The Velvet pairs rocker between the feet with camber near tip and tail, so it stays loose and forgiving underfoot while still loading up and releasing when you weight the ends. Magne-Traction serrations give it edge hold on the ice and refrozen chop that most riders meet more often than fresh snow.
The external sidewalls are UHMW – ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene – which is tough and waterproof, and it is usually the sidewall that fails first on a board that lives in a car and a lift line. The G Lite 2 FSC Aspen and Paulownia core keeps the swing weight low at 147cm.
Mervin Manufacturing builds Lib Tech and GNU boards in Sequim, Washington, on the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and is one of the last snowboard makers that never moved production offshore. The factory runs on a zero-hazardous-waste process the company has built its identity around.
