Capita SB Slush Slasher Review

Who is the Slush Slasher Most Suited To?

The Slush Slasher is best suited to someone looking for a fun board to add to their quiver to get surfy and playful in slush and powder. Particularly good in the trees, so could certainly make for a good tree board to add to your quiver. 

But certainly not a daily driver. Not good at speed or on a carve. But when you use it for what it's designed for - which is slashing, weaving through trees/bumps and surfing the slush/powder, then it's a really fun ride. 

Whilst it's super easy to slash on and not catchy at all and soft, I still wouldn't recommend it for a beginner. It's a different feeling and it's so loose it takes some skill to control - and if you got used to this feeling of board, everything else in comparison would feel really different. 

Bindings angles: +15/-15

Stance width: 580mm (23″)

Stance Setback: Not sure what the setback on effective edge is on this board, but it was setback 140mm on the overall length of the board. 

Width at Inserts: 280.5mm (11.04") at front insert and 270mm (10.63")*

*25mm of taper on this board, so width at the front insert is considerably wider. But overall not as wide as previously (see summary of changes below).  

Rider Height: 6'0"

Rider Weight: 180lbs

Rider Boot Size: US9.5 Adidas Tactical ADV

Bindings Used: Burton Malavita M

Control Board for Control Laps: Lib Tech Terrain Wrecker 

Weight: 2620grams (6lbs 13oz)

Weight per cm: 17.82 grams/cm

Average Weight per cm: 18.59 grams/cm*

*based on a sample size of around 200 models that I’ve weighed in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 & 2023 models. The Slush Slasher is super light. Given how wide it is, the grams/surface area would make it even lighter thatn the grams/cm would suggest. And on snow it felt super light too.

Changes for the 2023 model

The 2023 model had quite the overhaul. Changes include:

• New camber profile (now camber underfoot, instead of flat): The camber is pretty subtle though - and still had a looser, more surfy feel overall, despite the addition of some camber. 
• New dimensions: - Quite a bit narrower in the waist, but only very marginally narrower in the nose. Slightly less taper, but still lots. Sidecut vastly different (on the 147 it's gone from 13.3m to just 7.2m - though that's no surprise, given that the waist is so much smaller and the nose and tail only a little smaller).

Powder

Nothing on the day - just lots of slush - but that made it the perfect conditions to test out a board named the Slush Slasher! 

And the specs would suggest that it will be good in powder. It's got heaps of taper, it's got healthy rocker in the nose and it's setback a long way, with a very long nose and very short tail. It's a little soft flexing to be perfect in powder, though, so not quite full marks. 

Carving

It's too loose to carve. When you try to really lay down a carve, the tail washes out, which was no surprise. Even the introduction of camber can't make this board a carver. But I'd say it got marginally better in this area, with the addition of camber. 

Turning

Ease of Turning/Slashing: Slashes with effortless ease. This board is made to slash - no surprise with the name! Turns on an absolute dime. Only reason I wouldn't give it full marks is that it does take some skill to control that tail from slashing out too far and washing out - such is the ease with which you can slash. 

Maneuverability at slow speeds: Super nimble. As mentioned above, it turns on a dime. For how wide it is, that's impressive. That said, I sized down more than 10cm from my typical all-mountain size. And it's not as wide as it used to be - certainly not at the waist, which makes for quicker turns. And the sidecut is now way different (7.2m vs 13.3m on the 147) - an easier short/sharp turning sidecut. 

Skidded Turns: Completely uncatchy. This thing is made to skid/slash turns. 

Speed

Gets really shaky at higher speeds! 

Uneven Terrain

Crud: Doesn't smash through it at all but it goes over it with that big floaty nose and easy to correct, when you go get bucked around. 

Trees/Bumps: Super quick edge-to-edge and pretty much no tail to catch on anything as you whip between trees and bumps. So easy and effortless to weave between everything! 

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Jumps

Yeah, not great but not surprising. Really not designed for it. The little bit of camber redeems it from being a complete jump flop, but it's not far off it! Watch you don't accidentally back flip off that tail!

Pop: Average amount of pop. But it's super easy to access. Just think of it popping and it takes off. But there's nothing more when you try to wind it up. 

Approach: Wobbly on faster approaches. Easy to adjust and speed check, but not something I'd want to take over anything big. 

Landing: Sketchy on landings. Get it a little bit tail heavy and you'll be lucky to keep from nailing yourself. 

Side-hits: Quite fun, if you stick to the little ones. Can be fun for little hits in the trees. But I stress little. 

Small jumps/Big Jumps: Small. Sketchy approaching and landing big jumps on this thing. 

Switch

No way! There is practically no tail and that tail is flat. Super weird. If I gave up 0.5 scores, that's what I'd give it. Definitely not one to ride switch. 

Spins

I managed to land a couple of different 180s, but crap did it feel sketchy. Setting up or landing on that tail is not fun. Actually getting the spin around is super easy for how light and short it was, but nah, just no. 

Butters

Not good for butters. Don't get me wrong it was super easy to press the tail. Too easy! The slightest weight on the back foot and thing wanted to press. The nose is soft, but it's super awkward to press and the difference between the nose and the tail makes it feel weird to butter. 

Overall, the Slush Slasher is super fun for what it's designed for. 

Get on it expecting a surfy, loose, soft, playful, slashing, weaving machine and don't expect it to handle any kind of speed or hard carve, and you should have a really good time on it. 

Not a daily driver, but as part of a quiver, it's a fun option to take out on a slushy spring day or even a powder day.