Rome Renegade Snowboard Review

The Rome Renegade is Mr Bombing Bombardo himself, and likes nothing more than hitting breakneck speeds, ripping big carves and destroying everything in its thin-lined wake. 

Be hesitant and gentle with this thing and you may pay for it - but take it by the horns and direct it with a forceful confidence and you'll reap the plentiful bounty it has to offer.  

In this review, I will take a look at the Renegade as an aggressive all-mountain snowboard.

As per tradition here at SnowboardingProfiles.com I will give the Renegade a score out of 100 (based on several factors) and see how it compares with other aggressive all-mtn snowboard snowboards.

Overall Rating

Board: Rome Rene-Gade

Price: $629

Style: Aggressive All-Mountain

Flex Rating: Stiff (8/10)

Flex Feel on Snow: Stiff (8/10)

Rating Score: 89.2/100

Compared to other Men’s Aggressive All-Mountain Boards

Overview of the Renegade’S Specs

Check out the tables for the Renegade’s specs and available sizes.

Who is the Renegade Most Suited To?

The Renegade is best suited to advanced to expert riders who like their riding hard charging and don't often feel the need to ride slower - or they're happy to have slower speed riding be more of an effort to gain the at-speed advantages. Even more ideal if you like to throw some jumps, cliff hucks, etc in there, especially if you like to go big. 

Could certainly be a one-board-quiver for the right rider. Or could compliment a quiver, along with a more powder oriented board and/or softer more playful all-mountain or all-mountain-freestyle board and/or park board. 

Definitely not for beginners and I wouldn't recommend it for intermediate riders either. 

TEST/REVIEW DetailS FOR THE Renegade

O.k. let’s take a more detailed look at what the Renegade is capable of.

Demo Info

Board: Rome Renegade 2025, 156cm (255mm waist width)

Date: March 13, 2024

Powder

Didn't have any powder on the day - well, it was there but the thin layer of crust was torturing us! But based on specs and feel, I'd say the Renegade is likely to be average at best. 

There's no rocker in the profile and the reference stance is centered (you could always set it back a bit though). It does have a longer nose than tail, but apart from that there's not much that's going to encourage it to float over soft fluffy goodness. 

Carving

This is a real solid carver. I could lean over and aggressively rip with plenty of speed. Both long and short carves felt good, but when I slowed the speed down it wasn’t quite as good.

Turning

Ease of Turning/Slashing: It takes some effort to slash because the torsional stiffness is designed to make it grip rather than whip the tail out. Particularly at slower speeds the tail felt catchy, and I had to work to break it free.

Maneuverability at slow speeds: This board is happier carrying some speed down the hill, so it took effort to make precise turns when riding slower. I wouldn’t call it a quick or easy turner at slow speeds. 

Catchiness: More catchy than average, but not obnoxiously so. I noticed it more at slow speeds, and if I had any extra weight towards the tail it would definitely catch.

Speed

Even though it was the smallest board I tested that day, it felt really good and stable at speed. It seemed to have a fast glide, but the conditions were setting up and becoming firmer and faster, so that could have influenced my take on that. 

Uneven Terrain

Crud/Chunder: This thing has power to smash through junky snow and its stability is rewarding. It takes a lot to buck it around and stays nice and damp when things get choppy.

Trees/Bumps: I had to put in quite a bit of effort and felt more like I was powering through the bumps rather than playing in them. Through trees it handled it pretty well, but took a lot of effort/energy. 

Jumps

The Renegade is a beauty for jumping. For a non-park specific board, it’s one of my favorites.

Pop: It was an effort to get pop out of it, but when you really loaded it up, there was plenty to be had.

Approach: Felt good coming into the jumps and handles whatever speed you need quite well. It’s not super easy to make adjustments, but still decent.

Landing: I felt like I could really stomp the landings, and it gave me confidence to go for it. If you’re a little off it’s not the most forgiving board, but neither is it too demanding and I could make any evasions on the runouts that I needed to.

Side-hits: It’s really fun on side hits but would be better if you could access the pop easier and had more agility, for me anyway. 

Switch

Transitions required a little more concentration than usual, but overall it rides switch just fine. Very similar to riding it nose first. Which means if your switch game isn't that great, it will be quite challenging riding it switch. 

Spins

This isn’t what I’d call a spinny board, but it was better than many in this category. It’s kind of in that spot where it’s not great at it, but there’s nothing to complain about.

Jibbing

Too stiff for my liking to be a great jib board. Keep it on the jumps and you’ll be happier. The difficulty in accessing pop is a liability for springing on and off rails, and it’s just not nimble enough to make the quick adjustments for jibbing.

Butters

Feels nice and even between nose and tail. It does take a good amount of effort to get it pressing - though I could still lock it in. Rotations for buttering did feel a little catchy. 

Score Breakdown and Final Verdict

Check out the breakdown of the score in the table below.

The Renegade likes to bomb and bomb hard. And it likes to carve trenches on the way. It's not for the light hearted, nor those that like to rip tight turns at slower speeds or slash around the place. 

It was one of the best boards for jumping in its flex range that I've ridden. Typically I don't like them that stiff for jumps, but I really enjoyed this one for jumping.