CAPITA The Navigator 161 2025 snowboard

CAPITA The Navigator 161 2025 snowboard

The perfect board for backcountry and powder annihilators!

Riding powder is like hiking into a backcountry camping trip. Once you’re past the trailhead, if you have the right gear, there’s nothing better. If you packed the wrong kit, there’s nothing worse. The Navigator is your fire starter; it is your unwavering compass. It is essential to the experience. This powder-annihilating series features a parabolic sidecut and a sinking tapered tail to swim through the soft snow while the wide-frame rockered nose naturally floats above deep snow. The resulting shape transforms tiring powder days into emotionally fulfilling outdoor experiences.

The Navigator achieves its playful nature that riders worldwide have grown to love from its HOVER CORE™ with TECHNORA™ + FLAX BOOSTERS. Additionally, the Navigator series has been upgraded with a new high-speed HYPERDRIVE™ sintered base.

RIDER TYPE:

POWDER + RESORT

RIDER WEIGHT:

72 - 95 kg

RIDER LEVEL:

intermediate

advanced

WIDTH:

standard

SHAPE:

directional 0.8" setback

FLEX:

directional 5.5/10

PROFILE:

• HYBRID/CAMBER: RESORT 2 DIRECTIONAL - This revolutionary all-terrain shape provides the best of both worlds. It has camber in the middle of the board ending past the inserts for good edge hold at high speeds and in all conditions, and rocker outside the bindings for plenty of possibilities in fresh snow.

TECH DETAILS:

• CORE: HOVER CORE™ - An energetic core of poplar and paulownia. Extremely light and strong with excellent dampening properties.

• FIBER: HOLYSHEET™ TRI/BI - It has a higher glass-to-weight ratio than regular fiberglass. The upper layer has a triple weave to increase responsiveness and stiffness, while the bottom layer has a double weave to maintain the board's freestyle character.
• RESIN: MAGIC BEAN™ RESIN - Capita uses eco-friendly resin for all their boards, produced without waste and greenhouse gas emissions. It also provides high performance with reduced heat demand, which means lower energy consumption in the snowboard manufacturing process. This allows the core to be lighter while maintaining the same board properties. Therefore, CAPiTA boards are some of the lightest on the market!
• SINTERED BASE: NEW! HYPERDRIVE™ - An exceptional formula created specifically for the CAPiTA factory, The Mothership, that you won't find anywhere else. Capita engineers have worked tirelessly with a leading polyethylene supplier to create this material with extraordinary sliding properties, resulting from high molecular weight and special additives in the manufacturing process. The sintered material has a patented composition and is incredibly fast. CAPiTA fans ride hard, so we used the most advanced, fastest base available on the market.

• EDGES: 360-degree HRC48 steel edges.
• SIDECUT: PARABOLIC RADICAL TAPER - The parabolic sidecut consists of a mirror-symmetrical curve. In snowboarding terms, this design creates a board with a deeper sidecut and a faster turning point in the center compared to traditional radial arcs. Snowboards with parabolic edges are often chosen by riders who value versatility and the ability to ride in various snow conditions. This type of edge can also help reduce leg fatigue as the board requires less effort when turning.
• SIDEWALL: Full sidewalls with ABS1000 protection.
• INSERTS: Stainless steel 4x2 inserts.
• LAMINATE: SKINLESS™ CORE ASH WOODGRAIN TOPSHEET™ - Specially processed pure ash wood veneer topsheet with a unique tactile feel, which is 220g lighter than the standard process. Ash wood is characterized by high strength, flexibility, and low weight, making it an ideal material for snowboard production. Its light color and distinct grain give the boards an elegant look, and its ease of processing allows for precise finishing. The use of ash provides aesthetics, functionality, and durability to the equipment.

ADDITIONAL FEATURES:

• 2 x 30mm TECHNORA™ FLAX BOOSTERS - Aramid fibers interwoven with flax fiber that absorb shocks well, increasing power and response time.

MADE IN AUSTRIA! Capita manufactures and develops new technologies in their own factory, which is not a standard in the industry. This provides them access to the best technologies for their board production. CAPiTA MFG – The Mothership is an example of how modern production should work. ZERO CO2 emissions, energy drawn from renewable sources, and 98% of materials for board production are sourced from nearby regions, which prevents pollution from transport. The factory has its own slope for testing new solutions!  

Which bindings to choose for the CAPiTA The Navigator snowboard?

CAPiTA The Navigator is a board with medium flex and designed for technical riding on and off the slopes. Therefore, we can match various bindings with medium stiffness depending on your preferred riding style.

Our recommendations are:

• UNION Atlas Pro Bindings - the stiffest and lightest freeride option, incredibly light and responsive.
• UNION Atlas Bindings - the stiffest freeride option, for the rider who...
• UNION Force Bindings - versatile and advanced All Mountain bindings, the most technologically advanced bindings among the proposed ones.
• UNION Force Classic Bindings - a Union bestseller, in the collection for 20 years, bindings literally for everything with medium flex and a very good reputation.
• UNION Ultra Bindings - these bindings have a freestyle character, are very light, work great, and absorb vibrations excellently. If you spend a lot of time in powder and add a freestyle touch, these bindings are for you!