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PTO Review
We know them. Here's how they stack up.
Captis — skiers on the way up from intermediate to advanced whose week is groomers, bumps, trees, side hits and occasional park laps, in firm and mixed conditions more often than deep ones.. Bent 100 — intermediate and better skiers who value a light, quick, playful ride and drive the ski with finesse rather than muscle.. Check the radar chart below to see where each one wins.
Each row compares all skis on one dimension. 🏆 marks the highest score.
| Dimension | Captis | Bent 100 |
|---|---|---|
| Carving | 6🏆 | 6🏆 |
| Park | 5 | 7🏆 |
| Playfulness | 8 | 9🏆 |
| Forgiveness | 8🏆 | 8🏆 |
| Stability | 5🏆 | 5🏆 |
| Powder | 4 | 6🏆 |
Skiers on the way up from intermediate to advanced whose week is groomers, bumps, trees, side hits and occasional park laps, in firm and mixed conditions more often than deep ones. It also fits freestyle-leaning all-mountain skiers who value pivot ease and switch riding over raw power.
Powder-focused skiers: Black Crows rates the Captis' floatation intermediate at 90 mm, and deep days belong to the Atris at 105 mm. Aggressive high-speed chargers: the flex is tolerant by design, and testers report tip flap and chatter when the ski is pushed. Hard-snow carvers chasing grip and damping: there is no metal in this layup, and heavier piste skis stay calmer on boilerplate. Dedicated park-only skiers: the -6 cm mount makes it an all-terrain twin, not a park tool. And experts shopping for a top-end ski: the Captis is the entry point of the line, built and priced like one — step up to the Camox or beyond instead of asking the entry ski to ski like the top of the line.
Intermediate and better skiers who value a light, quick, playful ride and drive the ski with finesse rather than muscle. It rewards people who like to press, slash and ride switch, plus lighter or less aggressive skiers who do not want to fight a heavy ski, and anyone after one do-it-all ski that still floats on a soft day. It also makes a light resort-to-sidecountry option.
Skiers who want a metal ski's hard-snow bite and race-like precision: with a light woodcore and no metal laminate, the Bent 100 handles a groomer but will not match a metal ski's edge hold on firm snow or feel as locked-in on ice. Heavier, aggressive skiers who charge through cut-up crud will feel the light build deflect - a metal all-mountain ski like the Nordica Enforcer 100 tracks that line better. True beginners should skip it too; independent reviews place it at intermediate and up. And if deep powder is the priority, the wider Bent 110 or Chetler 120 is the better tool.
Captis is best for skiers on the way up from intermediate to advanced whose week is groomers, bumps, trees, side hits and occasional park laps, in firm and mixed conditions more often than deep ones. Bent 100 is best for intermediate and better skiers who value a light, quick, playful ride and drive the ski with finesse rather than muscle. The right choice depends on your terrain, ability, and riding style.
Black Crows Captis 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.
Black Crows Captis leads Carving in this comparison with a PTO score of 6/10.
Black Crows Captis has the highest Forgiveness score here at 8/10. Forgiveness is one factor in progression, not a claim that every beginner should choose it.
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