The easy-going biax fibreglass has been given a carbon-enhanced boost, making it lively and responsive without taking on the personality of a no-nonsense carver. As for getting airborne, the profile’s natural weakness in that department is compensated with a bamboo rod that runs down the centre of the board, which can be loaded up for a bit more pop at take-off.

“The base is a specially strengthened version of extruded, allowing it to brush off heavy rail sessions”

The Rome Kashmir’s not just for the kickers and rails, though; while perhaps a bit too stiff to butter at will, getting a good burn down the groomers is always an option. Rome has separated each sidecut into five different zones, and applied different radii in order to make this flat board grip the piste feel stronger on an edge than you’d expect.

Those with no interest at all in freestyle will still get a kick out of the Kashmir, then, but there are perhaps other boards better suited to straight-up cruising. For those riders who love to sift through the trick bag on every trip, from the first dump of the winter to the sun-baked end-of-season blowout, then we reckon the Rome Kashmir has your name on it.

Oh and check out that price!

“When I designed the Kashmir, I felt that most board options in the market for women focused predominantly on graphics, and very little on high-end performance. They almost never pushed things on the shape/style front.

With the Kashmir I was looking to design a freestyle board that would ride well all over the mountain, but also one that would give women riders a shape personality that really stood out from other women’s offerings. That’s where the somewhat aggressive looking twin tip and tail profile was inspired from.

On snow it’s incredibly fun and versatile while not hiding that it’s got a lot of attitude.”

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