Capita Space Metal Fantasy Review

Overview of the Space Metal Fantasy’s Specs

* the 145W, 149W and 153W are all new sizes for the 2024 model.

Who is the Space Metal Fantasy Best Suited To?

The Space Metal Fantasy is a great option either as a freestyle/park board or as a beginner board. 

It's a playful, easy going ride that can be used by any level of freestyle rider - or for the beginner who is just learning to link turns. 

The Space Metal Fantasy in More Detail

Bindings angles: +15/-15

Stance width: 505mm (19.9″)

Stance Setback: Centered

Width at Inserts: 246mm (9.69") 

Weight: 2570g (5lbs, 11oz)

Weight per cm: 17.72g/cm

Average Weight per cm: 17.12 grams/cm*

*based on a small sample size of around 20 women's boards that I've weighed in 2020, 2021 and 2022 models. The Space Metal Fantasy is a little heavier than normal but Jade found it to feel really light on snow. Part of that is probably that she's used to slightly longer boards, but also some boards just feel lighter on snow than what the scales might suggest.  

Tester: Jade

Rider Height:  5'7" (170cm)

Rider Weight: 145lbs (66kg)

Rider Boot Size: Women's US6.5 Thirty Two Exit

Bindings Used: Burton Lexa, Medium 

Damp or Chattery?

It's not super damp. More chattery than damp overall. 

Smooth or Snappy?

More snappy than smooth. It's not ultra snappy, but it's certainly on the snappier side. 

Powder

Performed pretty well in powder for a twin. We didn't have anything waist deep or anything - and going on its specs, it's not going to be amazing in deeper powder, but Jade felt it performed really well in the amount that we had. 

But there is that flat-to-rocker profile with quite a bit of rocker which does certainly help it to float. 

Carving & Turning

Carving: Never going to be a carving machine, but was OK on a carve. Favored shorter sharper carves more than longer drawn out carves - and preferred them at slower speeds.

Turning: Really easy turning board. Easy to initiate turns and quick edge to edge. 

Maneuverability at Slow Speeds: Very nimble at slow speeds. Very easy to maneuver. 

Skidded Turns: Really forgiving of skidded turns. Helps to make this a great beginner option.

Speed

Surprisingly good at speed and surprisingly stable. Still definitely not a bomber - but for the flex and camber profile it did better than expected. 

Uneven Terrain

Crud: It could get bucked around a little, but was super easy to correct when it did get bucked around. 

Bumps: Nice and nimble for weaving between the bumps and hugged them well when riding over top. 

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Jumps

Decent for jumps, particularly if you're not looking to get heaps of air. 

Pop: Not a whole lot of pop. What's there is super easy to extract, but overall pop wasn't huge. 

Approach: Easy to speed check and make any minor adjustments on the approach. For faster approaches not as good, but for approaches to small or medium jumps or side hits, it's all good.

Landing: Not a stomper but could handle landings from smaller jumps fine. Forgiving of any landing errors. 

Side-hits: Really fun for sidehits - easy pop and great maneuverability. A bit more pop would make it better, but overall really nice.  

Small jumps/Big Jumps: Best for small jumps, but fine for medium. Not as good for larger jumps. 

Switch

Basically ideal for riding switch. Easy to rotate into switch and back out again and riding switch, taking off and landing is basically the same as riding in your natural direction. 

Spins

Easy to get the spin around and great for setting up and landing switch. Could use a little more pop and not as suitable for larger tricks, but otherwise a very good board for spinning. 

Jibbing

Very well suited to jibbing. Great for making any adjustments on the approach, rides the jib well and easy to dismount as well. 

Butters

It's a really buttery board - easy flex in tip and tail to press and easy to control when pressing/buttering. 

Score Breakdown and Final Verdict

The Space Metal Fantasy is a fun playful park/freestyle oriented deck, that works equally as well as a first board for a beginner (whether riding freestyle or not). 

It's biggest strengths are for butter tricks and jibs, but also fine for jumps, particularly smaller jumps, and even just for cruising the mountain - good in the trees and decent in powder for a twin.