Rome Snowboard Design Syndicate is a relatively new snowboard manufacturer located in Waterbury, Vermont. It was founded in late 2001 by Josh Reid and Paul Maravetz who used to work together in marketing and product development at Burton, another large snowboard manufacturing company.
Rome SDS has been geared to be a brand that ties into the "cultural foundation" of snowboarding. Unlike most other snowboard makers, Rome SDS is not a spin off of a ski company and does not see snowboarding as a subculture of skiing. Rome sells 13 snowboard models in varying sizes, as well as bindings, gloves, bags, and other apparel. Their snowboards include the Design, Anthem, Flag, Agent, Graft, Solution, Machine, Artifact, Crail, Label, Blue, Vinyl, and Detail. These boards are top of the line and made for the hardcore riders of the world. Since 2004, Rome snowboards have won numerous Transworld Snowboarding Good Wood awards.
