Capita Stairmaster Extreme Review

By Published On: October 24th, 20110 Comments

2012 Capita Stairmaster Extreme Snowboard

The Capita Stairmaster Extreme snowboard has some amazing graphics, and in this board you’ll find some amazing material and features. Transworld Snowboarding found it good enough to win a Good Wood award. It is the true twin extreme freestyle board for the immediate to pro level park rider. The flex rating is about a 6, so it’s a little on the stiffer scale, but that’s okay when you’re hitting 80′ baynards.Now, the Stairmaster Extreme has traditional camber technology. This board is gonna have a lot of pop getting off those jumps, a lot of pop getting onto those rails; and being true twin, you can do pretty much anything with this board. The wood core of course runs tip to tail and rail to rail. Along the rails is beech wood and in the middle is poplar wood. Because there’s beech on the outside and near the rails, the board is going to ride a lot more stable as beech is a more dense wood. Then the poplar in the middle, a softer wood, is going to help provide a nice and smooth ride throughout the season. Now, what’s really great about this core are the additives and the glass. The unique glass is called a Custom Weave E Class. That means on top of the wood core the fiberglass runs in two different directions — at 90 and zero degrees; and on the bottom of the core the glass runs in three directions, at zero, 45 and negative 45 degrees. So it definitely gives it a nice, fun, playful feel with the camber. The Stairmaster Extreme has a regular radial sidecut. The sidecuts range from 7.8 to about 8.3, depending on what size you get. The edges are also pretty unique.They of course have the 360 wrap, but between the sidewall and actual edge there’s a 1.5 mm thick rubber dampening system, so they’re pretty much bomb-proof. They added another layer of dampening so if you hit the side of a rail or you go through some chowder, the rubber dampening rails are going to absorb a lot of that vibration for you. This base is also going to be very fast all season long. It’s a Wax Infused Rotation Sintered Base, which means when Capita presses this base together they actually put wax inside it, so it comes pre-waxed in a sense, and it’s going to absorb wax really well. If you need a quick wax it’ll take it well, it’ll scrape off well and it’s going to stay fast all season long. Of course, because it’s a true twin board it has a centered stance, and a pretty cool graphic on top — a DDT silkscreen, so a nice, cool feel to it. So, again, this is the eco-friendly, Capita Stairmaster Extreme board with wood from reforested areas. There are a lot of cool features! If you’re a park rat or rider that likes taking the limits to the next level, this is a great board for you.

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