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Bibby's back, tell a friend or don't. After all, as the old phrase goes there's no friends on a powder day. But good luck containing your excitement over the newly updated reincarnation of Moment's beloved Bibby Pro Ski. As OG Bibby enthusiasts know, unrequited love when it comes to a material object can feel futile, but in this case, absence surely has made the heart grow fonder. This winter, the Bibby Pro touts a few tweaks, albeit minor ones, meaning you can drink up that sweet sweet nectar of planked perfection. If you're a Bibby diehard, stop reading and go buy a few already. However, if you haven't already sampled the powdered fruit punch drink, allow us to explain why it's so tasty. The Bibby is an idyllic combination of all things skiing a solid pair of planks entails stability, power, playfulness, quickness, surfiness, stompiness, and it's capable of shredding just about anything you care to point it at. Moment built it on a snappy but stable aspen and pine core to balance dampness, energy, and stiffness, and sandwiched the wood between multi directional fiberglass and carbon fiber stringers, so it stays stiff and stable when you're railing turns but maintains enough pop to boost off terrain features so you don't need to keep your skis glued to the snow. Moment skipped out on metal entirely, which avoids the damp but dead feel that plagues more one dimensional skis. A few years back, the Bibby boasted a design that made it a pow specific jib ski, but this redesign has brought the Bibby back to its more directional roots. Moment's Mustache Rocker combines decent amounts of tip and tail rocker with a solid cambered section underfoot, giving the Bibby a nearly unparalleled ability to float over soft snow, charge through chop, and slash big sideways turns when conditions call for it. The tails are simple to break out when you need to scrub speed, and the Rockwell 48 steel edges have been covered with a VDS rubber damping layer for a smoother, less chatte..
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