Rome Artifact Rocker Review And Buying Advice

This is the wild party animal gymnastic side mistress you played around with in college. She was playful, she was exciting, she was flexible, and she was frickin hot up until your clothes are back on. That crazy girl has been immortalised in a snowboard: the Artifact Rocker. Here, you'll have that same feeling of astonishment as she teaches you new tricks when you play together with her flexibility. Go ahead, lift her up, grab her tips and 69-- I mean tail block-- her because she'll do it without a fight. Indeed, it is a lot of fun to experience moves that you never thought were possible on a snowboard... at first. Depending on how developed you are with your riding, the effect quickly wears off, and you'll soon find some nasty luggage that will turn you off. On hard snow, carving and edge hold are sub-par. One redeeming trait is the edge protrusions (QuickRip) that help with turning quicker and gripping slippery snow. I have owned the Artifact Rocker before and after they introduced QuickRip in 2012 and it is an improvement, although a very meager one because the board lacks the torsional rigidity to even keep those contact points in actual contact with the snow at carving speed. But, that is only a crutch and band-aid for the underlying problems of being far too soft and bent the wrong way past its usefulness. The board is an absolute natural on the jibs, but jumps leave a lot to be desired. Before breaking in, it starts off with good terrain park attributes: pop, playfulness, good impact resistance, and really fast turn initiation. After less than 20 days on each of my Artifact Rockers, the wood cores were dead. The board gets too out-of-control when beyond average speeds and loses most of the response it started off with. Just standing still with my hands practically in my pockets, I had her face flat on the snow and her ass at ninety degrees perpendicular in the air without breaking a sweat. Tail block with no hands and freezing it in that position indefinitely. In fact, my first Artifact Rocker blew open its steel edges just by doing these tail blocks standing still. It flexed beyond its own material limits. If you want a noodley jib board, the Artifact CAMBER is as far as you want to go at the very extreme, and this is for your own benefit. For the developing rider, you'll appreciate the Artifact Rocker's aloof and experimental personality to hone your tricks, butters, grabs, and other such muckery. For the advanced rider, you'll wish the board remained an experiment-- it's no good to you because you are past what this loose piece of ass can offer you. You lot should consider a Capita Stairmaster (now Thunderstick), K2 WWW, or DC PBJ as your mistresses.

I'm not a park loving guy, so a lot of people would say i was crazy for buying this board. However, my technique and riding style was in need of a serious change, i was getting bored and my progress was slow at pushing on to the next level in my ability. This board was a great buy for that. For the reasonable amount it costs, it offers you a whole lot of fun and fresh abilities and challenges alike to face. The flex alone is enough to blow your mind. I did actually break my arm riding this board, but i would put that down to the amount it urged me on to go bigger and flashier and not the boards, admittedly, slightly inadequate stability issues. If i'm being honest, if i had the money, i would buy a skate banana as it suits my style a lot more, but I will never regret buying this board, it's a lot of fun for not a lot of money. if you're looking for that little bit of crazy to take you to the next level, this must be on your shortlist.

Great jib board, most flex I've ever had in a board. Locks onto rails and boxes really well. Buttering machine, if your into ground tricks you can learn so many on this board. The rocker handles well in powder, but at any significant speed you'll feel a ton of chatter in the board. Pretty much useless outside the park. The board is really cheap and extremely lightweight so its a good entry level park board.