The Official CAPiTA Thread

[Kevington]

Got some time on the Aeronaut. Great board that does exactly what it says on the wrapper. Just a really good time zooming around the resort jumping off stuff and making those short tight (but not laid out) carves. Very nimble and easy to control and ultra sendable. One of those boards that constantly whispers in your ear "you can clear that gap, you're not that old, you will look so cool, no speed checks".

The 157 felt a bit small for me. When trying to carve hard I could lose the edge quite easily. But thats not what it's for. Staying light on your feet and bouncing around the mountain is what its all about and it does it very well.

Younger me loves this board
Older me's brain loves this board
Older me's body is seriously concerned about this board

[SJF_NH]

That's pretty much how I felt about the Aero as well, also for me there seems to be very little dampness in that deck. Which I suppose is a Capita thing, except for the models with the ash topsheet, which have a different feel underfoot that I like a lot.

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I’ve got tons of positive things to say about my MegaDeath, but damp is definitely not an adjective I’d use to describe it. Stable, solid, predictable, poppy, fast, for sure. I’ll reserve damp for my Mervins.

Would love to get on the Kazu 61w, but I typically like camber in the tail and feel apprehensive about its profile for charging our ice coast groomers. Took me a minute to get used to the flat/rocker tail on the MD, but once I got my stance dialled it was amazing. Maybe I can get the Kazu figured out, too.

[alex]

Even Kazu is not damp at all. Surprisingly it was my favorite for icy conditions (for carving), before Ejack Knife with Magne-Traction. I tune my boards to 88° and no detuning at contact points, but it was very good also with factory tune. And I was not able to remove all detuning from contact points yet, anyway.

I also like full camber boars normally, although correct "steering geometry" is a must for me, so I do not like "old school" full cambers. But I cannot feel anything negative in Kazu early rises in tip and tail, it does not really feel different for carving compared to full cambers. It does have very good spring out of the turn, lack of last 3mm or so in "spring length" in tip and tail because of early rise, does not make any difference when board bends a lot in turn.

Travis Rice explained this (lack of full camber in tip and tail) the best, imo - most difference is on landing. I don't buy Lars's explanation at all, that any lack of camber at contact points makes board an "unridable".

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I don't buy Lars's explanation at all, that any lack of camber at contact points makes board an "unridable".

Yeah, I wouldn't go that far. Lars knows his shit but I don't necessarily agree with everything he says. Camber at the tail contact is simply my preference; just because a board lacks it, doesn't mean it won't trench. That's gotta be up to the rider to make the adjustments, whether it's by shifting stance or body mechanics. Or both.

Our season is pretty much wrapped up in Ontario, but I've got a Kazu lined up for an extended demo next season courtesy of our C3 rep. Stoked for it, but it's gonna be a long wait until next winter.

[YukonCornelius]

Got some time on the Aeronaut. Great board that does exactly what it says on the wrapper. Just a really good time zooming around the resort jumping off stuff and making those short tight (but not laid out) carves. Very nimble and easy to control and ultra sendable. One of those boards that constantly whispers in your ear "you can clear that gap, you're not that old, you will look so cool, no speed checks".

The 157 felt a bit small for me. When trying to carve hard I could lose the edge quite easily. But thats not what it's for. Staying light on your feet and bouncing around the mountain is what its all about and it does it very well.

Younger me loves this board
Older me's brain loves this board
Older me's body is seriously concerned about this board

i wish my 161 wasn't dead so i could ride it b2b with the banked country. similar sentiments to you, although i can't seem to accept my body aging . injuries take a lot longer to recover from, and i've had a few stupid ones this winter.

love the dampness of the BC, but the aero was just as fun to charge on with a bit more pop, imo.

[casjcade]

Don't really know the context there, but having contact points past the widest point is bad at least, essentially unrideable (on hardpack). Some carving boards don't end the sidecut until way up in the nose, and flat boards work fine. Depends more on flex and tip/tail length. Maybe more like, keep contacts within the sidecut. Most boards don't need detuning now because contacts lift a little before the widest point. Old ones had the transition right at the widest point, so the nose could catch. Capita has at least the little flat spot, that lifts when you press the camber down.

[alex]

Travis Rice explained this (lack of full camber in tip and tail) the best, imo - most difference is on landing. I don't buy Lars's explanation at all, that any lack of camber at contact points makes board an "unridable".

I think this is the video where I heard T.Rice talking about camber/not-camber, at least I did not found anything else:

He is real gear nerd and for me it is very easy to agree with his point of view (even about stepons earlier in same video).

But when Lars speaks about physics or geometry - I only can see mistakes like in every sentence. Lars's video:

I wont analyze whole video, but for example first time in this video (I think) he tries to explain things with physics - "rockered shape naturally tries to buoyance on water with speed" - goes completely wrong, rockered hull shape tries to sink with speed, this is why all planning hulls are flat. Of course, if shape is designed to be ridden on curved water surface (wave) it does not need to be flat, curved same way as the water surface will act essentially as flat... I will not continue.

[Kevington]

Got some time on the Aeronaut. Great board that does exactly what it says on the wrapper. Just a really good time zooming around the resort jumping off stuff and making those short tight (but not laid out) carves. Very nimble and easy to control and ultra sendable. One of those boards that constantly whispers in your ear "you can clear that gap, you're not that old, you will look so cool, no speed checks".

The 157 felt a bit small for me. When trying to carve hard I could lose the edge quite easily. But thats not what it's for. Staying light on your feet and bouncing around the mountain is what its all about and it does it very well.

Younger me loves this board
Older me's brain loves this board
Older me's body is seriously concerned about this board

i wish my 161 wasn't dead so i could ride it b2b with the banked country. similar sentiments to you, although i can't seem to accept my body aging . injuries take a lot longer to recover from, and i've had a few stupid ones this winter.

love the dampness of the BC, but the aero was just as fun to charge on with a bit more pop, imo.

I rode it back to back with the BC 159 (my weird old shape/new graphics one) on a big mountain in the Alps, so basically every condition, often in one run, including park and pipe. As an all day, all conditions ride I prefer the BC as it's smoother, more confident at speed, grippier on hard snow and is better in pow. I'm struggling to accept the transition to freeride dad but there's no doubt it's a board more befitting my 46 years. It makes staying on the ground look and feel good but is still comfortable in the air.

In the right snow conditions the Aeronaut is more fun for sure but on hard morning groomers, icy off-piste traverses and run-outs, beaten up afternoon snow it was hard work. If I lived very near a mountain and could ride hard for a few hours a day on a regular basis I'd go Aeronaut and probably add a proper pow board for the deepest days.

[YukonCornelius]

makes sense, i've got a decade on you so i can only imagine what mid 40's must feel like after a crash or two!

i didn't ride the aero on too many bad days last year, but thankfully we don't get many icy days here. it was definitely more work in chop/chunder than the BC is. no thinking required on the BC, just point and go.

will do some thinking before the season fires up again next year and figure out what i want to do quiver wise. you're making me miss the aero! hah