- Price: £460
- Sizes: 158, 162, 167
- Width: Normal
- Flex: 10
- Gender:
They say: Line up early for the first chair.
We say: This is Rome’s stiffest, most responsive board. That flex means its not one for beginners – and definitely not one for pussies – but if you really like to charge hard in pow, this is for you. The ’67 version even ahs a swallowtail!
Tester says: Really stiff, but so responsive. Good pop as well and super-fast.
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About Rome
- Building boards since: 2001
- HQ: Waterbury, VT, USA
- History lesson: Formed by two former Burton employees in 2001, Rome’s stated goal was the “corrosion of the corporate…by any means necessary”. Josh Reid and Paul Maravetz started the company after long stints in the industry, deciding that the business of building boards had stagnated and become too focussed on corporate bullshit. Rome offered to “bust out a king-sized syringe, depress the plunger and corrupt the system”. They’ve managed to keep their anti-corporate rep despite now being one of the biggest, most successful board brands in the world.
- Ridden by: Grungy young guns who duct tape the holes in their jackets cos they prefer it that way. And everyone in Scotland.
