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PTO Review
We know them. Here's how they stack up.
These snowboards span 2 categories (Freeride, Park). Scores reflect each snowboard's intended use — direct comparison across all dimensions may be misleading.
The Navigator — intermediate-to-advanced riders who want one directional board for soft, variable, resort-powder days and the groomer home, and who do not want to be worked to do it - capita's own word for the board is playful.. 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 | The Navigator | Disaster |
|---|---|---|
| Carving | 5🏆 | 3 |
| Park | 3 | 10🏆 |
| Playfulness | 7🏆 | 7🏆 |
| Forgiveness | 7 | 8🏆 |
| Stability | 5🏆 | 3 |
| Powder | 6🏆 | 2 |
Intermediate-to-advanced riders who want one directional board for soft, variable, resort-powder days and the groomer home, and who do not want to be worked to do it - CAPiTA's own word for the board is playful. Riders we have been steering to the Kazu or the Mercury on the strength of the word powder: this is the float upgrade and the cheaper board, $649.95 against $679.95 and $699.95. Tree riders, and anyone whose powder day is a tracked-out, chopped-up resort day by mid-morning, where a quick parabolic center, a soft flex and an uncatchy edge are at their strongest. Big feet who want float: there is no Wide, so go 161 or longer, where the US 10+ boot sizes and the float both live. Women who want the board buy the WMN if a 143, 147 or 151 fits and the 155 if it does not - it is the same deck at the same price.
Hard-snow, icy-resort and East Coast riders. Three independent sources say the same thing three different ways: the edge hold gives up when it turns slick, and the sharpest of them found his back foot sliding out of his turns on ice - there is no Death Grip here to save it. Buy the Mercury instead. Deep-powder-first riders who never touch a groomer: do not let us swap one wrong board for another - the SB Powder Racers, at the same $649.95, is a far bigger powder board, a 27.8 cm waist and 33.0 mm of taper on a flat surf camber, and the tester who rode the Navigator in powder said he would rather shelve it on a deep day than give up a Spring Break board. Beginners: the flex is 5.5 and the shape is directional and tapered, and CAPiTA's honest first board is the Pathfinder at $449.95. Switch, park and jib riders: switch and jibbing are its weakest marks, the cost of up to 14.9 mm of taper and a 0.8 in setback; the Mercury rides switch and the D.O.A. or the Ultrafear is the park board. Riders who want to point it and hold it at genuine speed: it goes wobbly there, and the stiffer Kazu is built for it. Anyone who needs a Wide at a short length: there is not one, and CAPiTA caps the 155 and 158 at a US 10 boot. Riders who never wax: the base is sintered and it will punish neglect.
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.
The Navigator is best for intermediate-to-advanced riders who want one directional board for soft, variable, resort-powder days and the groomer home, and who do not want to be worked to do it - capita's own word for the board is playful. 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 The Navigator has the highest Stability score in this comparison at 5/10. That score compares composure; it does not by itself mean the product is the most versatile choice.
CAPiTA The Navigator leads Carving in this comparison with a PTO score of 5/10.
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.