Easy to correct on slightly choppy landings too. Anything bigger a little more sketchy though. Landing: Not super solid but decent enough stability on landing off 20-30 foot jumps. Pop: Good overall pop and really easy to accessĪpproach: A little squirrelly for faster take offs, but fine otherwise Overall Impressions, fun, snappy and good easy pop. I didn't have a lot of crud to content with on the day, but what was there did throw the Pathfinder off pretty easy - but it was super easy to correct with how nimble it is.īumps: Flexes easily with bumps when going over them and weaving through them it was a champ! Really nimble and quick edge to edge at slower speeds - a fun ride in the trees. Uneven TerrainĬrud: It gets a bit bucked around in crud - doesn't smash through it. Still does get a bit wobbly when you really open it out, and the groomers were pretty smooth on the day, so that certainly helped too - and does feel the chatter - so not a speed demon, but took a higher speed than I though it would, to start to feel unstable. Speedīetter than I thought it would be for the 153, with that soft a flex. Part of the reason I think this would be a great option for a beginner who wants to start out with camber. Skidded Turns: Despite all that camber, skidded turns were really easy on this board. Part of that was size, but even in a longer size (based on riding other boards in different sizes) this board would be nice and nimble at slow speeds. Maneuverability at slow speeds: I found this board super nimble when riding slow. Almost feels like it turns too far sometimes though, like it wants to spin you into switch even when you're not wanting it. Turning: Really easy to turn and fun to turn on. Not something that absolutely rips a big high speed, wide arcing carve, but fun to carve on, particularly for shorter carves at lower speeds. Carving & TurningĬarving: Could lay down a real nice carve for how soft it is (and given I was riding the 153). And from specs, it's a little directional which helps, but with a virtually all camber profile and only being very subtly directional, it's not going to be an amazing option for the deeper days. Powderĭid fine in the shallow stiff we had, but if it was deeper wouldn't be amazing from feel. It's light, agile, springs well out of turns and has nice easy pop. It was certainly quite soft flexing - but given I was riding a 153, I would say the 157, which would be more my typical size, would be more like 4/10. I felt like the flex was around 3.5/10, even bordering on 3/10. On snow the board felt really light though - which is the main test - but it is also a 153, and I'd typically ride a board like this in the 155 to 158 range. Which is heavy for a Capita board (which tend to be lighter than average).
The Pathfinder is pretty much bang on average.
*based on a sample size of around 100 models that I’ve weighed in 2019, 2020, 2021 *& 2022 models. Rider Boot Size: US9.5 Adidas Tactical ADV
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