Lib Tech Jamie Lynn Short Wide review: a skateboard for deep snow

The Lib Tech Jamie Lynn Short Wide is a skateboard for deep snow: a short, very wide board that gives you the float (in powder) of a much longer board and stays as maneuverable as a short one. At our shop it is the 150 from the 2024/25 generation - directional camber, 27 cm waist, 3" setback (the stance moved toward the tail) and 648 sq in of area. Who it is for: a rider from 65 kg up who wants an arrow for deep snow and trees, and people with bigger boots.

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The Short Wide is Jamie Lynn's favorite deep-snow board, built in 150 cm

The Jamie Lynn Short Wide is a classic example of a volume-shifted snowboard (shorter and wider for the same volume): a short board, very wide, with a huge surface area for its size. Lib Tech themselves call its size chart "Short and Fat sizes" and describe the board as "dreams of Baldface, rips the groomers" - a dream for cat-skiing-style riding at Baldface, but also a board that cuts groomed runs.

For more than three decades Jamie Lynn has been both a snowboarder and an artist, and his drawings have become part of Lib Tech's identity. When Mike Olson made his first big boards in the late 80s, Lib Tech write that "nobody knew where we were going, except Jamie Lynn". The Short Wide is his take on deep snow today: not more length, but more surface area.

150 cm and 648 sq in: surface area, not length, gives the float

Only 150 cm long, with a 27 cm waist and 648 sq in of area, it floats like a much longer board and turns like a short one. The contact length is only 92 cm and the sidecut radius is 6 m. That means a board that pivots on the spot between trees and floats where a standard 150 would sink.

Lib Tech are clear: it is volume-shifted, so ride it shorter than your usual board. The width also means something else - people with bigger boots can lay it over on edge without the boot catching the snow. The nose and tail are 31.6 and 31 cm, so there is a slight taper (a wider nose than tail), and the 3" setback keeps the stance (the distance between the bindings) back so the nose floats up.

Directional camber: for 2024/25 Jamie made it better on hardpack too

On the board we stock, the profile is directional camber - camber with no rocker between the feet, according to Lib Tech's technical panel for 2024/25. For this season Jamie made the board a little longer and a little narrower than before, so it rides better on hardpack as well. Lib Tech write that it now "cuts packed hard snow as well as it does deep". The camber gives a clean edge and spring, and the short length keeps it from feeling heavy.

Underneath is OP construction - a wooden core of 75% aspen and 25% paulownia, triaxial/biaxial fiberglass, an Eco Sublimated TNT base (the sliding surface) and UHMW sidewalls. The flex (how soft or stiff the board is) is 6.5 - soft enough to play in the trees, stiff enough for a straight line.

• directional camber
• 150 cm
• short and wide / volume-shifted
• 27 cm waist
• 92 cm contact length
• 6 m sidecut radius
• 3" setback
• slight taper (31.6 / 31 cm)
• 648 sq in
• OP construction
• flex 6.5
• Jamie Lynn and Schoph (1910) artwork
• deep snow / trees / freeride

In the trees it is a true deep-snow skateboard, on the wall it is a collector's item

For deep snow, for trees and for riders with bigger boots it is great, thanks to the big nose, the short tail, the serious setback and the short and wide geometry. Lib Tech describe it as "wide enough to float effortlessly in dense trees, loves a straight line, glides over the flats and hits the tight pockets". It is in the trees and in the scrub pine that the short length shows most - the turn is short and easy, and the nose does not dive.

On the run the board is no stranger - the camber holds an edge, and the 6 m sidecut radius turns in a small space. But this is not the board for high-speed carving on an icy run - the regular Jamie Lynn or the Lib Rig is stronger there.

The 2024/25 graphic is by 1910 - Jamie Lynn and Schoph: skulls, a wolf and a snake on top, a flaming skull with 1410 underneath. Jamie's boards are part of Lib Tech's history, and many people never ride them even years later - they hang them on the wall as a collection.

It may not be an everyday board, but there is certainly room for an arrow like this in our quiver. If you live for deep-snow days and want something that looks like no other board in the garage, this is it.

Size: 150 cm, from 65 kg up, shorter than you are used to

At our shop it comes in 150, the only Short Wide size for 2024/25. Lib Tech list it for weights from 65 kg up. Because it is volume-shifted, it rides like a longer board, so it is shorter than your usual one, and the 27 cm waist takes big boots. Enter your weight and boot size to see if it fits.

Short Wide vs Jamie Lynn, Stump Ape and MC Wayfinder II

Lib Tech Jamie Lynn is the big brother - the same directional camber and the same art, but in a normal size and with a 1.5" setback, for carving and the whole mountain. Lib Tech Stump Ape 161W is an even more extreme take on the short, wide board - 28.3 cm waist, 723 sq in, C2X and lots of angulation in a carve. Lib Tech MC Wayfinder II is Matt Cummins' deep-snow surfer - directional C2, 4" setback and a big floating nose.

Frequently asked questions

How to choose and where to see it

If you want one board for everything, the regular Jamie Lynn. If you are after even more width and carving, the Stump Ape. If you want a deep-snow surfer with a big nose, the MC Wayfinder II. And if you want a short, wide, easy board for trees and deep snow, with Jamie's art, the Short Wide. Come to our shop at Golo Bardo 6A in Sofia or call us on +359 887 800 575 - we will show you the board in person and check your weight and boots. We have been riding this stuff since 1997.