[3] Lib Tech produces snowboards, surfboards, snow skates and wake surf boards all from their manufacturing base in Sequim, Washington[4] in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.
Olson was quickly joined in his efforts by Pete Saari, and the two began churning out small orders for members of the nascent snowboard community.
In the early 80’s the GNU snowboard brand was started and was forced out of business by a controversial distribution deal with Wind line out of Seattle.
Mike Olson and Pete Saari owned the factory and decided to start the Lib Technologies snowboard brand.
As Saari puts it, "Banana Technology focuses edge pressure between your feet, bringing the dead zone to life.
[14] Not only does Lib Tech incorporate environmentally friendly materials into their snowboards (such as water-based graphics, non-petroleum-based bio-plastic top sheets, Volatile organic compound resin, renewable wood cores, and basalt fiber rather than fiberglass), but the company has also designed their factory with the environment (and the health of their employees) in mind.