Capita Indoor Survival FK 2018 Snowboard Review

2018 Capita Indoor Survival FK Review Review by The Good Ride

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Size: 156
Days:  3
Conditions: Mainly good spring conditions.  Hard in the morning, pretty good midday, and soft to slushy in the afternoon.
Riders: James, Jimbo
Boots: Burton Almighty, Adidas Tactical ADV
Bindings: Union Atlas, Union Superpro,
Set Up: Centered 15 front -15 back, approximately 22.75″ wide

Approximate Weight: Felt normal, bordering on light.

Flex:

So, one thing I’ve noticed across the board with Capita over the last few years is improved flex.  Back when we rode this board years ago, the flex felt kind of plankish and a little dull.  Now it has much better overall flex that bends a little more, offers more return when unweighted, and just feels livelier.  It’s more fun to butter and just feels better overall.  It’s a very easy board to butter with.

Sizing

The 156 felt just right, and the

On Snow Feel

The Capita Indoor Survival has a buttery, playful feel, but it’s still a stable mountain ride for those who don’t like the park.  It’s very stable between the feet without being catchy, and it works great for long cat tracks or one foot off the chair.  It’s very similar in feel to the Outerspace Living, but the flat instead of camber makes it feel a little less fun overall for us.  It’s a good board, but the Outerspace Living is just better.

Edge Hold

There isn’t much going on when the snow is hard.  It felt really good in medium to soft snow, like there is lots of grip left, but its grip just vanishes in hard to icy snow.  We both wished there was a little more grip.

Turn Initiation

Pretty quick edge-to-edge, and the board is always there when you need it.

Turning Experience

It’s not bad for flat to rocker, but the Outerspace Living and other boards like it with camber somewhere in the board really make for a much more fun board to turn.

Carving:

Pretty boring on a carve, and the flat has no real spring out of the turn.  The Capita Indoor Survival is doable, but not for those who enjoy turning as much as they do buttering and playing around.

Skidded Turns

Very easy to do skid turns, and it’s fine for riders of any level.

Speed

Decent mountain speed and the new flex tech seem to help the board with chatter, even though it’s not that stiff for bombing.  This board is a compromise when it comes to doing most things because it tries to do a lot in many places.  But it’s competent enough on the mountain.

Uneven Terrain

The old Indoor Survival was way less fun to deal with uneven terrain, and it was almost bothersome weaving in and out of bumps, or even worse, powering over them. Nowadays, all the new tech, from core to sidewalls, makes Indoor Survival easy to ride all day on a crowded Saturday.

Powder

We didn’t have any powder when we had the board, but you can tell with the early rise and decent size nose/tail, you can see it’s got a decent float for a twin.

Switch

As a true twin, it’s very easy either way.

Jibbing

It’s a very good jibber for something that kind of acts as an all-mountain freestyle board. It’s probably where we feel Indoor Survival has an advantage over Outer Space Living.  The flat to rather a mellow rocker helped even poor jibbers like me do better.  Yeah, I’d rather be on the Scott Stevens, Horrorscope of Ultrafear, but it’s really good for the kind of board it is.  Capita does a great job with park boards, and they seem to get jibbing better than most companies out there.

Pipe

Not for us, with the sub-par edge hold in harder snow and no camber to help drive the board from wall to wall.

Jumps

Pretty good pop for flat to rocker, but we would rather be on the Outerspace Living.

So, as you can see, the Outerspace Living was pretty much our preferred board with everything except Jibbing.  So if you like the idea of the Outerspace Living but turning and air isn’t as important as jibbing, and to a lesser extent buttering, then this could work.  For us, the Outerspace Living was just a more well-rounded mountain freestyle ride.