Rome Freaker Snowboard Review

The Rome Freaker prefers to charge rather than cruise and feels at its best with some speed under it and getting right up on the edges. 

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

As per tradition here at SnowboardingProfiles.com I will give the Freaker 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 Freaker 2026

Price: $499

Style: Aggressive All-Mountain

Flex Rating: Medium (6/10)

Flex Feel on Snow: Mid-Stiff (7.5/10)

Rating Score: 83.5/100

Compared to other Men’s Aggressive All-Mountain Boards

Overview of the Freaker’S Specs

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

Who is the Freaker Most Suited To?

The Freaker is best suited to advanced to expert riders who need a board that can handle being ridden fast and hard. It's not unbearable at slow speeds or anything, but does prefer a bit of speed and requires some muscling to get it turning at slower speeds. 

Would make a good addition to a quiver as its resort hard charger and/or more extreme/advanced freestyle riding. Could be a one-board-quiver for those who only ever ride like that or a particularly strong/athletic rider. 

Definitely not for beginners, IMO. This board requires good technique and good snowboard specific conditioning to get the best out of it. 

TEST/REVIEW DetailS FOR THE Freaker

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

Demo Info

Board: Rome Freaker 2026, 156cm (255mm waist width)

Date: April 7, 2025

Carving

I found the Freaker to be a really good carver. Especially liked carving with some speed under it and held straighter line carves really well. 

Turning

Ease of Turning/Slashing: It wasn't a super easy turner for me, but it also wasn't anything too difficult. A little catch feel in the tail, but not bad and physically took some effort, most likely because of torsional stiffness, but didn't have to throw everything at it or anything. 

Maneuverability at slow speeds: Not lightning or anything. Overall it preferred having at least moderate speed under it, but not super sluggish either.

Catchiness: As mentioned above, I did find some catch feel in the tail, so definitely not catch-free. Not ultra-catchy, but more catch-risk than the average board, I would say. 

Speed

Felt stable at speed and generally felt fast. Conditions were slow on the day, so I wasn't able to open out as fast and the sticky nature in some areas meant it would get stuck and slow down and speed up randomly. But that was the nature of the conditions and every board was doing that on the day. The glide felt fine in the non-sticky areas. 

Uneven Terrain

Crud/Chunder: Felt good from what I could tell in the conditions and has all the hallmarks of a board that would handle rough snow well. Hard to say what it'd be like in harder conditions but I think this board would suit harder conditions. The sticky snows breaking-effect was pretty brutal. Like being in a car with a learner driver breaking too hard

Trees/Bumps: Not easily maneuverable enough to be amazing, but nothing terrible or anything. Would likely be OK in pow trees, but not going to be amazing in pow. 

Powder

While we had fresh snow, it was too sticky and wet to really get a good feel for it, but it's likely the Freaker would be about average in powder, based on feel and specs. 

The nose is a fair bit longer than its taper and while the reference stance is centered, you could set it back. There's also some rocker before the nose and tail contact points, but its pretty subtle. 

Jumps

Overall I found it OK for jumps, but nothing amazing. 

Pop: It wasn't hard to access the pop, but it wasn't easy either. Total pop was decent, but not amazing. 

Approach: Nice and stable for holding a line. Maneuverable enough, but not super easy to make adjustments to speed and line.  

Landing: Could stomp landings when you got it right, but could be unforgiving of off-kilter landings and felt a bit catchy when needing to speed check quickly after landing. Did a good job landing on uneven surfaces, so long as you hit the landing well. 

Switch

It was OK riding switch. Transitions weren't super catchy-feeling, but more catchy than average, so you did have to concentrate on technique when transitioning. 

Spins

Again that catch threat on take off and landing and when trying to finish under rotation after landing made it not ideal. Didn't have any issues with over-spin after landing. Pop took a bit of effort to extract too. 

Jibbing

Not a board that I would personally be taking down the jib line if I wasn't testing it. Didn't enjoy it there at all. But more advanced jibbers might be more comfortable with it. Probably not going to be anyone's ideal jibber though, I wouldn't think. 

Butters

The tip and tail took some muscling to press, but once you could get them going enough, it buttered OK, but more effort and catch than I'd prefer for buttering. 

Score Breakdown and Final Verdict

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

The Freaker felt best to me when I rode it more aggressively. It could take a lot, so if you're looking to push the limits and need a board that can handle it, the Freaker is this way inclined. But not as good if you're wanting to ride more casually or playfully.