Travis Rice Deep Dives: T.Rice Orca

Dive deep with Travis Rice and his wildly fun, high performing, game changing T.Rice Orca dream board! Travis covers why this board works so good, why have the kinked whale tail, what size he rides, how the beautiful Andrew Schoultz artwork came to be, The Orca Conservancy and much more! "This board has literally changed the way I snowboard."

Filmed and edited by Sean Lucey at The Collective Seattle
Product shots by Lucey

[coreyjbeats]

I bought this board questioning the hype, and I think along with everyone else, my mind was completely blown. This board is so sturdy, floats like crazy, and is overall so trustworthy. Thank you T!

[stephprime]

I work as a snowboard Tester for a Local shop and tested tons of snowboards in the last years. There are a couple of boards which stand out of the mass of boards and the Orca is one of them. Just insane what Travis created here. I am 193cm and ride the 153 and it is just incredible, edgehold and float are out of this world 🙏 thank you Travis and thank you LibTech! We love the Orca!!

[aricharlap]

Got the orca 3 seasons ago I absolutely love it! Im 6'3" 210 lbs and I ride a 156 orca, it's absolutely perfect, my previous board was a Capita 165 and before that a Burton 168. The orca is amazing in all conditions and I ride it switch as well with no issues. Love it!

[uradumby]

As someone who's getting better and finally gaining preferences and ideas on what I want to ride this breakdowns and explanations are super appreciated! T rice all day.

[carldupreez]

Ive ridden this board for one season so far and I dont see myself riding anything else! It boosted my confidence while freeriding and truely is that performance board. The art work is simple yet eye catching, so i display it on the wall in my house during the off-season ;-)
#lovelivetheOrca !

[fuzzyloveworms]

I love my Orca so much! Stoked to have a shape I love that is made in USA!

[castamere]

I'm 6"2 185lbs with size 10 boots and I tried a 153 last season. It was a fun board but It felt a little slow/clunky to turn for me. I like mogul and tree runs so I enjoy a nimble feeling board. This season I tried a 150cm orca and I was blown away with how stable it felt at speed. it had the nimble and quick turning I wanted from the 153, but was still stable and not chattery when I took it fast on some blue groomers.

[madvillain]

The Orca is my 5th board in 17 years and is by far my favorite.

[unknownknown]

I could listen to Travis talk about board specs literally all day lmao

[taecutthatt]

Great job with comparing your height weight and boot size to what board you ride… very helpful

[YungNitrous]

proud as heck to be from where lib tech is made, washington state

[ChronicSurfer]

I've been riding a 156 and have been wanting to size down to 153 for the steeper terrain for quite sometime. I'm going to take the GOAT's confirmation for next season. Thanks!

[granachos]

Just got mine last week. Taking it to Breck soon, can’t wait

[bigslacker]

Awesome breakdown, I love this board and was very surprised how versatile it is for a directional board. It's my DD, I ride mostly steeper trees, and it kills on a sidecountry pow day. I ride a 156 and I'm similar size to Travis. My friends always give me crap for going so small, now I can tell them the man himself is better than all of us combined and on a 153. ;)

[Orca_Blacksail]

Love this board, the company that made it, and the knowledge Travis drops along with it.

[brentwalk]

I love this board! I bought it 2 years ago. It was a game changer for me.

[Bad_Riders]

another orca fan here, ive mounted my first gen orca cause its just too pretty to ride but im looking to replace it with next seasons graphic :D thanks travis and the team at mervin!!!!

[Strozy]

got my orca very small (150cm 12US boot) and its perfect. don't need a missle, i like doing tight trees.

[randallmarshall]

This is the board I finished my ski patrol candidacy on and it's very hard for other boards to come close, especially in crappy Midwestern conditions, this is the go-to. Bonus points, the short tail makes it less likely that I'll run over my board with the toboggan.

[Jay__EL]

The orca is the best board I've ever ridden in 25 years of riding.