ROME SNOWBOARDS BOARD TECH

HotRod Technology

Technology to Keep The King of Pop Alive

Whether we mount up rocker boards or positive camber boards, there’s one thing that every board needs—POP. So that was our focus when we went into the design lab this past year to revamp the board collection. To increase that lively, snappy feel when we pop off lips, slash walls of pow, spin onto a rail, or ollie ropes, we’ve innovated three new pop-enhancing technologies for 2011 on-snow fun.

• Ultralight tubes of Kevlar or carbon milled into slots in the core
• Mapped in two different patterns:
  • Reverse V
  • Torque

PressurePop Technology

Technology to Keep The King of Pop Alive

Whether we mount up rocker boards or positive camber boards, there’s one thing that every board needs—POP. So that was our focus when we went into the design lab this past year to revamp the board collection. To increase that lively, snappy feel when we pop off lips, slash walls of pow, spin onto a rail, or ollie ropes, we’ve innovated three new pop-enhancing technologies for 2011 on-snow fun.

• Energy-transmitting plates that radiate from under the binding region to targeted points in the nose and tail
• Lightweight, snappy materials:
  • Kevlar
  • Basalt
• Mapped in two different patterns:
  • Reverse-V
  • V

QuickRip Sidecut

ONE BOARD: RIDES SHORT…RIDES LONG

Innovative sidecut technology that steps up freestyle playfulness AND freeride precision in the same deck. There’s no substitute for shortness for jibbing and buttering; There’s no substitute for length at speed or off big jumps.

What Goes In

1. One mid-section sidecut that extends just outside the binding mounting areas
2. One nose-section sidecut in the forebody of the board.
3. One tail-section sidecut in the aftbody of the board
4. Mid-Board Contact Points are shaped transition zones, not “bumps”, where the mid-section sidecut meets the nose-section and tail-section sidecuts. This defines the mid-section sidecut.
5. Mid-Board Contact Points are located just outside the binding mounting area

What Comes out

1. The mid-section sidecut delivers a short active sidecut at slow speeds that acts like a short board and creates quickness and high-maneuverability for playfulness and precision.
2. At slower speeds, the Mid-Board Contact Points are the ends of the effective running length and they shorten the active sidecut.
3. At higher speeds with the board flexed/loaded, the traditional contact points at the nose and tail are the ends of the effective running length and they lengthen the active sidecut.
4. When fully tipped up on edge and loaded, the radius of the board rides “long”. When loaded, the arc of the circle that passes through the nose contact point, the mid-point of the board, and the tail contact point is similar to the radial sidecut on a board of similar length. The difference is the extra grip
5. The Mid-Board Contact Points just outside the binding areas deliver added grip when you lay into a turn. Since the Mid-Board Contact Points are shaped transition zones, they are smoother through the arc of a turn and create less drag than simple “bumps”.

The result is a board that rides short or long, and provides extra grip, depending on how much you load into it.

PowerBars

Technology to Keep The King of Pop Alive

Whether we mount up rocker boards or positive camber boards, there’s one thing that every board needs—POP. So that was our focus when we went into the design lab this past year to revamp the board collection. To increase that lively, snappy feel when we pop off lips, slash walls of pow, spin onto a rail, or ollie ropes, we’ve innovated three new pop-enhancing technologies for 2011 on-snow fun.

• Double-layer strips of carbon and basalt that are pre-formed into a “v” cross section
• Mapped in two different patterns:
  • Reverse V
  • V
• New levels of pop in Poprock reverse camber boards
• Maximum pop for ollies and nollies
• Increased torsional pop in boards with V and Torque mapping

ROME SNOWBOARD BINDINGS TECHNOLOGY

Over the past seven years, the Design House has crafted bindings that deliver a distinctive Rome feel - Flex with Pop

Whether it is the power-with-flex structure of the evloved UnderWrap heel hoop or the power-channel with raised corners of the V-Rod baseplates, Rome bindings deliver equal measures of snowboard FLEX and snowbaord POWER.

The other aspect of binding design that consumes the minds of the Design House id Customisation and the ability for riders to personally fit their bindings to their unique styles. Rome snowboard bindings are unmatched on this level with innovations like canting customisation, highback canting, strap flex adjustment, and a wide range of what we feel are basic customisation necessities.

Yes I Can't System : Anatomically Correct Stances with Power in the Nose and Tail

The only adjustable inbase canting system in snowboarding. Three inter-changeable pads in the Targa and 390 Boss let you pick 0 degrees, 2 degrees or 3.5 degrees for advanced levels of Flex With Pop and Customsation. Some riders prefer canting for two primary reasons:

1. Increased power input into the nose and tail of your board, especially for rocker boards that benefit from more pressue into those regions.
2. A more anatomically correct and comfortable knee positioning for wide stances - less stress on the knee.

V-Rod Underwrap Baseplate Technology - POWER * CUSTOMISATION

Natural Board Flex, Side-to-Side Binding Flex, Toe-to-Heel Power

• A smaller binding footprint (110mm): This delivers more natural board flex since the binding creates a smaller “dead” spot.
• Raised corners to create a V-shape (4mm in the medial rear corner and 2mm in the lateral front corner): This delivers progressive side-to-side flex for board feel and tweakage.
• A “rod” between your toe and the lateral side of your heel: This delivers the un-adulterated toe-to-heel power that snowboarding demands.
• Advanced EVA-to-board contact: This delivers advanced levels of feel and cushioning.