Capita Horrorscope FK Snowboard Review

$359
2010 Good Wood Award Winner!
Intermediate to Expert Freestyle Jib and Street
Flat/Rocker aka Flat Kick Twin Shape
Capita can make a pretty good board that keeps some weight left in your wallet. They seem to know where to correctly cut corners on their budget without hindering too much performance. It's short and playful for good park riding. Our one complaint about this board is the extruded base. It's sturdy but slow and not as easy to fix as a sintered base. The flat kick tech with the horrorscope has the least amount of flat area between the feet but it still provides stability between park features. This is closer continuous rocker than flat kick tech which means this is very buttery. It's more of a jib, ollie, jib, hit a jump kind of board and it's ok if you want to carve but a little washy. The Horrorscope is fun to spin off a kicker and forgiving to land but it isn't super springy when it comes to creating your own air. This is all about the average park in most places in the world that has lot's of jumps and jibs but probably not a pipe. The Horrorscope didn't change too much from 2011 to 2012 and it's still a pretty fun stable park ride.

How It Rides
Groomers	Average	Speed	Average	Flex	Soft	Rails/ Jibbing	Excellent
Powder	Average	Weight	Medium	Carving	Average	Pipe	Average
Turn Initiation	Easy	Edge Hold	Good	Switch	Excellent	Jumps	Good

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The Good Ride Take

The Good Ride Take On Flat Camber
Flat Camber is a byproduct of Reverse Camber. There are many types of Flat Camber with many shapes. Some have flat camber between the feet and then bend the board up after the bindings. Some have a nose and tail like a regular board but it just goes completely flat between them. It has a lot of positive qualities. One is the ability to float well in powder. It doesn’t have that leg burn free feeling like rocker but some say it floats and performs better. It is also very stable at high speeds and doesn’t have the issues that rocker and rocker/camber boards have. Generally most rocker/camber and pure rocker boards don’t ride well in the flats due to the bend in the center of the board. The bend can sometimes be the only contact on the snow and that makes the board unstable in the flats and it can be a bit squirly at high speeds or on hard pack snow. Flat Camber eliminates this issue. It’s also very fun to jib and is very catch free. The biggest drawback is the lack of pop these boards have. It is very hard to generate any spring to Ollie. If pop is important then Flat Camber isn’t for you. If you like to carve, stay close to the ground and want the same benefits that reverse camber offers in powder this might be a good choice over a cambered snowboard.

The Good Ride Take on Capita and Union
(same parent company)

Union- Union really lead the charge with the concept of eliminating the dead spot bindings create on snowboards. Because of that they have some of if not the easiest turn initiation out of any binding we have tried. The bindings with the Force style base plate really shows this and can make a stiff snowboard turn easier than most bindings out there. The bindings with the Contact style base plate have a more mellow turn initiation. The last few years many companies have picked up on this design style and Union isn't alone any more in this category. Still Union makes some of the best bindings in the industry. One of the only complaints we have is the buckle on the toe strap is very difficult to undo when it’s cranked down. We would like to see something like the ankle strap buckle that releases with little effort. Another complaint is the adjust-ability of their bindings. You can make some minor tweaks to make the bindings work for you but Union pales in comparison to Burton when it comes to adjust-ability. If you aren't that into adjusting and want possibly the best turn initiation in the industry the Union's are your choice.

Capita- Capita knows how to make a good sturdy park and all mountain board. They even have a good Pow board that’s priced appropriately for the amount of times you’ll use it a year. As you start to look closer in the tech of Capita you can see little issues like some of their boards still have an extruded base instead of a sintered base. You won't really see this on their high end boards like the Black Death but you will see it on their mid to entry level boards. Because of this style of production you can sometimes find a Capita snowboard for $100-$200 less than some of their competitors in that class range. If you are willing to put up with low tech in some places but still receive good performance Capita might be a good choice for you.

Company Information

Capita Horrorscope FK 2012

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Why You'll Like It:

The Horrorscope FK was born as a late release limited edition board and is now our #1 selling model worldwide. Featuring pre-loaded positioning for expert level jibbers, and easy turnin’, mindless shreddin’ for those intermediate riders that want to expedite the learning curve. Transworld Snowboarding gave it the Good Wood nod in 2010, and after showing up in countless video parts and blogs, it became one of the most sought after boards in snowboarding. The Horrorscope FK takes no effort! Stable at high speeds! Perfect for hangovers! Jib like a mad man!

Program Features

Flat Kick
WDT Engineered Jib Core
Pre-Cured 420
HTP Extruded
Flex 3
Goodwood - 2011 park

IN DETAIL:

WDT Engineered Jib Core
Pre-Cured 420 Fiberglass Configuration
High Transparent Extruded Base

Sublimated + Silkscreened Topsheet
Silkscreened Base Graphics
360 Degree Steel Edges

Silkcreened ABS Bomb Proof Sidewalls
4 x 2 Inserts

CAMBER TYPE: URBAN FK

Urban FK

Capita Horrorscope FK 2011

On alternate plateaus of the universe there is war ravaging the galaxy.

Celestial gods, once wielding insurmountable power, have been weakened by arrogance and overindulgence. In delirium tremens, they struggle to retain dominance over primitive creatures ushering a new era of fear.

Eons of suppression and submission have given birth to vengeful beasts, opponents of galactic proportions. On the front lines are face melting Macroids morphed from organic matter and stellar energy. With arms of cosmic snakes, legs of half digested beings, and stomachs containing a graveyard of ships, they have appeared to devour interstellar power.

As battles expose the mortality of those most high, a Horrorscope uncovers the truth—even a monolith of terrible power can be taken down with courage, conviction, and an epic bloodbath.

The Horrorscope FK was born as a late release limited edition board and is now one of the most sought after boards in snowboarding. Featuring pre-loaded positioning for expert level jibbers, and easy turnin’, mindless shreddin’ for those intermediate riders that want to expedite the learning curve. The demand was so strong we made multiple production runs and still sold out before a single chairlift opened in North America. Transworld SNOWboarding Magazine’s 2010 test results held the Horrorscope FK as the #3 men’s board in the world under $400, while it beat nine of the top ten boards on price. For 2010, we’ve responded to overwhelming demand by adding three more key sizes. The Horrorscope FK takes no effort! Stable at high speeds! Perfect for hangovers! Jib like a mad man!

Armament

WDT Engineered Jib Core
• Pre-Cured 420 Fiberglass Configuration
• Extruded Base
• Die-Cut / Screened Two Part Base Graphics
• 360 Degree Steel Edges
• Screened ABS Bomb Proof Sidewalls
• 4x2 Inserts

Capita Horrorscope FK 2010

REVERSE CAMBER DONE RIGHT! FLAT KICK TECHNOLOGY! TRUE TWIN! EVEN FLEX! CENTERED STANCE! The Horrorscope FK was born as a late release limited edition board for 2008 and the entire global retail allotment sold out within hours of its release. The demand was so strong we made an extra run of boards for our favorite shop employees, and have now added two new wide boards to the line up for 09/10. The reverse camber Flat Kick application means two things: one: Pre-loaded positioning for expert level jibbers, and two: easy turnin’, mindless shreddin’ for those intermediate riders that want to expedite the learning curve. The Horrorscope FK: TAKES NO EFFORT! STABLE AT HIGH SPEEDS! PERFECT FOR HANGOVERS! JIB LIKE A MAD MAN!

Key Features

WDT Engineered Jib Core
Pre-Cured 420 Fiberglass Con?guration
Extruded Base
Screened Base Graphics
360 Degree Steel Edges
Screened ABS Bomb Proof Sidewalls
4x2 Inserts
Eff. Edge: 118.0cm
Tip/Tail Width: 29.9cm
Waist Width: 25.5cm
Sidecut: 7.9m

Specs

Capita Horrorscope FK 2012

Length	Effective Edge	Waist	Nose/Tail	Sidecut	Max Stance (Inches)
145	1092	24.45	28.90	7.50	23
147	1110	24.80	28.92	7.60	23
149	1128	25.00	29.25	7.65	24
151	1145	25.20	29.48	7.70	24
151 WIDE	1145	25.70	30.07	7.90	24
153	1160	25.35	29.70	7.80	24
155	1180	25.50	29.91	7.90	25
155 WIDE	1180	26.00	30.50	8.10	25
157	1200	25.60	30.05	8.10	25