The Capita Spring Break Resort Twin is an all-mountain freestyle snowboard that is designed to be versatile enough to ride anywhere, yet playful enough to be really fun in the park too.
This deck is a great resort option for riders on the East Coast, Mid-West, or anyone who calls a smaller mountain their local resort. It’s got a medium 5 out of 10 flex with a profile that puts camber between your feet and rocker zones in its tips to make it feel less catchy.
Overall, it’s an easy-riding board that’s got a lot of pop, but it isn’t the dampest. If you like to cruise and the park, you’ll love it, but if you’re looking to charge and stay away from the park, you’ll probably want a different board.
I didn’t just demo this board for a day. I bought the 2024 Resort Twin in a 154, and it was my daily driver for the 2024/25 season. I put 62 days on it at Montage and Jack Frost in PA, Big Snow in NJ, and Stratton, Mount Snow, and Killington in VT. I’ve also ridden the 2025 version on a demo day, and I was invited to ride the current 2027 version a season early at the EWSRA demo in Stratton, VT. So this review covers how it rides on day one and how it holds up after a full season of East Coast ice, slush, and park laps.
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My Review Summary
After testing the Spring Break Resort Twin for a season, I’ve found it to be an incredibly well rounded freestyle deck that offers such a great value for the price (and if you find last season’s version on sale, you should jump at it).
The board offered the perfect balance of stability and response for carving with its ability to press and pop for riding in the park.
I categorize the Resort Twin as being a top choice for all mountain freestyle deck for any intermediate rider who wants one board that can do everything they need to at a smaller resort.
Review Scored Rating of the Capita Spring Break Resort Twin Snowboard
The Capita Spring Break Resort Twin earned an 83.9 out of a possible 100 points in our all-mountain freestyle rating category. This rating system prioritizes a blend of carving, versatility, and park performance.
The Resort Twin earned a 83.9 out of a possible 100 in our All-Mountain / Freestyle boards rating scale. Here are the stats from the review.
The Highlights of the Capita SB Resort Twin
Overall, the Resort Twin is extremely versatile and fun to ride all over the resort, and in most conditions. This is a board that carves well, feels stable underfoot, has an exceptional level of pop for jumps, and is playful enough to be great at jibbing, too. It’s got a noticeably fast base, and it will be a solid board for 90% of the resort and park riders out there.
The main limitation of the Resort Twin is if you’re looking for an aggressive carver of an all mountain board, this isn’t it. It carves well enough for the casual resort rider, but if you’re looking to push it to its absolute speed limits, it will chatter enough to force you to slow down. The chatter is manageable for the occasional bombed hill, just keep your knees bent and you’ll be fine. However, if you’re the type of rider who only wants to go fast, there are damper and more stable boards out there to support that type of riding. This is more for the casual resort rider who just wants to enjoy the ride.
If you’re looking for a resort snowboard that can carve well and hit park features, get the Resort Twin and love every second of being on it.
Pros
- Resort Versatility – It’s a board that balances all types of resort riding for the East Coast or Mid-west resort rider.
- Park Performance – This is a board that is excellent for jumping and jibbing evenly.
- Edge Hold – This features Capita’s Deathgrip sidecut, so there is one serration right in the center of the sidecut of the board. This helps to give it an extra locked in feel on groomers and ice without feeling overly catchy.
Cons
- Not Beginner-Friendly – While it is easy to ride, it will feel catchy to a beginner.
- Not the Dampest Board – It can feel chattery if you’re riding aggressive on uneven terrain.
- Takes Time to Break in Flex – It can feel torsionally stiff until it breaks in. The carbon in the tips stiffens up the board from toe to heel for the first 20 days of riding it. (They offer tons of pop, though.)
Which Type of Rider Will Like the Capita Resort Twin?
The Capita Spring Break Resort Twin is great for the rider who wants a fun all-mountain freestyle snowboard that can go anywhere and do anything without making a lot of exceptions for what it can do. It’s the most park-friendly do-it-all board I can think of, so if you want to cruise down groomed runs and hit the park all with one board, this is a great option for that.
Image Gallery From The Review
Here are the images I took while I was riding the Capita Resort Twin. You can click into them and it will open like a slide show.
What I Love About the Resort Twin
Here are the things I loved about the Capita Spring Break Resort Twin.
It’s Versatile Enough for Both Resort Carving and Park Riding
This is a board that can truly do it all well. It carves, jumps, presses, and can still hold an edge. There are few sacrifices with this board. If you want one board that can do most riding very well, this is it.
The best example of this was a February day at Montage here in PA. It was icy and hardpacked in the morning, so I spent the first few hours carving between two trails, Cannon Ball and Lower Runway. In the afternoon, it softened up and I lapped the Yard park, hitting kickers and flatbars. And even on what most would consider a crummy day, this deck was still great for all of it. I never once wished I’d brought a different board with me (and I often do).
It Offers a Locked-In Yet Playful Feel
A main highlight of the Capita Spring Break Resort Twin is the level of stability it offers while still being fun to ride. The board feels locked into turns while you’re carving, and its unique flex pattern makes it still incredibly pressable for freestyle riding.
It Has an Exceptional Level of Pop
Capita gave the Resort Twin two v-shaped carbon boosters in both the nose and tail, along with two beech stringers running through the center of the board. These features work together to give the Resort Twin an extra boosted level of pop. On a scale of massive pop being rated a 5 and weak pop being rated at a 0, I’d rate the Capita Spring Break Resort Twin’s pop at a 4.4.
It’s not so much pop that it will overshoot you or be challenging to learn the timing of, either. The level of pop feels perfect to me. It has an intuitive feel with a little something more to it to help get you in the air.
It Offers More Forgiving Landings
One feature to love about the Resort Twin is that its camber profile makes landing spins easier. If you’re slightly off axis when you land, you can simply revert into place and ride away. This is because the Resort Twin’s hybrid camber profile makes the contact points of this board feel more forgiving and less catchy when you land. Capita calls this profile their Resort V2 Profile. If you were to look at the Capita Spring Break Resort Twin from the side, its profile would look like this.
The Resort V2 profile has a traditional camber section between your feet with reverse camber sections running outside of the insert packs through the nose and tail. The benefit is that you get the power, pop, and drive of positive camber between your feet with the catch-free landings and the easier-to-carve feeling of reverse camber in the tips. This profile gives the board a very predictable, intuitive feel while still coming packed with a generous amount of pop.
It’s Lightweight and Durable
The Resort Twin was built with a noticeably lightweight, durable wooden core called Spring Break’s Meta Core. Here is an image of what the construction of the board looks like underneath its topsheet with the three different types of wood and carbon amplifiers.
What 62 Days Did to This Board
Here’s how my own Resort Twin held up after 62 days of steady riding in PA and VT. The edges have no cracks. There are minor burrs from ice and jibbing that I could take a gummy stone to. There was one visible smaller dent from coming down a bit angled on a tailslide, but it didn’t change anything about how the board rode or jibbed. I’d classify it as normal wear from abuse in the park.
The base was still in great shape, about an 8 out of 10. There were some minor scratches from jibbing, and no core shots whatsoever. I waxed it every 5-6 days. The pop still felt noticeably above average (I attribute that to the v-shaped carbon stringers). The camber didn’t look to flatten much. The only thing I noticed was that it did break in around the 20-day mark, where it became easier to press. Other than the topsheet chip I talk about below, nothing else chipped away or broke.
Its Eye Catching Graphics
Every year this deck has come out with really great graphics. What’s not to love about a whitish board with knives on its topsheet? Here’s a look at the 2027 Resort Twin’s base.
And here is a close up of what you would see between your feet on the 2027 Resort Twin’s topsheet.
There is something to how you ride better when you are on a board that you think looks fresh. You get a little added level of confidence to ride harder or try tricks you may not otherwise try.
What I Didn’t Like About the Capita Resort Twin
Here are some details about the Capita Spring Break Resort Twin I didn’t like.
It Is Not the Dampest Riding Board & It Does Chatter
This is a lively board with a ton of boardfeel to it. However, you do feel vibrations as you ride over choppy terrain at top speeds. This was never so bad that it wore my legs out or interfered with the way that I rode the board, it’s just a noticeable detail that you do feel the terrain as you ride over it.
The first time I really noticed it was on Upper Tamarack at Stratton in VT. Conditions got a little firm in the shade, and when I was going pretty fast, the chatter was noticeable. It wasn’t a big deal while I was home at a smaller mountain, but when I stepped up to steeper trails (away from home), I noticed more of the board’s limits with chatter. At more moderate speeds or on less steep terrain, it never was an issue or anything I even noticed, though.
I say this note about chatter just to caution that this is not a freeride or race board. It’s got a speed limit just like all of the other resort twin boards.
The Topsheet Can Chip
The Resort Twin is a board you will want to be careful with in the lift lines. The white topsheet can chip right where it meets the bright green (or yellow) sidewalls. I went to the indoor park on a crowded day, and getting off the lift, another rider put their board over mine and turned. That’s how I got this chip.
Fortunately for me, I was able to secure this back down thanks to some Gorilla Glue gel, and now it looks like this.
The chip happened the second day I was riding the board at Big Snow. I have a feeling it would have happened to any board. By using Gorilla Glue gel to hold it down and make sure it was watertight, it’s made it around 60 days so far with no other issues like that.
The truth is that all snowboard topsheets will chip like this if someone accidentally runs their ski or snowboard’s edge into or over your topsheet. With the bright contrasting colors of this board showing chips easily, you might just want to give people a little extra room in the lift lines with this snowboard.
It Is Torsionally Stiff At First, So It Is Not the Easiest Board to Butter
While this snowboard is very easy to nose press and tail press, it isn’t as easy to butter with. The board is softer from nose to tail (longitudinally) than it is from edge to edge (torsionally). The stiffer torsional flex makes it challenging to butter because it’s harder to bend the nose towards your toes or towards your heels enough to ensure your weight is always uphill as you swivel your butters around.
The stiffer torsional flex is a characteristic of the Carbon V-tech Amplifiers that Capita and Spring Break added into this snowboard. You can see the carbon amplifiers in the gray portion of this diagram.
The carbon amplifiers offer this snowboard a ton of additional pop and response. However, they make it a little more challenging to spin with your butters.
It isn’t impossible, just harder than you would think.
If you are searching for a board to specifically help you master your flat ground tricks, check out one of the boards featured on our best snowboards for buttering award list.
How Does the Capita SB Resort Twin Handle Across the Entire Resort?
The Resort Twin is a go anywhere and do anything-type of snowboard that does a great job bridging the gap between a stable, focused groomed terrain carver and an explosively poppy park deck. Its hybrid camber and special sidecut give you a locked-in feel on groomers while remaining playful enough to hike rails and hit side-hits.
Here are the main highlights for what it felt like to ride the Resort Twin.
It’s An All-Mountain Snowboard That Carves Exceptionally Well
This is a board that carves so well. When you first step on this board, you’ll notice it has an exceptional level of edge hold. Capita gave this board its Radial Sidecut with Deathgrip technology. This special sidecut means the Resort Twin has a traditional sidecut arc that runs the length of the board, with one additional contact point added directly in the center of the arc. If you were to look closely at the edge of this snowboard, it would look like this.
Notice the extra bump in the center of the snowboard’s edge? That extra contact point in the center of the sidecut allows the board to grip better in all conditions, regardless of the type of terrain you are riding in. The extra level of grip allows you to feel in control at all times, so you can ride confidently and improve how you connect your turns without worrying if it’s too icy out.
Is the Resort Twin for the carver who is always trying to dig trenches with their turns? No.
The Spring Break Resort Twin excels at quicker, tighter turns. This board’s shorter sidecut radius and camber dominant profile make it easier to make tighter, more abrupt turns. The carving abilities of the Resort Twin make it perfect for carving groomers at your favorite resort, cruising through trees, and navigating from feature to feature in the terrain park.
While the Capita Spring Break Resort Twin is capable of making the occasional wider, more precise carve, too, it’s just not its strong suit.
Does the Resort Twin Have a Strong Level of Edge Hold?
Yes, the Deathgrip sidecut adds a serrated contact point in the center, providing a locked-in feel on ice without feeling catchy.
The iciest day I rode it was a February night at Montage in PA. It was sunny all day, and then when I got off work to take a few laps, it was a total sheet of ice from the snow melting and freezing again. The Resort Twin held its own thanks to the Deathgrip sidecut’s added grip. The base also didn’t get any gouges from hitting a few jagged spots. I scored it an 8.5 out of 10 for its added grip on ice. It offers more grip than the average deck, but not as much as a Lib Tech or Gnu board with Magne-Traction does. (So it’s better on ice than a Capita DOA, but not as good as a board with Magne-Traction.)
How is the Resort Twin on Jumps?
The Resort Twin is also excellent for hitting jumps. It’s noticeably poppy.
Most of my jump testing was at Montage, hitting medium-sized and small jumps. I’ve hit large jumps with it too and it was fine, but most of the time I stuck to jumps under 40 feet, and I would say that’s where this board is strongest. The pop is predictable. I really like to frontside spin, and there were a few times I landed off axis, but the board’s rocker in the tips made it a little more forgiving if I didn’t have my deck all the way around.
Jumping-wise, compared to the Capita DOA, the Resort Twin’s pop feels like it offers maybe 5% less of a boost. There is more carbon in the center of the DOA, where the Resort Twin’s carbon is just in its tips. That configuration makes it a bit better option for jibbing than the DOA (it does a better job molding around features to help you balance). But the Resort Twin is a more well rounded version where it carves, jibs, and jumps well, you just get a hair less pop out of it.
How is the Resort Twin for Jibbing?
It’s a decent deck to jib with overall.
While this board has a medium flex pattern, it is very pressable for nose and tail presses on rail features. The carbon in the tips also give you a little extra boost off of jib features so you can get an extra 180, too.
The flex worked well to cradle around features, but I wouldn’t say it’s the softest jib board you can buy to help you jib. So, if you’re buying this deck specifically for jibbing, you probably can find a softer Capita board to lock on to rails even easier, like the Capita Stairmaster. So while it can jib noticeably well, if that’s all you’ll do, get a softer deck.
How Does the Resort Twin Ride Switch?
Since it’s a true twin, perfectly symmetrical deck with the same flex in the nose and tail, it rides switch exactly as well as it does in your regular stance. Landing switch off jumps felt perfect, and riding switch down groomers felt normal with no surprises. I scored it a perfect 10 out of 10 for switch riding.
Is the Resort Twin’s Base Fast?
Yes, this is a quick feeling base. Is it the fastest base you can buy? No, but it is faster than most of the bases at the $600 price point.
Capita gave this board a hybrid “sintruded” base. Capita calls it the Power Drive Base. It was originally formulated for the wider Spring Break Powder Division boards. It combines the speed and durability of a sintered base with the low maintenance characteristics of an extruded base.
I was surprised at how fast the board is, though. I was expecting it to be like a slower extruded base, and it wasn’t. Underfoot, it feels exactly like a sintered base. I wax it just as I would a sintered base, and I’ve had no issues getting speed. It flies through flatter sections and has no issues getting speed between features in the park.
Is It Easy to Butter With?
With the new 2027 version, I am changing my answer from previous years. I used to say “not really.” Now, I’ll say it is easy to butter with practice for getting the board to flex right in its sweet spot right outside the contact points.
After around the 20-day mark of riding this board, its flex starts to break in a little torsionally (or maybe you just get really used to it fighting you), and spinning your butters begins to get a little easier.
I still can’t tell exactly why, but I think it’s both something different about Capita’s manufacturing process to make sure a board feels pre-broken in and the fact that I’ve been on the deck long enough to break in an older one. On paper, the board hasn’t changed much beyond sizes and graphics, but I would swear it’s more pressable brand new now, as if Capita has a new pre-broken-in process they used to not have. Either way, at the 20-day mark this deck comes into its own to feel more buttery and playful than it did for me at first.
It’s a Stable Ride Where You Still Feel Some Chatter
Capita added two v-shaped carbon boosters into the nose and tail of this board. These boosters have two primary benefits. They give the board an additional level of pop, and they add some dampening effects. While the dampening is noticed, this board feels more lively than it does damp.
You can reduce the vibrations you will feel by pairing this snowboard with a pair of bindings that offer some additional dampening properties, like the Union Ultra or Union Force.
For the updated 2027 review, I went with the Union Force bindings, and they paired really well.
For the original version of the Resort Twin I went with the Union Ultra bindings.
Is the Resort Twin a Lightweight Board?
Yes, the Resort Twin is a very lightweight board. In the 154cm size I own with my Union Men’s Medium bindings, the whole set up only weighed 9.8lbs. That’s on the lower end for the size gear I ride. A heavier set up would add around 2-3lbs.
How Is the Resort Twin in Powder?
I would say it is only ok in powder, and if you ride powder often, I’d recommend checking out the Spring Break Powder Twin instead as it’s the more directional powder-focused version of this board.
I rode it on a powder day at Killington, VT. It did well enough to get to the bottom, but it didn’t wow me. I wound up getting my Rome Service Dog out of the car. The Resort Twin is best when it isn’t a deep day. It doesn’t have any extra features to help it float.
So Is The Capita SB Resort Twin a Good Snowboard?
Yes, but for the right rider. If you’re on the East Coast or the Mid West where you ride smaller resorts without a lot of snowfall each year, the Capita Spring Break Resort Twin is an outstanding deck for carving, jibbing, jumping, and cruising all over your local resort.
Where Is the Capita Resort Twin Not the Best Performer?
The Resort Twin isn’t the best deck for riding in powder or riding aggressively at extremely high speeds, as someone in the Rockies or another area out West would. So if that’s you, check out the Capita Mercury instead, as that board would be a better fit for you.
Review Highlights Video
You can watch me ride and review the Capita Spring Break Resort Twin in this Youtube short.
How Long I’ve Ridden The Resort Twin: I’ve ridden the Resort Twin for 65 days across two seasons and three released versions of this snowboard, 62 of them on my own board. That includes the current 2027 version, which I was invited to ride a season early.
| Season | Board | Where | Days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 – 2025 | My own 2024 Resort Twin, 154 | Montage and Jack Frost in PA, Big Snow in NJ, Stratton, Mount Snow, and Killington in VT | 62 |
| 2025 – 2026 | 2025 Resort Twin demo, 154 | Montage in PA | 1 |
| 2025 – 2026 | 2027 Resort Twin (current model), 156 | EWSRA demo at Stratton, VT, a season before release | 2 |
This board was my daily driver for one full season the year it came out, and since then, it hasn’t received any technical upgrades other than its graphic. So the notes of my review still hold up for the current version of the Resort Twin.
Size I Rode: For this review, I rode the 154cm Capita Spring Break Resort Twin. For sizing information, I am 5′ 6″, 142 pounds, and have a size nine boot.
Sizes Available: The Capita Spring Break Resort Twin is available in a 152, 154, 155W, 156, 158, 158W, and 160cm.
You can use this expandable size chart to find the right size of the Resort Twin for you.
See the Right Size Spring Break Resort Twin for You
| Size (cm) | Rider Weight (lbs) |
|---|---|
| 152 | 110-170 |
| 154 | 120-180 |
| 155 Wide | 130-190 |
| 156 | 130-190 |
| 158 | 140-200 |
| 158 Wide | 140-200 |
| 160 | 150-210+ |
Flex: The flex is rated at a medium 5 out of 10. The Resort Twin has a playful, pressable flex that still feels in control at all times while carving.
I found the board to be slightly stiffer torsionally than longitudinally. After about 20 days, the board broke in, and I stopped noticing this detail, though.
Overall Rating Score: 4.2 out of 5
Other Comparable Snowboards to the Capita Resort Twin You Should Consider
- The Capita DOA
- The K2 Medium
- The Burton Custom Camber
- The Salomon Huck Knife
- The Gnu Headspace
How Does the SB Resort Twin Compare to the Capita DOA?
Both boards are very similar boards from Capita. The main summary is that the Resort Twin is the more versatile go-anywhere-and-do-anything board while the DOA is the better option for jumping. Having ridden both, the biggest difference I felt was that the Capita DOA offers more pop and is the better deck for jumping. The Resort Twin is the better deck for doing everything you need to at a smaller resort. Check out our in-depth comparison of the Capita DOA vs The Capita Resort Twin to learn more.
Which bindings go well with the Spring Break Resort Twin Snowboard?
If you will ride in the park often, go with the Union Ultra Bindings.
If you want to carve more with some park runs thrown in, go with the Union Force Bindings.
What Is Different About the New 2027 Version of the Resort Twin?
The new 2027 Capita SB Resort Twin didn’t receive any technical upgrades or new features.
Here are the only new details:
- It has a new graphic.
- Last season it started to become available in three new sizes, including 152cm, 155cm Wide, and 158cm Wide.
Is the Resort Twin Worth Buying?
Yes, this board is absolutely worth buying.
The Capita Spring Break Resort Twin is a near-perfect all-mountain freestyle board that’s worth every penny.
Where Can You Buy a Spring Break Resort Twin?
Why Did I Buy the Capita Spring Break Resort Twin Snowboard?
The Resort Twin is a board that I loved enough that I decided to buy it for my collection. I did this because I wanted a versatile board that could carve as well as it hit the park. I went with the 154cm Capita SB Resort Twin because I wanted to size up a bit from my usual 151cm size.
What Are the Main Benefits of The Resort Twin?
- It Is Very Versatile – This is a resort-focused snowboard that carves well on groomers, icy conditions, and slush. It’s also exceptional in the terrain park.
- Stable Feeling and Fun to Ride – This is a stable and extremely fun resort board to ride. From the moment I stepped on it, it felt in control and ready for fun. I didn’t want to get off of it. It’s stability across multiple types of riding is its highlight.
- Perfect 5/10 Medium Flex – It is pressable. It offers a fantastic level of pop for jumps and offers enough power to carve exceptionally well.
- Massive Pop – The Spring Break Resort Twin board has a hybrid camber profile, which blends the power and precision of traditional camber with the forgiving and easier-to-ride characteristics of a rocker profile. Capita also gave the Resort Twin carbon boosters to increase the level of pop you get from this board.
- Lightweight – This board features a wooden core with carbon features that make it noticeably lighter than other resort-focused boards.
- Fast Base That’s Low Maintenance – The Resort Twin’s base is fast and durable. I still waxed it every 5-6 days, the same as I would a sintered base.
What Experience Level Rider Should Get the Capita Spring Break Resort Twin?
The Capita Spring Break Resort Twin is best suited for intermediate to advanced riders.
Beginners can learn to ride it, too. However, it is more intended for riders who are used to or looking for the power and response of a camber-dominant resort snowboard. If you already have the fundamentals of riding down, you will enjoy this board.
Capita Spring Break Resort Twin Snowboard Specs
| Size (cm) | 152 | 154 | 155W | 156 | 158 | 158W | 160 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Effective Edge (mm) | 118.0 | 119.6 | 120.4 | 121.1 | 122.7 | 122.7 | 124.2 |
| Tip Width (cm) | 29.6 | 30 | 30.9 | 30.4 | 30.8 | 31.3 | 31.2 |
| Waist Width (cm) | 25 | 25.5 | 26.1 | 25.8 | 26 | 26.5 | 26.2 |
| Tail Width (cm) | 29.6 | 30 | 30.9 | 30.4 | 30.8 | 31.3 | 31.2 |
| Sidecut Radius (m) | 7.7 / -1.5 / 7.7 | 7.9 / -1.5 / 7.9 | 7.9 / -1.5 / 7.9 | 7.9 / -1.5 / 7.9 | 8.0 / -1.5 / 8.0 | 8.0 / -1.5 / 8.0 | 8.1 / -1.5 / 8.1 |
| Reference Stance (in) | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 |
| Stance Setback (in) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rider Weight (lbs) | 110-170 | 120-180 | 130-190 | 130-190 | 140-200 | 140-200 | 150-210+ |
| Rider Weight (kg) | 49-77 | 54-81 | 59-86 | 59-86 | 63-90 | 63-90 | 68-95+ |
What Other Riders Think About the Resort Twin
If you’ve made it this far, you’ll know I really enjoy this board. So I wanted to give you a feel for what other’s say about it, too.
Reading through the review section on Capita’s site, most riders call out how much fun they have on this board and how versatile it is to cruise the whole resort.
A lot of riders call out its unique camber profile with its positive camber underfoot and forgiving reverse camber past the bindings, and how that gives you the perfect mix of stability and pop for everything from powder to park while still being able to lock in and balance jibs.
My favorite user review comes from none other the Capita pro rider Joey Fava. Here’s what he wrote about the Resort Twin.
What’s different most from my experience, is that some riders find this board really playful and easy to butter with. I didn’t find that at first. It presses easily, but the spinning with the butter was a bit challenging until around the 20-day mark, when it broke in and felt more buttery and playful. Just don’t let that be the sole reason you get it, there are better boards to butter with. If you’re looking for a similar board that can butter easier, maybe check out the Capita Dark Horse.
Overall, most other riders love how it’s great in all conditions, carving groomers, and launching off side hits.
About the reviewer
Rider Name: Steve Weber
Where I Rode This Board: 1) Stratton in VT, 2) Big Snow in East Rutherford, NJ, 3) Montage in Scranton, PA, 4) Jack Frost in White Haven, PA, 5) Mount Snow in VT, and 6) Killington in VT.
Size / Model I Ride: To write this review, I rode three versions of this board. I rode the 2024 Capita SB Resort Twin in a 154. This is the board that I own as part of my own collection. I also demoed the 2025 version in a 154 at Montage, and the current 2027 version in a 156 at the EWSRA demo in Stratton, VT, a season before it was released.
Rider Weight: 142lbs
Rider Height: 5′ 6″
Bindings Used: 1) Size Medium 2024 Union Ultra Bindings 2) Size Medium 2025 Union Falcor Bindings 3) 2026 Union Force Bindings – My preference is either the Ultra or Force for this deck.
Boots Used: Size 9 DC Phase Boots
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Steve Weber is the passionate snowboarder, skateboarder, and author behind Board of the World. He understands that most gear reviews focus on having the perfect snow conditions, but his testing methodology is different. Living in Pennsylvania, Steve describes exactly how a board performs when the conditions aren’t perfect. His reviews cover performance on ice, hardpack, and flat-out brick conditions. So Steve is the guy reviewing boards for the conditions that East Coast riders actually face.
Bringing 27 years of East Coast snowboarding and 21 years of skateboarding experience, Steve is a 43-year-old intermediate park rider. His recommendations are informed by decades of battling icy conditions, ensuring every review accounts for the board’s performance on the roughest of terrain.
For the last six years, Steve has poured his passion into writing in-depth, unbiased reviews that help riders make informed decisions about the gear they’ll use. He gets his first look at new gear each January at the EWSRA January Mart and rides the next season’s boards at the EWSRA on-snow demo in Stratton, Vermont. These events give him a direct line to learning about the new gear tech a few months in advance. He also consults on a local snowboard shop’s website and helping the team decide which gear to stock for the season. When he’s not writing reviews, Steve is often found riding at Montage Mountain and testing out new boards.
Deciding between this and the Jones Mountain Twin for my one board to do it all. I’m smack dab in the middle of an intermediate rider. Mostly stick to blue groomers, but mess around on greens, and send it down black diamonds. I really want to try hitting the park this season, something I’ve never done.
6′ 190 lbs. Thinking of getting a ~158cm board of one of these two. Is there one board you recommend over the other here? Thanks!
Alex! Thanks for the question. I would say I love both of the boards that you’re interested in equally, and you really won’t make a wrong decision. It comes down to one main use case difference, though. Will you be using your do-it-all board also to hit powder? Or is it more intended to be your resort board on groomed terrain, and you have a different board for cruising on the deeper days? I ask because the Capita SB Resort Twin wouldn’t perform as well in powder as the Jones Mountain Twin would. The Capita floats decently to get by. However, the Jones Mountain Twin has a 3d spoon nose and a setback stance that makes its powder performance a little better than the Resort Twin. While on the other hand, I’d say the Capita SB Resort Twin is the more stable of the two options for groomed terrain. Both are really strong in the park. I tend to prefer the Capita SB Resort Twin due to it being centred stance. So, my recommendation would be to make your decision around how often you get to ride powder. It’s the groomed vs powder decision. If you’ll be on groomed terrain far more often, go with the Capita. If you get more than the occasional pow day, go with the Jones.
In terms of your sizing, you’re spot on with the 158 for the Capita Resort Twin. The Mountain Twin doesn’t have a 158 option at the moment, so I’d recommend going 160.
Good luck with your riding this season, and let me know how it goes!
Steve
I have a question regarding this board. I am looking to purchase the 2024 model. I am torn on the size I should get. I am 5’9″ 185 lbs. Everyone is sold out of the 154 and the 156 is available. Do you think that size is too big for me. I am an experienced rider who wants this as my everyday board on groomers.
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Art
Hey Art, This is one of those boards where you’ll want to get as close with Capita’s weight recommendations as you get the pop and flex Capita were intending. There are carbon boosters in the nose and tail for extra pop, and I really found those to help me with power for turning and to get an extra boost off jumps. I am considering the pop and flex of the board as they are such a strong selling feature for this deck, so I’d steer you more towards the 156. If you have a 154 now, and worry sizing up to a 156 will be too big, it won’t be a noticeable difference. The waist width and sidecut configurations are very close between the two models. Now, with all that said, Capita’s specs would really recommend that you consider the 158 based on how much you weigh.
Hi, My daily is a HK and comes out of the package with a -3 degree bevel between the bindings and -2 degree past the inserts… i slightly denuted the HK, but i can’t find any information about SBRT edges.
The SBRT edges are 90º? Do you felt the need to detuned your SBRT edges to hit the park/rails?
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Yo Mike! I slightly detuned the sections of my Capita SB Resort Twin in between my contact points and the Death Grip notch that sticks out dead center between your feet. I left the notch itself sharp. Do you absolutely need to do this? Not at all, but I felt like it wasn’t as catchy once I did. You’re exactly right that Capita’s edges are 90 degrees. Capita’s FAQ page says this about tuning -“Factory edge bevel specifications: Base Bevel 1.5° / Side Bevel 1.5° / Overall angle geometry is 90°. Note – for a ‘one file’ tuning method, use an 88.5° fixed file to tune the side bevel.”
Hey Steve,
For a mostly park board for someone that is 5″10, 160-170 lbs with size 9 boots, what size would you recommend? I live in the East Coast and my hill is small so not looking for anything super stable.
I’d go with the 156cm for the Capita Resort Twin. I rode mine in 154cm (I am 5’6″ and 144lbs) and had no issues with it feeling too stiff and not molding around features for jibbing. With this one, I’d stick close to their size charts.