ROME · Hype Snowboard
Hype Snowboard
26/27 season
Colour
Color makeup
Multicolour
Design
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Expert reviews 1
The Rome Hype is a women's park board putting a true twin on Fusion Camber. Good pop and switch riding plus forgiving landings make it good for building tricks, and its weight makes it surprisingly stable on rutted snow. On the other hand it isn't suited to powder or high-speed carving. Ranked 9th of 18 women's freestyle boards (84.2/100), it suits park-focused riders as either a main or second board.
Base shape (camber)
Hybrid camber
Rome's Fusion Camber — a hybrid that is mostly camber with micro rocker at the tips. A true twin shape with an extruded (Impact) base.
StiffnessHigher means stiffer
A medium-soft flex (4/10). Pop is definite, spins are easy to enter and landings are forgiving. It's agile at low speed with quick transitions.
Where it shines
Who it suits
A park board that doesn't punish mistakes, fitting intermediates to advanced riders building up tricks. It's for freestyle-focused riders willing to give up powder.
Good
- ✓Switch riding is very good (4.5/5)
- ✓Turns and slashes are good with excellent low-speed agility (4.5/5)
- ✓Jumps, jibbing and spins all rate an even 4/5
- ✓Its weight makes it surprisingly stable on rutted snow
Not so good
- —Your back leg burns in deep powder (2.5/5)
- —The edge pushes out in high-speed carving (carving 3/5)
- —The wide contact area makes spin rotation on the slow side
- —Not suited to large jumps with speed behind them
