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CAPiTA Asymulator 2021-2022 Snowboard Review

  • Price: £465 / €500 / $500
  • Category: All-Mountain
  • Sizes: 152, 154, 157
  • Flex: 6/10
  • Shape: Asymmetric Twin
  • Profile: Combo
  • 3D: No
  • Base: Sintered
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Sometimes you can judge a book by its cover, because quite clearly the CAPiTA Asymulator is riding in the VIP zone of the Asymmetric freight train. A super nimble resort cruiser that’s chomping at the bit for party laps, digging trenches and shaking up the status quo.

“A super nimble resort cruiser that’s chomping at the bit for party laps, digging trenches and shaking up the status quo”

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Who Is The CAPiTA Asymulator For?

Riders who are looking for something a little different to take their carving game to the next level but don’t want to sacrifice their freestyle prowess would do well to steer towards the unconventional outline of the Asymulator.

Shape, Profile and Sidecut

The Asymulator lives up to its name in more ways than one, using asym shaping theory, CAPiTA have created a snowboard that counteracts your bodies biomechanical inefficiencies to allow for a smoother, more balanced ride. The eye-catching silhouette is more than just an aesthetic gimmick, the tighter sidecut on the heel side allows for more control and power through that edge, whilst CAPiTA’s Death Grip adds an extra point on contact for increased traction through heelside turns.

These work hand in hand with the Resort V1 Profile, which runs an elongated camber through the midbody, transitioning into flat and then rocker in the nose and tail. The positive bend adds life and aggression to the board, allowing you to really drive, and hold, through your turns.

While it may not look like a classic twin snowboard, the Asymulator does make the most of a twin flex, and thanks to the dedicated heelside edge, it can ride switch as well as any other deck. Ripping through the park or hitting hips and lips, you’ll get a little extra forgiveness from the rockered nose and tail, plus the poppy, playful feel of the camber.

“The positive bend adds life and aggression to the board, allowing you to really drive, and hold, through your turns”

Construction and Materials

To keep the Asyumulator accessible and affordable CAPiTA have opted not to use their top-of-the-line tech, if you’re looking for the absolute crème de la crème maybe look towards the Mega Merc, or Super DOA, but it’s actually the fact that CAPiTA keep the Asymulator firmly in the middle of the pack that makes us love it so much. It’s a manageable board for the masses, soft enough to play around on but thanks to the Asym properties it can still rail a turn with the best of them.

The dual wood core is sandwiched by triax and biax fibreglass with Technora and Flax Boosters to absorb chatter and drive power from tip to tail, all rounded out with CAPiTA’s Quantum Drive Base. It’s fast, but not the fastest. It’s light but not the lightest. It’s reactive but not the most reactive. You get the picture? This is all reflected in the lower price point and you’re still getting a hell of a machine.

Just like your favourite skateboard back in the day, CAPiTA have kitted out the Asymulator shovelhead nose and tail with skid plates, this reshaped alloy protects your board from high impact tricks and abrasion. Add this to the full steel edges and ABS sidewalls and you’ve got one rugged son of a gun, making the Asymulator the gift that just keeps giving.

“The graphic may channel a ninja-like stealth look, but the Asymulator is not a snowboard to blend in”

Roundup

All CAPiTA snowboards are handmade in the Austrian Alps at the Mothership, their intergalactic HQ, half factory, half advanced research facility, powered totally with clean energy.

The graphic may channel a ninja-like stealth look, but the Asymulator is not a snowboard to blend in. Whether it’s the decidedly askew look, or the whoops and hollers it will elicit, you’ll be turning heads when strapped into this Avant Garde offering from CAPiTA.

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