Capita Mega Merc Review

The Capita Mega Merc is the kind of snowboard that you need to take control of and push. If you're just going along for the ride, you'll soon feel out of control. This board requires purposeful riding with intent and a certain amount of energy from its rider. 

All that said, I felt it to have mellowed out versus previous experience I've had with the board, which made it feel more well rounded to me. But it's still more aggressive than average and still not suited to a casual or playful rider. 

In this review, I will take a look at the Mega Merc as an aggressive all-mountain snowboard.

As per tradition here at SnowboardingProfiles.com I will give the Mega Merc a score out of 100 (based on several factors) and see how it compares with other aggressive all-mtn snowboard snowboards.

Overall Rating

Board: Capita Mega Merc

Price: $949

Style: Aggressive All-Mountain

Flex Rating: Medium-Stiff (6.5/10)

Flex Feel on Snow: Medium-Stiff (7/10)

Rating Score: 91.5/100

Compared to other Men’s Aggressive All-Mountain Boards

Overview of the Mega Merc'S Specs

Check out the tables for the Mega Merc’s specs and available sizes.

Who is the Mega Merc Most Suited To?

The Mega Merc is best suited to a more aggressive rider who needs a board that can handle aggressive riding and higher speeds well. As you'll learn below (if you read the details), I felt like it has mellowed out from my previous experience with earlier models, but it's still more aggressive than average and can handle a lot. 

This would be a great one-board-quiver for that rider who likes to ride more aggressively. It's really super versatile. 

But that's only if you're an advanced to expert rider - or at least high end intermediate bordering on advanced. To get everything out of this board to make it feel versatile, you'll need to have a certain level of technique. 

Would also make a very good addition to a quiver as its daily driver and would pair really well with a freestyle/park board and/or something more mellow in general and/or a more freeride/powder oriented board. 

TEST/REVIEW DetailS FOR THE Mega Merc

O.k. let’s take a more detailed look at what the Mega Merc is capable of.

Demo Info

Board: Capita Mega Merc 2025, 157cm (257mm waist width)

Date: March 6, 2024

Powder

The Mega Merc felt good in the patches that I had. It should stand up to deeper powder OK, but not likely to be amazing. A little above average I would say. 

Its powder aiding qualities include rocker in the profile before the tip and tail, a directional twin shape and a small stance setback.

Carving

The Mega Merc felt less invincible at speed and more forgiving compared to the last time I rode it. But it was still something that felt great laying down deep aggressive carves on. 

For long radius, high speed carves, I felt the Black Snowboard of Death (BSOD, which I also rode on the same day) was better, which wasn't the case in the past, but for more moderate speed, shorter sharper carves, the Mega Merc had it over the previous model I rode and over the BSOD. It may have been that I didn't have the physical strength to access it before, but it just seemed to have this real spring out of carves and turns at more moderate speeds that I couldn't get out of it before. 

It's still good for high speed carves, don't get me wrong and it favors higher speed carves over slower speed anything. But it's a little more well rounded now. It's lost some of it's high speed carving prowess but that felt like it was distributed to slower, less aggressive carving, to give it an overall more well rounded feel. But certainly still favors more aggressive riding on a whole. 

Turning

Ease of Turning/Slashing: And some of that new found forgiveness has also allowed the Mega Merc to be an easier turner. Turn initiations were a little easier physically and technically. It still prefers carves, but feels more versatile in its ability to ride better slower and less aggressively than it used to. 

Maneuverability at slow speeds: Again, this is an area I felt it was better at, but overall still prefers higher speeds. 

Catchiness: Still not totally catch free but less catchy than before and less catchy than I found the BSOD.  

Speed

Still nice and stable at high speeds and felt fast overall and the base had some good glide to it. But it didn't feel as invincible at speed as it did previously. It's not limitless, but can handle a lot of speed, nonetheless. 

Uneven Terrain

Crud/Chunder: Nice and stable in crud and chunder, but again, it does have it's limits and isn't immune to being bucked around. Part of that is, what I detected as, its softer flex and partly that this board is just super light!

Trees/Bumps: It's still not a tree bunny, I wouldn't say, but the improvement I felt in it's maneuverability at slow speeds translated into it feeling better in trees to how I've felt it previously. And should be decent with powder in there too. 

Jumps

Wow! For me, that feeling of the board overall not being as rigid, seems to have unlocked some pretty epic spring/pop in this board. 

Pop: Still something you have to muscle a bit to access its pop, but not as much as I felt I had to previously and now that I feel like I'm able to access more of it, it has this really nice pop to it. It feels springy and lively. I was rather surprised when I measured the board after riding it, that the highest point of camber was only 3.5mm. I don't know where that pop comes from, but it's pretty epic!

And because it's so light you get full value for any effort you put in. 

Approach: It's still favors stability over maneuverability, but it's got a better balance between the two now, which was another reason why this board felt a lot better for jumps than I'd personally experienced previously. 

Landing: I found I could absolutely stomp landings on this thing. It was quite a thrilling board to land on when you got that feeling when you just nailed the landing. But it was also not too unforgiving when I didn't get the landing quite right. 

Side-hits: It was a lot of fun on sidehits. I'd still prefer a little more maneuverability and easier access pop, but was still really good, particularly for more open, easy to access side hits. 

Small jumps/Big jumps: You can still go real big on this and I would still say that large jumps are where it feels best and I can imagine it wouldn't have any trouble handling XL jumps (I only test up to L). Fine for smaller jumps too as well. 

Switch

Transitions were easier than in the past and overall nothing too bad. You couldn't be completely away with the fairies and transition away - there was some concentration on technique needed - but it wasn't something that felt like I had to really focus on so as not to catch an edge when transitioning. 

And when riding in the opposite direction it felt good. Quite similar to riding it forwards, but with the challenges that you get riding a board in your unnatural direction, if you're not completely ambidextrous. 

Spins

Setups and landings felt good. Setups weren't the easiest ever I've felt on a snowboard - there was some chance of catching an edge, like with transitions in switch - but it was fine and better than I felt it previously and better than I felt the BSOD. 

Not super easy to finish a spin on the ground, for when you under rotate, but doable. Again, a little easier than I found the BSOD and previous models. 

It's nice and light, so the actual rotations felt effortless - and that springy poppy feeling this board gives you meant that getting air, even without anything to launch off was pretty easy. And even though it rotated quickly in the air, it never felt like it want to over-rotate after landing. 

Jibbing

It felt better here than previously and better than the BSOD - it wasn't something I feared taking on jibs. But still nothing that I found was the best/easiest for jibs. But stronger jibbers should be able to handle it OK. But it's not what I would say is well suited to jibbing overall. 

Butters

You've still gotta put in a bit of muscle to get the nose and tail pressing. A little easier than I felt it in the past and vs the BSOD, but only subtly so. But it wasn't something that I couldn't press - and it locked in nicely once you got it there. And definitely not going to over-press - at least not for me. 

Score Breakdown and Final Verdict

Check out the breakdown of the score in the table below.

Not trying to sound like a cracked record, but to sum up, the Mega Merc felt to me like it had mellowed out a bit from my previous experience with it. It's still more aggressive than the average board and still something that feels best when riding it faster and being more aggressive with it. 

But it's now stripped out some of its top speed performance and distributed it to make it better at slower speeds and a little more forgiving overall. It felt like a more well rounded ride to me overall, but not quite as bullet proof when pushing it hell for leather. 

I personally preferred it like this and found that I discovered a spring/pop in it, that I just couldn't find in it before, at least not to the same extent.