Rome Royal Snowboard Review: A Playful Ride for Beginners

The Rome Royal is a snowboard designed with beginner to intermediate riders in mind, offering a playful and forgiving experience on the mountain. It's a board that encourages progression and fun, making it a solid choice for those still developing their skills.

Key Features and Performance

Flex and Feel

The Royal has a 3/10 flex that keeps it feeling forgiving and easy to bend. You can butter, twist and manipulate this board with ease.

Camber Profile

Comes with a flat to rocker profile. Flat between the bindings going to rocker on the nose and tail.

Base

Impact Extruded Base that is durable and easy to fix. You don’t need to be overly protective of this base, feel free to ride where you want to ride and get it fixed later.

On-Snow Performance

The Royal is pretty loose when riding. It feels catch free. And when riding flat based (like off the chair lift) it can tend to spin a little bit on its own. If you are a beginner this takes a little practice to get used to. But the benefit is that it turns quite easily.

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Turning Experience

The Royal is fast to turn and easy to initiate turns with little effort. It is catch free and would be good for that rider that is still mastering the turn all over the mountain. It doesn’t carve that well and prefers a nice skidded turn.

Edge Hold

The Royal has better edge hold than a board that has a full rocker profile. It doesn’t have any sidecut disruption to help it out in icy conditions however. So it feels best in soft to medium soft snow.

Freestyle Personality

Good for learning tricks on if you are a beginner freestyle rider. It’s catch free and flexible so good for boxes and rails too. There is not much pop off of jumps or when popping ollies.

Performance in Different Conditions

Steeps

Not the ideal board for steeps and technical terrain. The Royal would rather be cruising the blues and greens below.

Powder

It is a true twin so you don’t get too much directional float when moving the bindings back for a powder day. (1.06″) The wider waist width allows for good surface area on the snow, and the rocker on the nose and tail help it to float as well.

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Summary

The Rome Royal could work well for a beginner or intermediate rider. It is playful and fun to ride. This board likes to turn at medium speeds down blue and green runs. It likes to play in the park on small and medium features. And is friendly enough to learn how to turn on as well. It could be a good board for those on a budget too as the price tag won’t break the bank.

Pros and Cons

To summarize, here’s a quick look at the pros and cons of the Rome Royal:

Pros	Cons
Forgiving flex	Not ideal for steep, technical terrain
Easy to turn	Doesn't carve well
Good for learning freestyle tricks	Limited pop for jumps
Durable and easy to fix base	Not ideal for icy conditions
Affordable price	Limited directional float in powder

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