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PTO Review
We know them. Here's how they stack up.
These snowboards span 2 categories (All-Mountain Freestyle, Park). Scores reflect each snowboard's intended use — direct comparison across all dimensions may be misleading.
Kazu Kokubo Pro — advanced riders who want one board for steep, fast, big-mountain freestyle - sidecountry in the morning, resort laps after.. Disaster — park rats focused on jibs, rails, boxes, and presses.. Check the radar chart below to see where each one wins.
Each row compares all boards on one dimension. 🏆 marks the highest score.
| Dimension | Kazu Kokubo Pro | Disaster |
|---|---|---|
| Carving | 7🏆 | 3 |
| Park | 5 | 10🏆 |
| Playfulness | 3 | 7🏆 |
| Forgiveness | 3 | 8🏆 |
| Stability | 8🏆 | 3 |
| Powder | 5🏆 | 2 |
Advanced riders who want one board for steep, fast, big-mountain freestyle - sidecountry in the morning, resort laps after. That is CAPiTA's own brief for it, and it is the framing the independent testing endorses: one scored source puts it best suited to an advanced rider who wants to rip up the resort, explore the pow and nail jumps. Riders who want to jump, who want speed and glide and will keep a sintered base waxed, and who want a genuinely tapered tail without giving up hard-snow edge. Riders whose powder is steep: where pitch and speed do the planing, the wide nose handles the rest, and the centered stance stops the tail going light when you land. Riders with US 10.5+ boots belong on a Wide - the same board, a separate style, the same price.
Powder-first riders: this is the wrong board, and PTO's own copy has been wrong to send you here. CAPiTA's rider-type row for the Kazu reads All-Mtn / Freeride, and the brand prints Powder on other boards - The Navigator at $649.95 among them, with more taper, a softer 5.5 flex and the Flat Kick this board lacks. Buy on float and that is the deck to see, or one of the Spring Break powder shapes; we route by CAPiTA's own numbers rather than by feel. Anyone whose powder is low-angle: the tester who measured this board's mountable setback put it plainly - if you like to set your board as far back as possible in pow this isn't the one. Beginners and lower intermediates: all four sources that assessed rider level agree, and the Outerspace Living at $529.95 runs the same Resort V3 profile at a Twin 5 flex. Rail and jib riders. Switch-heavy riders, who want the Mercury or the true-twin D.O.A. Riders with US 10.5+ boots being sold a standard 157 or 160, which CAPiTA caps at US 10. Riders who never wax.
Park rats focused on jibs, rails, boxes, and presses. Riders progressing into park for the first time. Street-style riders. Anyone who wants a dedicated soft-flex park tool.
All-mountain riders who need one board for everything. Speed seekers. Powder riders. Advanced riders who need pop for big kickers — the Disaster is built for small-to-medium features, not boosting 40-footers.
Kazu Kokubo Pro is best for advanced riders who want one board for steep, fast, big-mountain freestyle - sidecountry in the morning, resort laps after. Disaster is best for park rats focused on jibs, rails, boxes, and presses. The right choice depends on your terrain, ability, and riding style.
CAPiTA Kazu Kokubo Pro has the highest Stability score in this comparison at 8/10. That score compares composure; it does not by itself mean the product is the most versatile choice.
CAPiTA Kazu Kokubo Pro leads Carving in this comparison with a PTO score of 7/10.
Bataleon Disaster has the highest Forgiveness score here at 8/10. Forgiveness is one factor in progression, not a claim that every beginner should choose it.
Not sure? Ask us.