Rome Artifact Professional Snowboard Evaluation

Reference for Perspective of Evaluation

I’ll check out the Artifact Professional as an all-mountain-freestyle snowboard.

And, as per custom right here at SnowboardingProfiles.com, I’ll give the Artifact Professional a rating out of 100 (primarily based on a number of components) and see the way it compares with different all-mountain-freestyle snowboards.

General Score

Board: Rome Artifact Professional

Value: $529

Type: All-Mountain-Freestyle

Flex Score: Medium (5/10)

Flex Really feel on Snow: Medium (5.5/10)

Score Rating: 84.3/100

In comparison with different Males’s All-Mountain-Freestyle Boards

Out of the 33 males’s all-mountain-freestyle snowboards that I rated:

Overview of the Artifact Professional’s Specs

Try the tables for the Artifact Professional’s specs and obtainable sizes.

Specs

Who’s the Artifact Professional Greatest Suited To?

The Artifact Professional is most suited to somebody who likes to get air (whether or not lots of it or launching off of smaller options), but in addition desires a board that may carve and deal with a superb quantity of pace. 

Not going to serve you very nicely in powder, so makes an amazing pairing with a predominantly powder oriented board for a nicely balanced two-board quiver. When you do not are inclined to see a lot powder (or select to not experience it), then it may additionally make a one-board quiver. 

Not for inexperienced persons, IMO. While it isn’t a brilliant difficult experience, it is also not one thing that is prone to enhance the arrogance of a newbie, provided that it isn’t catch-free and never tremendous straightforward to provoke activates. 

Bindings angles: +15/-15

Stance width: 21″ (535mm)

Stance Setback: Centered

Width at Inserts: 266mm (10.47″) 

Rider Peak: 6’0″

Rider Weight: 180lbs 

Rider Boot Dimension: US9.5 Adidas Response ADV

Bindings Used: Burton Malavita M 

Weight: 6lbs 3oz (2800 grams)

Weight per cm: 18.30 grams/cm

Common Weight per cm: 18.71 grams/cm*

*primarily based on a pattern dimension of round 250 fashions that I’ve weighed in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 & 2024 fashions. Fairly near common on the scales. A little bit underneath. And felt a fairly regular weight on snow too. 

Powder

Nothing to check in however the specs recommend it is prone to be woeful in powder. Full camber, centered true twins with out a lot nostril do not are inclined to float nicely in powder, in my expertise. 

Carving & Turning

Carving: I discovered the Artifact Professional to be a extremely first rate carver. Stiff sufficient to carry on to sooner carves and you’ll really feel all that camber serving to to actually dig the sides in on a carve. An incredible choice as a freestyle board that may carve. 

Ease of Turning/Slashing: It isn’t easy to show, but it surely’s nothing that requires an excessive amount of effort both.

Maneuverability at gradual speeds: Once more, it isn’t lightning fast to show when driving slower, but it surely’s additionally not unhealthy.

Skidding Turns/Catchiness:  There’s some consequence to skidded activates this board, should you do it on the incorrect time. It is nothing that is tremendous catchy or something both, but it surely’s not utterly catch-free.  

Velocity

I discovered that this board can deal with a superb quantity of pace with out feeling unstable. It isn’t you are out and out bomber, however as a substitute provides you a stability of fine stability at fairly excessive speeds but in addition being enjoyable at slower speeds. 

Uneven Terrain

Crud: Felt fairly fairly secure in additional cruddy circumstances. It is heavy sufficient and stiff sufficient to not get bucked round too simply. It isn’t a crud destroyer or something, however actually first rate for a freestyle targeted board. 

Bumps/bushes: Not tremendous fast edge-to-edge however not a slouch both, so weaving between bumps/bushes was fairly enjoyable on this board. It held and gripped nicely within the icier patches too. 

Jumps

This board was born to leap, actually. That is it is best function for my part and was tremendous enjoyable getting this factor airborne. Nice pop and actually secure on landings (regardless of being a 153, which is small for me). 

Pop: Fairly straightforward to entry the Artifact Professional’s pop. It isn’t the simplest entry pop I’ve skilled, but it surely does not take an excessive amount of effort to extract the come out of it. After which while you do put in that additional effort, it has loads of whole pop. 

Strategy: Surprisingly secure on method, given I used to be on the 153. Would have felt much more secure on an extended dimension (I might ideally experience this in a 156). And likewise had a superb combine between maneuverability and stability (maneuverability can be rather less on the 156 for me).

Touchdown: Once more, regardless of being the 153, it felt actually strong feeling on landings. Being barely over the typical weight helps right here. And never being too gentle and having all that camber probably helped it too.

Facet-hits: General superb on side-hits. If I used to be being fussy I might say a bit extra when it comes to ease of maneuverability, however total this factor was a blast on side-hits. 

Small jumps/Massive jumps: Very well suited to all kinds of jumps. On the 153, I might say the medium jumps are it is candy spot, however within the 156, I feel it might carry out even higher for giant jumps.

Change

Felt actually good driving swap. No shock given it is a true twin. Transitions did not really feel catch-free, however as long as I used to be concentrating, not less than to some extent, on good approach in transitions, it was fantastic. Landed and took off nicely in swap for 180s too. 

Spins

As talked about above, it was good for taking off swap and touchdown swap, so good for these 180s, 5s, 7s, and so on. Additionally felt actually even and balanced within the air and felt prefer it had a straightforward swing weight (noting that I used to be driving a 153, which is small for me). The pop that it possesses was additionally good, significantly off smaller options the place I needed to generate sufficient air to get the spin round to the place it wanted to be. 

It does not over spin on landings and should you land brief in your rotation it isn’t tremendous punishing. It is also not tremendous forgiving, so it will possibly catch if you aren’t getting all the best way round, relying on the angle you are touchdown on. 

Jibbing

It isn’t very best, but in addition first rate sufficient. More difficult than softer, much less catchy boards should you’re a weaker jibber, however should you’re a robust jibber, needs to be fantastic for you. 

Butters

You have to put a little bit of strain on the ends to get them to flex, but it surely’s nothing that requires (assuming you had been to get the correct dimension). an excessive amount of effort. 

Does not over flex – not less than it did not for me and I used to be on a smaller dimension, which I might be extra prone to over flex, so it is unlikely too, once more assuming you are on a superb dimension for you. 

Rating Breakdown and Ultimate Verdict

Try the breakdown of the rating within the desk under.

The Artifact Professional is a extremely enjoyable freestyle board that carves higher than lots of others and has good stability at pace too, for an in any other case predominantly freestyle targeted board. As you’d anticipate, it isn’t going to be nice for driving powder, but it surely’s in any other case a really versatile board, that feels at its finest when getting air.