The Lib Tech Lost Rocket, designed by Matt Biolos, is a surf-inspired resort ripper that combines decades of surfboard shaping experience with innovative snowboard design. This directional snowboard is engineered for those who love to carve hardpack, float through powder, and surf the mountain with style.
Overview of the Lib Tech Lost Rocket
Matt Biolos’ surf-inspired resort ripper. The Rocket features a brand new shape, progressive elliptical sidecuts paired with a powerful set back camber and stance to create the ultimate hard pack carving power trenching machine. An easy initiating and extra floaty early rise nose and powerful poppy tail rip through the storm and shine in every condition on the mountain. A mid-wide shape has lots of planing surface, explodes through no toe drag power turns and floats the soft stuff. A firm flexing, sustainable Aspen/Paulownia wood core, rugged sintered base and eco-sublimated graphics will have you blasting around the mountain all year long.
According to Biolos, “The Rocket is our original surf inspired, directional dream machine. The board that started it all, for ..Lost x LIB.”
Key Features and Design
The Lib Tech Mayhem Rocket is based on one of Matt Biolos’ best selling surfboards, also called the Rocket. The board features a wide forward outline with round forgiving rails, flat deck and a wide “rocket” tail. The rocker is extremely low in the entry, for instant speed, with an exaggerated kick in the tail for tight arcs out of turns. Cool, sounds like a board that is flat, wide, made to be ridden shorter, and is built for ripping in all conditions.
The Rocket features a brand new shape, progressive elliptical sidecuts paired with a powerful set back camber and stance to create the ultimate hard pack carving power trenching machine. An easy initiating and extra floaty early rise nose and powerful poppy tail rip through the storm and shine in every condition on the mountain. A mid-wide shape has lots of planing surface, explodes through no toe drag power turns and floats the soft stuff. A firm flexing, sustainable Aspen/Paulownia wood core, rugged sintered base and eco-sublimated graphics will have you blasting around the mountain all year long.
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The Lib Tech Mayhem Rocket has a DRC profile, which is a new bend in the Lib Tech lineup. DRC stands for Directional Rocker/Camber and is a setback low-rise camber with a long gentle rocker nose. This DRC profile replaces the C3 (essentially camber) that was on the 2016 Mayhem Rocket. Another change is the most welcome base upgrade from TnT to sintered.
It is a nice medium flex: stiff enough for serious trenches but soft enough to be playful. In the video below, Matt Biolos talks about the two flat transition zones between the camber and the rocker, on the outside of each foot. He explains how they are pivot points and yes, he’s right.
ROCKET | 2025-2026 LIB TECH SNOWBOARD
The topsheet has an unfortunate graphic for us non-Americans, which may cause some to reconsider a purchase. A rather large redeeming factor, however, is to be found upon closer inspection, as you realize the graphic is made up of many tiny sparkly flakes. It definitely has a certain ‘wow’ factor (if you’re into shiny things). When riding and looking down, all I can see is the fat blue glittery nose with Lost surfboards logos, so in the end I can overlook the strong ‘USA! USA!’ vibe that I get from any board decorated with the stars and stripes.
Shape and Dimensions
- Waist Width: Boasting a waist width of 26.9cm, yet the contours are smooth and the overall width doesn’t jump out at you.
- Taper: It has 17mm of taper for extra float and maneuverability. The Rocket does not have magne-traction which makes for smoother carves.
- Tail: The tail is cut in a neat little pintail that throws up a distinctive spray in powder.
Performance in Various Conditions
The Lib Tech Lost Rocket excels in a variety of conditions, making it a versatile choice for snowboarders who enjoy different terrains.
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- Hardpack: On hardpack, as the binding inserts are over the camber zone, you get the full performance of camber.
- Chop and Garbage Snow: In chop and what I like to call ‘garbage’ snow conditions, it’s easy to blast through. The combination of the flat fat nose and large surface area translates to a stable ride that just planes over uneven ground.
- Powder: In powder, this 157.5cm deck has the float of a much longer board. While not long or exceedingly rockered, the nose is really wide and doesn’t sink, even when weighting your front foot.
Here is a video of the Mayhem Rocket in powdery conditions.
ROCKET | 2025-2026 LIB TECH SNOWBOARD
Riding Experience
First impressions will be all about the overall width of the board. It takes a bit more to get it on edge, but after that first little adjustment stage, you’ll find that it’s not that much more than normal. With size 10 boots, after day two I totally forgot about the width, but I do find my other boards now seem ‘skinny’.
It’s incredibly stable at speed, with little to no chatter, but handles high-speed turns like it’s on a rail. That, I suspect, has a lot to do with Biolos’s surf background, because the feeling is similar. Speaking of a heavy back foot, the Rocket floats through powder like a cork on high seas.
The early rise in the nose and an almost ridiculously poppy tail gives tons of float in the deeper stuff and allows for casual, easy little butters, although it does feel slightly stiff. The early rise in the tail makes up for that, however.
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Rider Feedback and Testimonials
After taking a 15yr hiatus from riding and focusing on surfing only - I was getting back into it at 42yrs old and was a little intimidated with all the tech change and lots of improvements....he helped me dial it in to making a choice for the Rocket at the 153 size. I've only been up a handful of times so far but I am very happy with my choice - super floaty and good turns in the trees and able to crank out a back footed power turn at the top of lips and walls...so fun.
The Rocket made me feel like I was better than I am - which, I suppose, is testament to riding equipment that suits you.
Sizing and Specifications
For context, I’m 6’1″ and 185 lbs. The board I got is 161.5 cm, which might even be a little too long for me. I wear a size 11 boot, though, so I figured I’d need a little bit of extra width. In retrospect, something a little smaller would have done the trick.
Sizing is all about balancing what fits your boot size (most important), weight (second most important) and height (third most important) for how you like to ride. Size down for more control and size up for more speed/stability/carving power.
The Lib Tech Mayhem Rocket floats very well in powder. It has very good directional float, even set up on reference but setting it back as far as you can for your stance width really helped give it a more set back surfy feel to it. But you can keep it centered and have more landing gear for air than most snowsurfers.
Table: Lib Tech Mayhem Rocket Specifications
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Shape | Directional |
| Profile | DRC (Directional Rocker/Camber) |
| Core | Aspen/Paulownia |
| Base | Sintered |
| Terrain | All Mountain, Powder |
Conclusion
Lost surfboards meets Lib Tech snowboards in this wide slashy surf machine. It can definitely work as a daily driver type of board. As for my unrealistic hopes that this could be something groundbreaking - no, it’s not going to revolutionize snowboarding, but it’s not going to let it down either. I’d say that the Lost colab has been a success in design and is worth checking out.