120+	130+	130+	140+	140+	150+	155+
Weight Range (kgs)	41+	45+	55+	59+	59+	64+	64+	68+	70+
Flex Rating	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	7

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Who is the TRS Most Suited to?

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The TRS is great for anyone looking for great performance and some serious power to weight. It feels light but powerful making spins and jumps a breeze.

But it can also hold down a carve and can rack up some serious speed. So if you want to ride the whole mountain at pace but do tricks and jumps on the way – and then finish off with a lap through the park at the end, then this board is ideal.

Also, due to the magne-traction, anyone who rides hard and icy snow conditions regularly will like this board – as long as they like everything else about it.

What it’s Not Good For

It would be too much for the beginner to control – it’s super easy to maneuver it but it’s a probably a bit loose feeling and twitchy to be a good beginner deck.

Probably not really for the backcountry either – it’s not designed for it. That said, you could take it out there – I just wouldn’t get this board if that’s what you did most of the time. More details below.

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The TRS in More Detail

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O.k. let’s take a more detailed look at what the TRS is capable of.

Demo Info

Board: Lib Tech TRS 2017, 157 (253mm)

Date Demoed: February 27^th, 2016

Conditions: Choppy and slushy on the groomers. Some rare pockets of powder off. Some rain later in the afternoon but mostly fine. Visibility good all day.

Bindings angles: +15/-9

Powder

I didn’t get a lot of it on the day but did run into some slushy powder pockets. The TRS felt better than I had expected. It has a rocker section between the feet that would help with that float but it’s a centered stance which isn’t ideal for riding powder.

If you ride powder a lot and only want to have one board then there are better options – but if you only occasionally hit powder, the TRS will hold its own. And if you have to go through any icy patches to get to that powder you’ll be happy to have that magne-traction under foot.

Carving and Turning

Could hold a carve pretty well. It’s got particularly good edge-hold for when your on hard or icy-ish snow. I didn’t have a lot of that but when I hit harder patches you could really feel the edges dig in which felt good.

Super-fast from edge-to-edge. Felt almost too fast at first until I got the hang of riding it. You can turn pretty tight when you need to on this and at first it feels like you’re turning too tight.

Speed

This deck is super-fast and that must have something to do with the TnT Base. This isn’t extruded or sintered – it’s its own thing. Whatever it is, it made this board seriously fly. I found that the board felt super light too under that base.

The only reason I don’t give a higher score for speed is that it wasn’t amazingly stable at high speeds. It was a bit loose feeling to be the perfect speed demon. But you’d certainly have no issues through flat spots and short up-hills.

Let’s Break up this text with a Video

Uneven Terrain

I had plenty of it – I rode this deck on a busy Saturday in slushy condition. Choppy was an understatement! Though at first I found it difficult to navigate this board through the bumps, as I got used to it, it was able to negotiate the bumpy stuff pretty well.

Jumps

There’s plenty of pop in this board. Great for ollies and popping over lips and rollers.

Jumps in the park – small to large – are also fun on this deck. It’s got a medium flex which gives you enough stability on the landings over larger jumps and enough forgiveness.

Switch

Almost perfect. It’s a true twin shape with a centered stance so it’s the same going either way.

Jibbing

This board is really agile – almost too much so until you get used to it. But once you’re used to it then the approach to jibs is awesome.

But on the jib it’s not perfect. Not a jibbing specialist by any means and probably its weakest point. But you can do it.

Pipe

This board is pretty much made for the pipe. I didn’t take it into a proper one but based on the reviews of others and on the boards specs, and in the mini pipe I took it through, this is a board that would love the pipe.

It’s got a centered stance, it’s a true twin, it’s got a medium flex, it has great edge-hold in hard and icy conditions. Enough said.

Changes from 2017 model

The 2018 model now has Lib Tech’s C2X camber profile, which is the same thing as the 2017 models Xc2 BTX but just renamed. I like the renaming of their camber profiles – IMO the terminology is less complicated now. The 2018 model is virtually the same as the 2017 model other than the name change and a different graphic.

Changes from 2016 model

The TRS is now what the old TRS HP (horsepower) was. For the 2016-17 season there is only a TRS HP and a TRS FP (firepower). The 2015-16 model had a TRS, a TRS HP and a TRS FP. For the 2016-17 model there’s just 2.

You might see it named TRS HP XC2 BTX or just TRS XC2 BTX – for 2016-17 it’s the same model.

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Score Breakdown and Final Verdict

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Check out the breakdown of the score in the table below.

FACTOR	RATING (OUT OF 5)	CONTRIBUTION TO FINAL SCORE
Switch:	4.5	18/20
Jumps:	4.5	18/20
Jibbing:	3.0	6/10
Carving/Turning:	3.5	7/10
Powder:	2.0	4/10
Speed:	3.0	6/10
Uneven Terrain:	3.5	7/10
Pipe:	5.0	10/10
TOTAL after normalizing		85.4/100

The TRS was looser and lighter than I was expecting. And had a super-fast slippery base.

In short, this thing felt like slapping a V8 onto a smart car! Was hard to control at first because of this. But got used to it after a bit.

Tame this beast and you can do a lot of cool stuff on it.

The TRS also comes in a Firepower (FP) version ($749) but you pay more for that, of course. The main difference between the HP and FP versions is that the FP is lighter.