Space Metal Fantasy or Pathfinder?

Same board, different fit. The Pathfinder is the men's-colorway version with the identical camber, sidecut, flex, core, glass and Superdrive base, at the same $449.95. Choose the Space Metal Fantasy for the women's fit and its 139 to 153 run; choose the Pathfinder if you need a longer length or a Wide, which it has up to 162W.

Is it a beginner board?

Yes - that is CAPiTA's own target: a forgiving, catch-free reverse-camber shape for riders progressing from beginner to intermediate. The catch-free rocker and soft Twin 4 flex forgive the mistakes a learning rider makes. A rider who becomes an advanced charger will outgrow the soft flex and want a stiffer, cambered board.

Do I need to wax the base?

It helps. Superdrive is a sintruded base - CAPiTA's durable, low-maintenance tier that forgives neglect better than a sintered race base, but it still runs faster kept waxed than left dry. For a park-and-everything board that gets ridden hard, that durability is the right trade.

What sizes does it come in, and is there a Wide?

Eight lengths from 139 to 153, all odd - and no Wide. The Space Metal Fantasy comes in women's-fit only, and the order book carries no wider style. A larger or wider-booted rider should ride the Pathfinder, which runs longer and has genuine Wides.

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CAPiTA Space Metal Fantasy Snowboard 26/27

$449.95

Size: 139

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At a Glance

Terrain

All-Mountain

Freestyle

Ability Level

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Description

The CAPiTA Space Metal Fantasy is CAPiTA's women's freestyle true twin, 22.8 cm at the waist on the 139 out to 24.5 cm on the 153, and at $449.95 it is the most affordable women's board CAPiTA builds. The draw is its reverse-camber Park V2 shape: flat under the feet, with Flat Kick tips that lift the ends and keep the edges from hooking, which is what a rider still learning wants most. CAPiTA files it as a board a beginner or intermediate can progress on quickly.

The rest of the build reads the same way. A soft Twin 4 flex on CAPiTA's own scale of 1 to 10 flexes and presses with little effort; a Dual Core of beech and poplar keeps it poppy without being demanding; and 626 g/m2 biaxial Special Blend Fiberglass keeps the flex playful rather than stiff. The Superdrive base is sintruded - CAPiTA's durable, low-maintenance middle tier, not a top-end sintered race base. The sidecut is a single Radial arc, one predictable radius per length.

Buy it to learn on, to jib and press, and to play across the mountain. Skip it if you want a stiff high-speed carver or a directional powder board - a centered true twin gives up edge hold at speed for its forgiveness, and it is not built to sink a tail in deep snow. It is a women's-fit deck - the run tops out at the 153, and there is no Wide; larger or wider-booted riders want the Pathfinder, CAPiTA's identically built unisex twin at the same $449.95, which runs up to 162W. Decks ship bare - CAPiTA makes no bindings. Bring your boots and we will match a soft-to-medium setup to the board and mount it with you.

Details

Type: Snowboard
Vendor: Capita
SKU: 21040901-MSC-139

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PTO ReviewAll-Mountain Freestyle

CAPiTA Space Metal Fantasy

By PTO Team, who have not ridden this board - everything here is read off CAPiTA's 26/27 catalog and order book and the brand's own tech pages. No third-party ride test was incorporated, so ride-feel calls are inferences from construction · Spec analysis on this board

Carving

Park

Playfulness

Forgiveness

Stability

Powder

The take

“The cheapest women's board CAPiTA makes, and an easy one to learn on. Forgiveness is the whole point here, not high-speed grip.”

CAPiTA's Space Metal Fantasy is the cheapest women's board CAPiTA makes, and for once the price is the honest headline. At $449.95 the Space Metal Fantasy sits at the bottom of the women's range - below the $529.95 Paradise and the $599.95 Birds of a Feather - and it shares that entry price, and its exact build, with the men's-colorway Pathfinder. CAPiTA's own catalog calls it award-winning and insists the park-board label 'severely understates its potential.' Read that as reach, not as proof: this is the value pick, and it earns the sale by being easy, not by charging.

The Space Metal Fantasy rides forgiving by design, and every layer points the same way. Its profile is reverse camber - Park V2 with Flat Kick - so the board is flat underfoot and rockered at the contact points, which lifts the edges clear and makes it hard to catch. The flex is a soft Twin 4 on CAPiTA's own scale, the core is a light beech-and-poplar Dual Core, and the glass is biaxial rather than triaxial. Together they press, butter and pivot on a light input and forgive the mistakes a progressing rider makes. The honest cost of that same rocker is the locked-in edge hold and cambered spring you get from a stiffer, cambered board.

The Space Metal Fantasy carries a Superdrive base, which CAPiTA classifies as sintruded: harder and faster than a plain extruded base, more durable and lower-maintenance than a sintered race base, and still happier for a wax now and then. Sizing is women's-fit and short - eight lengths from 139 to 153, all odd, with no Wide in the run. CAPiTA's rider-weight band runs to 120-170 lb / 54-77 kg on the 153. A larger rider, or anyone in a wider boot, has no Space Metal to buy and should ride the Pathfinder instead - the identical build on a longer run with genuine Wides.

The Space Metal Fantasy rides as a centered true twin with zero taper, so treat CAPiTA's powder line with care. CAPiTA says the reverse camber and Flat Kick tips help it float, and a rockered, flat-tipped board does plane in soft snow - but a directional, tapered board will still outfloat a centered twin in deep or steep snow. A powder-first rider wants CAPiTA's directional women's boards - the Navigator WMN at $649.95, or the Artemis. And a rider chasing cambered pop and hard-snow grip has outgrown it and wants a stiffer women's board - the $629.95 Mia Brookes Pro, or the cambered Birds of a Feather. We hold no ride testing of any of them, so we route by CAPiTA's own numbers and not by how they feel.

What it does well

Reverse camber and a soft Twin 4 flex make it catch-free and easy
True twin lands switch as easily as regular; Flat Kick tips add jibbing stability
Light beech-and-poplar Dual Core presses and butters on a light input
$449.95 - CAPiTA's cheapest women's board and the Freestyle-line entry price
Superdrive sintruded base is durable and forgives a rider who rarely waxes
Radial single-radius sidecut turns on one predictable, easy-to-learn arc

What it doesn't

Soft reverse camber gives up edge hold and stability at speed
No cambered pop: a stiffer, cambered board drives and springs harder
Centered true twin, zero taper - not a powder or steeps shape
Women's fit stops at 153, and no Wide is made for larger boots
Superdrive sintruded base trails a sintered race base for outright glide
Radial single radius has no Death Grip mid-turn bite on hard snow

Best for

Beginner-to-intermediate women who want to progress fast on a forgiving, catch-free board, and to ride a little of everything - park laps, groomers, natural features and soft snow. Riders who want to jib, press and butter on a light input and land switch as easily as regular. Value shoppers and lighter riders: at $449.95 it is the Freestyle-line entry price, and the short 139 to 153 run with women's-tuned weight bands suits smaller riders. Anyone who would rather have an easy, playful twin than a stiff, high-speed charger.

Not for

Riders who want a stiff, hard-charging carver: this is a soft, reverse-camber twin, and it trades away the edge hold and high-speed stability a cambered board gives you - a mechanical read of its own camber and flex, not a tested verdict. Powder-first riders: it is a centered true twin with zero taper, so a directional women's board like the Navigator WMN or the Artemis will outfloat it, whatever CAPiTA's float line says. Advanced and expert women chasing cambered pop and grip: you have outgrown it - look at the Mia Brookes Pro or the Birds of a Feather. Men, larger riders, and wider-booted riders: this is a women's board, 139 to 153, with no Wide; the Pathfinder is the identical build with a longer run and Wides. And anyone chasing a top-tier sintered race base - Superdrive is durable, not the fastest tier.

Bindings we'd pair with it

Mount point: True twin - centered, no setback. Reference stance 53.3 cm / 21 in on the 151 and 153. Our pick: No official pairing - CAPiTA does not make bindings.

Sold as a deck only. CAPiTA builds no bindings, so there is no factory pairing to name. A soft-to-medium binding suits a Twin 4 flex; a stiff one overpowers it. We fit your boot first, then size and mount with you in the shop.

Common Questions

Is the Space Metal Fantasy a powder board?: No. CAPiTA files it as Freestyle / Resort and builds it as a centered true twin with zero taper. CAPiTA does say the reverse camber and Flat Kick tips help it float, and a rockered, flat-tipped board does plane in soft snow - but a directional, tapered board will outfloat a centered twin in deep or steep snow. If float is your priority, look at the directional Navigator WMN or the Artemis instead.
Space Metal Fantasy or Pathfinder?: Same board, different fit. The Pathfinder is the men's-colorway version with the identical camber, sidecut, flex, core, glass and Superdrive base, at the same $449.95. Choose the Space Metal Fantasy for the women's fit and its 139 to 153 run; choose the Pathfinder if you need a longer length or a Wide, which it has up to 162W.
Is it a beginner board?: Yes - that is CAPiTA's own target: a forgiving, catch-free reverse-camber shape for riders progressing from beginner to intermediate. The catch-free rocker and soft Twin 4 flex forgive the mistakes a learning rider makes. A rider who becomes an advanced charger will outgrow the soft flex and want a stiffer, cambered board.
Do I need to wax the base?: It helps. Superdrive is a sintruded base - CAPiTA's durable, low-maintenance tier that forgives neglect better than a sintered race base, but it still runs faster kept waxed than left dry. For a park-and-everything board that gets ridden hard, that durability is the right trade.
What sizes does it come in, and is there a Wide?: Eight lengths from 139 to 153, all odd - and no Wide. The Space Metal Fantasy comes in women's-fit only, and the order book carries no wider style. A larger or wider-booted rider should ride the Pathfinder, which runs longer and has genuine Wides.

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