Lib Tech is part of the Mervin Manufacturing family of brands, founded by snowboarders Mike Olson and Pete Saari in 1977. Mervin Manufacturing is the leading designer and manufacturer of snowboarding and skateboarding products BUILT IN THE USA by people who ride them. In an industry where virtually every other snowboard brand has moved production overseas, Mervin is the longest running and last major snowboard factory in the US. Based out of Seattle and Carlsborg, Washington, between the rugged Olympic and Cascade Mountain Ranges, Mervin is a direct link between riding and manufacturing.
Since the beginning Mervin has been managed and staffed by snowboarders who innovate and experiment, ride and refine new shapes, constructions, and geometries on a daily basis. Mervin's constant and instant "build, ride, refine" philosophy has created many important developments in snowboard evolution. The latest innovation to come out of Mervin Manufacturing is Magne-Traction. Designed to maximize control, edgehold and performance with wide sideways stances, Magne-Traction makes riding ice as fun as powder and more effortless than ever in history.