Capita Ultrafear Review

The Capita Ultrafear is a really fun freestyle/park deck that has a nice spring/energy to it, offering easy pop but also decent total pop. 

Around the mountain it feels agile, light and likes slower to moderate speed vs higher speeds. 

In this review, I will take a look at the Ultrafear as a freestyle snowboard.

As per tradition here at SnowboardingProfiles.com I will give the Ultrafear a score out of 100 (based on several factors) and see how it compares with other freestyle snowboards.

Overall Rating

Board: Capita Ultrafear 2025

Price: $499

Style: Freestyle

Flex Rating: Medium (5.5/10)

Flex Feel on Snow: Medium-Soft (4.5/10)

Rating Score: 88.0/100

Compared to other Men’s Freestyle Boards

Overview of the Ultrafear’ Specs

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

Who is the Ultrafear Most Suited To?

The Ultrafear is best suited to someone looking for a dedicated freestyle/park deck to add to their quiver. 

It's easy enough to use if you're just starting out with freestyle stuff, but you'll want to have some general snowboarding experience before riding it. 

Not going to be a one-board-quiver for most, but if you only plan on riding park and doing side-hits, flat-land tricks etc on the groomer and only go in trees when there isn't powder and don't want something that can bomb and rip high speed carves, then it could be for you. 

TEST/REVIEW DetailS FOR THE Ultrafear

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

Demo Info

Board: Capita Ultrafear 2025, 153cm (254mm waist width)

Date: March 7, 2024

Powder

Even in shallower powder, the Ultrafear felt like it was going to nose-dive. It would fare even worse in deeper powder. Wouldn't be my choice. 

There's really not much going for it for powder. Small nose and tail, mostly camber profile and a centered true twin. 

Carving

It's pretty fun to rip slower speed carves on this board. But it falls apart pretty quickly when you try to lay down a trench when going anything faster than moderate. 

Turning

Ease of Turning/Slashing: Super easy to initiate and slash turns on. 

Maneuverability at slow speeds: Really nimble at slow speeds and requires very little effort to get it moving quickly from edge-to-edge.

Catchiness: It's not catch-free, but it's certainly not catchy either. I felt just a bit in the tail but it was minimal. 

Speed

The base is decently fast, which was a pleasant surprise, given it's not a fully sintered base. But when opening it out, it does get pretty wobbly - not very stable at higher speeds. 

Uneven Terrain

Crud/Chunder: Given it's not the dampest board and not the stiffest board, it handled crud decently well. Still relatively unstable and relatively easy to get bounced around, but not the worst. And easy to make corrections if you're not trying to bomb through too quickly. 

Trees/Bumps: Felt really good - nice and easy and quick edge-to-edge. It would be a different story when there was deeper powder though - would likely get divey and become a fight and a back leg workout to keep the nose from forcing an unintended forward somersault.  

Jumps

Really fun for jumps.

Pop: Really easy to access pop, but also really decent total pop. It's got a good mixture. Most of its pop is easy to extract, but there's more there when you want it and are willing to put the energy in to load it up. 

Approach: For moderate and slower approaches, it feels nice and stable but still easy to adjust and speed check. For higher speed approaches to large jumps, it's not as good, but can handle reasonably big jumps.

Landing: A good mixture of stable but forgiving. Again, better for small to medium landings - but then again, I was on a 153, which is small for me, so would probably have felt better for bigger jumps on a bigger size. 

Side-hits: Sick! This thing is made for side-hits. Agile, easy pop, good total pop. Just super fun. 

Small jumps/Big jumps: Best for small to medium jumps, but could handle larger jumps. In a bigger size might have been more suitable for larger jumps. 

Switch

Feels the same going in either direction and transitions to/from switch are nice and easy with very little catch-feel. 

Spins

Was really spinny! Being a 153 helped that, but also it's a really light board in general -and that swing weight felt super light. Just really easy to get the board rotating. 

Setting up and landing switch was also really good and was something you could finish a spin on the ground with fairly easily, when you under-rotate. 

Some tendency to over spin, but not as bad as some. 

Jibbing

Felt good. I'm not a strong jibber but I didn't mind taking this down the jib-line in the park. 

Butters

Butters nice and easily and can lock in presses without being super easy to over-flex. 

Score Breakdown and Final Verdict

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

The Ultrafear is a fun energetic park board that is light and agile and excels for butters, spins, side-hits, rails/boxes and small to medium jumps. 

It's not something that I'd take in powder by choice, and doesn't feel at home at more than around 25-30mph (40-45kph), but that's not what its made for.