The Lib Tech Cold Brew is a directional all-terrain freeride board that's also freestyle-ready, making it a versatile choice for everyday shredding at your local mountain or for an epic trip. It’s a smooth and easy-going, medium flex board that's comfortable in a variety of terrain and able to turn it up a notch if needed. A playful flex pattern and medium flex mean the possibilities are endless off-trail. Somethin' brewin. NOT BEFORE MY COFFEE.
Lib Tech Cold Brew Snowboard Review
Here's a detailed look at what makes the Cold Brew a great option for a wide range of riders:
Who is the Lib Tech Cold Brew For?
The Lib Tech Cold Brew is ideal for:
- Freeriders who like to jib and jump around the whole mountain.
- Newer riders who want an easygoing board they can progress with.
- Intermediate to advanced Freeride/Freestyle riders.
However, it might not be the best choice for:
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- Aggressive riders who prioritize power, stability, and hard snow performance.
If you're an experienced snowboarder who rides all over the mountain and prioritizes the ability to jump, jib, ollie, and press, this is one of your best options. It loves that kind of riding but doesn't veer too far into the "park board" category.
The easygoing feel also makes it accessible for progressing riders; it's lightweight, balanced, and easy to turn. It’s a great entry-level freeride board for any ability level.
Key Features and Technologies
The Lib Tech Cold Brew is packed with features designed to enhance your riding experience:
C2 Rocker/Camber Profile
Combining central rocker for edge hold and float, with powerful camber towards the tip and tail for stability, pop, and control. The board's shape adopts Lib Tech's C2 camber design, which essentially translates to reverse camber. Reverse camber creates more energy throughout the board, allowing it to turn and pivot quicker than a traditional camber board. It's a great design for technical terrain and low-speed accessibility.
Magne-Traction® Serrated Edge Technology
It boasts a new, updated tail shape, wide widths, and Magne-Traction® serrated edge technology for incredible hold, toe-drag-free carving, and improved float. Strategically placed bumps that create added contact points along each edge for increased grip and control in all conditions.
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Directional All-Terrain Shape
This directional all-terrain freeride-focused yet freestyle-ready design features a floaty directional nose that reduces fatigue and maximizes fun in powder and crud. There is a good set back on sidecut of 1.5″ so it leads us to think there is a good bit more back on board that makes this a pretty good directional floater when setting all the way back.
Eco-Sub Poly Top Sheet
Eco-Sub Poly Top Sheet - Sounds technical right?
Mervin Made: EnvironMENTAL Construction
Core materials are sources from fast-growing, renewable forest products. Water-based solvents used for cleansing instead of petrochemical-based solvents.
UHMW Sintered Sidewalls
A Lib Tech innovation that is twice as sintered as most industry sidewalls.
Original Power Construction
Packed with its C2 rocker/camber profile, Magne-Traction edge technology, and Original Power Construction, the Cold brew tackles all kinds of terrain with ease and even allows for an easy float feel in powder.
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TNT Base
Calling all intermediate to advanced Freeride/Freestyle riders, the Cold Brew delivers with its directional all-terrain shape and low maintenance TNT base.
Performance and Ride Feel
The Lib Tech Cold Brew offers a unique blend of playfulness and performance:
- Flex: A medium flex pattern gives it a ton of pop and a more playful feel so, so boosting side hits or weaving through the trees or around various obstacles takes nothing.
- Turning: So the Lib Tech Cold Brew turns really quick for how wide it is. The Lib Tech Cold Brew does skid turns incredibly well and it is a very forgiving ride for those that get off their game.
- Edge Hold: The edge hold helps the Lib Tech Cold Brew carve and turn better in harder snow but it isn’t like C3 or other more camber dominant rides out there. Still, it’s not boring or anything.
- Pop: Lib Tech makes pretty poppy boards and you can feel this easily pop into the air on an ollie.
- Switch Riding: Pretty good switch for how much set back on sidecut and taper there is. Moving it up 2 inserts would get you pretty close to being centered on sidecut but it wouldn’t feel like a twin.
What makes the Cold Brew so poppy also makes it a little sensitive to uneven snow but it isn’t over the top. It can handle hard bumpy snow well enough and weaves in and out of bumps really well.
The hybrid rocker or C2 camber profile feels somewhat loose in harder snow and can feel a little more stable in softer snow, but overall, it has that auto-spinny feel that most hybrid rocker shapes have. It likes to be on edge when one footing off the chair and isn’t easy to flat base.
Sizing and Fit
The Cold Brew comes in a lot of sizes. It used to come in narrow sizes in 2019 and 2018 but now only comes in regular and wide sizes. The Regular sizes also feel like they are closer to the mid/wide side of the regular spectrum. So with a size 10 boot you could even fit the smaller sizes well. 10+ is a good match from there and even the bigger regular sizes seem comfortable holding an 11 boot without having toe/heel drag. That being said Peter and I had no problem riding this with size 8.5 and 9 boots.
Warranty and Returns
1 Year Warranty - Covered under manufacturer warranty for 1 year from the time of purchase.
We aim to dispatch all orders within 2 business days, and in most cases your order will be boxed and shipped within 24 hours. All returns must be made within 90 days of your purchase date and must be in new condition (tags attached, unused, unwashed, and unworn). We will provide a return label on items being returned with a purchase price of $250 or more, please contact us if your return meets this criteria.