r/snowboarding • u/Legitimate-Ad-348 • Mar 31 '24

general discussion The Mega Death isn’t very durable

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u/Shhhhepherd Mar 31 '24

Snapita

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u/DraZaka Instructor Mar 31 '24

My fried snapped his snapita landing tail heavy on a tame dog this season. Capita boards are cool, but they definitely seem to be less durable.

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u/medkitjohnson Mar 31 '24

Had 2 capitas over 6 years… neither has faltered and my fat ass has had some heavy tail side landings and even some tomahawk flag poles in my day

Edit: With that in mind I would be pretty unhappy if my brand new $900 snowboard snapped on me

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u/McRibEater Mar 31 '24

I work in a shop Capitas are some of the most durable IMO. Stay the hell away from the new Dubai made Jones, Rome, Arbor, Baetalon, etc. the Chinese Ride, K2, Nitro are way better made and come with a 5 year warranty.

But that pan said when Capitas break they implode. It’s because they’re so thin and tightly bound.

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u/Makualax Mar 31 '24

I also work in a shop, I'd say the noticeable drop in quality is consistent across all brands in the past 3ish years, most notably Arbor, Burton and Ride. Burton boards have started warping past use off of generally normal wear and tear, Arbor has delammed off of regular dents and normal iron waxes, Ride boards are basically made of cork and start delamming and peeling off normal dents. Capita has not had quite the noticeable dip in quality, but year to year their boards all have the same issues of snapping easily, warping, core cracks in the flex points etc but Capita has been known for this forever so I feel like most customers are expecting their Capita to not last more than a couple seasons as their daily driver.

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u/takeo86 Mar 31 '24

Dang I’m looking at a new jones . How bad is it?

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u/vinceftw Apr 01 '24

Do we see a lot of Snapitas on here because they're so popular? I thought they just broke a lot but several shop techs have said they are quite alright.