An edge that holds through a tight pitch is the first thing a rider notices on the Rome Ravine Snowboard. A Tri-Radial sidecut blends three turn radii into one continuous curve, so the tail keeps contributing to a turn instead of going dead the way a typical tapered shape's often does. Free-The-Ride Camber pairs a rockered nose with a flat, cambered stance underfoot and through the tail, which is what lets that same edge hold carry into deep snow without the board turning into a different animal. The taper up front does the floating. The sidecut and camber do the rest. What Our Gearhead(R) Experts Are Saying:"I dropped into a steep pitch expecting to fight the tail through the exit, and it just kept carving instead. That's when a board earns a permanent spot in the quiver."