Libertine Drunk Boot

Everyone is trying to get involved in the snowboarding industry, including big sporting good companies. I found this article on Rome Snowboards website and it got me thinking... Now, we don't carry Rome SDS products but the entire idea behind the boot collaboration was brilliant. The 'Libertine Drunk' is basically making fun of a big mainstream athletic brand that is attempting another run at snowboarding products.

Rome's website had this to say:

"Should we really accept them as a snowboard or skate company just because they can spend a ton of cash on some of the best, most iconic riders? Does the ability to cut a big check magically turn a pair of figure skates into a pair of snowboard boots?

Should snowboarders lie down and accept it when the mainstream tries to reduce snowboarding to just some other generic form of “athleticism”?

If you think the same logo that’s on that nut-hugger swim suit, golf ball, tennis skirt, jump rope, baseball bat and Rollerblade might as well be on your next pair of snowboard boots, what will snowboarding look like in five or ten years? Will it be influenced in a way that’s true to our history?

Does any of this matter?Does snowboarding even matter?That’s up to you.

The Libertine Drunk, a collab between the Rome SDS and Consolidated Skateboards, is a limited edition get-together of two brands who think sporting goods companies aren’t snowboard or skate companies."



Wow. Let us know what you think!