Rome Artifact 2015 - 2010 Review by The Good Ride

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The Rome Artifact is another great jib park snowboard from Rome and one of the few true camber boards left in the jib park. It’s pretty poppy and very easy to press/butter for a camber board.  Rome makes great boards and although camber isn’t as popular these days it still does a great job in the park. 

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The 2015 Rome Artifact Snowboard blunted the tip/tail more and shortened up the ride by 1 cm making it a little more playful and easier to throw around.  It’s still the same general ride but just a little better now. Also, the “Quick Rip Sidecut” was removed this year making the edge hold a little less but easier to jib with.

Size: 153
Days:  1
Conditions: Nice sierra snow
Riders: James
Boots: Burton Hail
Bindings: Flux DS

Set Up: Centered 15 front -15 back 22.5″ wide

Approximate Weight:  Feels normal.

On Snow Feel:   Nice stable easy feel that wants to play in the jib park.  It’s also got a bit of a jump park feel to it.  It’s not that catchy for a camber board and it feels pretty forgiving.  Still, it’s more catchy than the Artifact Rocker.

Turn Initiation:  Very quick and easy edge to edge and it feels like a fun board to make quick snappy turns with.

Flex:   Nice soft playful buttery feel that makes it really fun to play around with and it’s easy to butter.  It takes a little bit more effort to butter than the Artifact Rocker but you are rewarded with more snap than the tip/tail.

Edge Hold:   Actually I thought the edge hold would be a little better but it’s about the same as the Artifact Rocker.

Powder:  Didn’t ride powder but would hate to take this blunted nose 153 camber board in anything more than 1 foot.

Carving:   Not a bad little carver for such a soft and playful jib to park board.

Speed:  Pretty chattery and not ready for mountain speed kind of ride.

Uneven Terrain:   Easy through bumps if you take a wrong turn on the way to the park.

Switch:  Same either way.  The only thing we feel is easier is asymmetrical boards.

Jumps:   Nice pop off the tail and I really enjoyed an ollie off this board.  It’s a great board for small to medium air but it’s not really a go big board.

Jibbing:   If you like camber boards in the jib park this is a very forgiving easy and fun ride there.  I’m not a strong jibber by any means but I didn’t feel like the camber feel sucked my confidence.  I liked the Artifact Rocker here but if you are a better jibber then

Pipe:   Eh…I didn’t go there.

So all in all the Artifact provides a nice old school snappy jib to small jump ride that many riders could appreciate.