CAPITA Mega Death 159 2024 snowboard
For the advanced freerider capable of utilizing ultimate performance. Inspired by the legacy of the Black Snowboard of Death, yet custom designed for an unmatched ultralight and powerful performing ride, we present the MEGA DEATH—a high-end, high-tech freeride machine unlike anything else.
Fully loaded with construction technology and design philosophy developed at the world’s most advanced manufacturing facility, THE CAPiTA MOTHERSHIP, this featherlight construction comes from a FSC® Certified Thermopolymer Starship Core™ and PURE MEGACARBON™ layup.
This show-stopper aligns with the Black Snowboard of Death’s all-mountain freeride design mantra while being propelled by a high-speed MEGADRIVE™ base with a factory direct Moonshot Omni Tune™. The MEGA DEATH is quite simply the board that everyone wants, but not everyone will get to have. A truly versatile, high-performance freeride machine—ready to charge anything you dare point down.
RIDER:
- RIDER TYPE: ALL MOUNTAIN + POWDER The advanced all-mountain technician.
- RIDER WEIGHT: 156 59-86kg | 159 63-90kg | 162 68-95+kg
- RIDER LEVEL: intermediate/advanced
BOARD PROFILE:
- HYBRID/CAMBER: ALPINE V1 - The ALPINE V1 Profile design features mid-body camber with a flat tail and a reverse cambered nose. This allows for tons of pop and stability on hard pack while increasing float and landing power, improving the rider’s performance in deep snow. The camber runs longer in the tail—providing extra power for the ascent or for larger riders drawn to a dedicated wide series.
TECH:
- FLEX: 6.5/10
- SHAPE: DIRECTIONAL, SET BACK 0.5"
- CORE: FSC® CERTIFIED THERMOPOLYMER STARSHIP CORE™ - Utilizing an advanced electronic sorting system allows us to select mega-premium, reforestation certified, Poplar graded by weight and grain consistency. Comparable to Paulownia in strength to weight ratio, this core retains the poppiness of Poplar, and then achieves a signature feel by adding bonded post-consumer recycled Thermopolymer channels to form an advanced hybrid core. This mega-premium core will blast you into space and beyond.
- FIBERGLASS: PURE MEGACARBON™
- SINTURED BASE: NEW! MEGADRIVE™ BASE - Striving to kit out our MEGA line-up with the most • BIRDS OF A FEATHER advanced and premium components, the all new MEGADRIVE™ base is as fast as science can make it. This is a pure race base composed of UHMW polyethylene modified with high carbon content and special fluoro additives for lightspeed gliding in a wide range of conditions.
- BASE STRUCTURE: NEW! MOONSHOT OMNI-TUNE™ - The MOONSHOT OMNI-TUNE™ is an aftermarket high-performance race-base structure that wicks water from your base at a 45-degree angle making these boards fast as f*#k to the lift line or to the finish line.
- SIDECUT: DEATH GRIP™
- SIDEWALL: Full ABS1000 Sidewalls
- EDGES: 360 Degree HRC48 Steel Edges
- INSERTS: Stainless Steel 4 x 2 Inserts
ADDITIVES:
- INLAID ALLOY SKID PLATES