Rome SDS Updates

2010 Active Sponsor-Me Contest

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:36:39 +0000

The Active Sponsor-Me Contest is going down on March 20th at Mountain High Resort. Rome SDS will be hooking the winner up with a 1 year Regional Sponsorship.

Inside the Design House – Live Twitter Interview with Shawn Dumont – Win 2011 Outerwear

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:35:02 +0000

Shawn Dumont, who you may know from such Rome SDS contests as, “Tramp Stamp for Dumont”, has been a part of the SDS for six years now. He’s spent countless nights sleeping on the couch downstairs after working into the wee hours churning out art, he’s been asked numerous times to stop singing in the office, and snowboarding has been a part of his life for the past 18 years.

Dumont’s responsible for a lot of things you see in your local snowboard shop like Rome Gloves, all of the art in our outerwear design, t-shirts, beanies, caps, and boards like the Postermania. Now go back and re-read that sentence. That’s a shitload of stuff.

Coming in hot off of his first place win, at Marky B’s Boardfest at Kingpine in New Hampshire this past weekend (Slalom), he’s sitting down this Friday to answer any questions you may have in the third installment of the Inside The Design House live Twitter interviews.

It will happen this Friday, March 12th at 3:00 pm Eastern Standard Time.

Rome Presents: The 3rd Annual Stoken!

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:33:48 +0000

It’s time once again...to get Stoken.

Rome’s Stoken event series has returned after a short hiatus, and the good times are guaranteed. What Stoken lacks in rigid structure, international point rankings, and official rotation judges, it makes up for in what’s most important in any snowboarding event… having FUN with a big crew.

Be ready to get awesome on three communal features which may include, but are not limited to….

• Barrel Bonking Bonanzas – Get tappy
• One Hit Wonders – Pipe hits without the gymnastics
• Small Air Contest – Grabbin’ fast counts
• Mystery Feature – Mysteriously awesome

The Shred Remains Update: Snow, Sake, and Vampire Hours in Japan

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:57:22 +0000

The filming of “The Shred Remains” has officially kicked off. Although we’ve gotten a couple shots here and there in prior weeks, this was the first real trip to get the project underway. Eiki, Lazz, Will and Paxson along with filmer Leland McNamara, Team Director Ryan Runke, TWS and Method-Mag photographer Frode Sandabech and myself (John Cavan) jumped some flights from around the world for the mellow 26 hour jaunt to Sapporo, Japan. Yes the home of Sapporo and Asahi beer. Where we were greeted by Rome Japan distributors Akira and Shuichi along with Rome Japan riders Koni and Doo. A quick note on the guys from Rome Japan…they’re all time. They had it so dialed. They helped us link up with Freerun Mag guys 2C and Max who helped us scout a ton of spots, and they where our translators for the trip, which was a huge help. A big thanks goes out to those guys, without all the help things wouldn’t have gone as smoothly, that’s for sure.

Ladies Photo Scavenger Hunt this Weekend

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:55:05 +0000

All right ladies, if you’d like this medium Astor jacket, just either be the first to get all these photos, or the person who gets the most of them this weekend and email your pics, (smaller file size please), to winner@romesnowboards.com

-Lift tickets from 5 resorts this season
-Your picture taken with a snowlerblader
-Photo of you and 10+ people at Après tailgate party
-Someone wearing a fleece Rasta fake dreadlock hat
-Skier wearing Jeans, and jean jacket
-Someone with a non-ironic neon outfit
-Photo of you hugging a lifty

You Are the Syndicate: Tramp Stamp for Dumont Winner

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:27:33 +0000

After reviewing all the entries to help us shame our now cigarette smoking in-house designer Shawn Dumont, one entry clearly had it all. Congrats goes out to Ben Banks for incorporating multiple bad decisions into one glorious design.

2010 United Binding Recall – Important Safety Information

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:58:07 +0000

We at Rome have just learned of a potential safety issue concerning our 2010 United binding. If you have purchased this binding or are using it, please stop immediately and contact us at 802.244.1758 or at warranty3@romesnowboards.com. We will upgrade your 2010 United binding at no cost to you. However, we will ask you to return your 2010 United bindings to us.

Eiki Helgason - TWS April Cover

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:09:47 +0000

Following up his TWS Readers Choice award a few weeks ago, Eiki has landed the cover of the April issue of Transworld Snowboarding. Congrats to our favorite Icelandic snowboarder.

Inside the Design House: Tramp Stamp for Dumont Contest

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:26:16 +0000

Might as well be a bull’s-eye….

For those of who check out the Rome SDS Blog from time to time, you may or may not remember a little bet between a couple in-house guys over here. If you don’t recall, Ron bet Shawn Dumont, one of the in-house graphic designers here at Rome, that he couldn’t quit smoking. If Shawn did smoke, he had to get a henna lower back tattoo to shame him during the summer months. (We pushed for a real tattoo, but his bottom lip started to quiver… so we let him off.)

Marie-France and Eiki both take Transworld’s Reader’s Choice Awards

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:33:31 +0000

Rome had a big night in Denver at Transworld Snowboarding's Rider's Poll Awards.