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In 2010 Sierrasnowboard and Capita combined together to create an entirely unique snowboard.

Built with the guts of the indoor FK, the certified reforest core of the green machine, and cut in the shape of the horrorscope (with the inverted graphic of the horrorscope on the topsheet and the stairmaster diecut on the base), they created a deck that was far and away sierra's most popular board while they had it.

This board KILLED.

What did it kill though?

It kills the following: Rails, jibs, buttering, cruising, and pow. It also has surprisingly decent edge hold for a reverse camber deck and this is why:

The deck is MADE BY CAPITA. Its not just based on capita boards. Its made by them. Its pretty much the 2010 Indoor Survival Flat kick with a slightly wider shape.

So what is Flat kick?

This means the board is flat (zero camber) between the inserts (the holes for the bindings), then just after the inserts it kicks up very slightly releasing the contacts and allowing for a really fun loose and forgiving ride. This is a REVERSE CAMBER board.

In addition the board has carbon stringers running in an X shape from one insert to the other across the middle of the board. This makes the middle of the board (from just outside the inserts) very solid and capable of being pushed about a fair bit more than most reverse camber boards.

This design means you have a nice strong edge in the middle part allowing you to still charge, but also have a very fun flexy tip and tail to butter about with.

So what does this all mean? Who should be on this board, and what are they going to get out of it?

Well lets start with the basics material facts:

Ideal ALL MOUNTAIN Rider weight: 150-180lbs
Park weight: 160-200+lbs (i'll justify this in a moment).
Boot size: 8-11.5US
flex: Medium Soft (5)
Camber: Flat Kick (reverse camber)
Base: Sintered
Shape: True Twin

Board Condition: dinged at the tip, chips in topsheet. The base has a fair few scratches. No serious gouging, but definitely a couple of deep scratches.

Condition of board is ALREADY accounted for in the price, thanks

So who is it for?

Well, everyone really, so let me explain what youll get out of it depending on your level and where youll come up against its limitations.

Explaining the Sierrascope in relations to rider level:

1. Beginners

Pro's: Super forgiving, fun, early success, no edge catching at all EVER.

Soft enough to be fun, but stable enough for early progression into carving, this deck will take you through your first couple of years without even a second thought. Indeed, when i explain what intermediates will get out of it, youll see what i mean. I have no hesitation at all recommending this board to a beginner, in fact i think beginners would have a great time on this deck.

Cons: getting spanked around does teach you to stop doing the stupid crap that causes it as my freeride (which i learned on) will testify. This tightens up your riding. But since the whole point of this board is to give you a loose and playful ride... you pays your money you takes your chance!

2. Intermediates

So you've picked up carving, you've done a year or two and you're looking for your first serious do it all board that lets you hit up the park, maybe pop into some powder, and muck about on the groomers.
Yay! this is, and im not kidding, the board for you. To an extent (see cons).

Pros: This is a jack of all trades deck. In year three i hit everything on it from muju icefields at the start of the year (with the snow machines out), right through to massive pow drops in the niseko back bowls and everything in between. Everything i did in my third year i did on this board. And i promise you, i had a BLAST doing it. If there is one thing this board excells at, its letting you have a little taste of everything.

Actually if there are two things this board excels at its letting you have a taste of everything, but the second thing is a really fun cruising/stable park board (but I'll come to that in the advanced section).

Cons: I learned on a really aggressive ride. Towards the end of my third year i did start to feel like it wasn't everything i thought it maybe was. In steep and deep pow it did slide out a bit (no tail to grip in - though the float was awesome), and as my riding got a bit fiestier, the board kinda didnt keep up. It also HATES choppy terrain and will wash out on the unwary.

3. Advanced

I didnt touch the deck until the very end of this season. By then my riding had improved a fair bit (dunno if its advanced), but its advanced enough to know the board has a second serious quality.

It is an INCREDIBLE jib deck. In my third year i was delighted to be able to press it a foot easy off the ground. Getting on it at the end of last season i realised i could almost tailblock it. In addition, the washing issues were gone. Sure, i felt it slide out in the tail a bit on carves, but it was much more under control thanks to a year of getting back on camber. This opened up what an advanced rider is going to expect out of it.

The board makes an incredible jib/rail/butter board.
In addition it makes a really FUN hangover deck.

This is an awesome CRUISING board. Inside or outside the park youll be getting your thing on just chilling out with your mates and having a blast. Whether its lapping the park, or just turning the groomers and trees into your park, its going to do it all for you and what's more, its going to be fun.

If theres one thing i loved about getting on it again, it was just how much fun it was to throw it about and butter up the mountain like a pro. Its not going to be your serious go-to board, but its going to be a great muck about for those days when you just want to take it easy and enjoy the mountain.

Cons: Yeah, it aint serious unless you really want a bit more of a charging rail deck (which the FK and wider SOLID base is MADE for) or an all round park stick (but in that case id recommend you just buy an uninc or midlife ). It does a little bit of everything, and that means it doesn't really specialise in any one thing (except the aforementioned rails and butters). So its an odd board for your quiver maybe.

Heres some reviews from sierra (the place the board was made for) from the people that bought it:

http://www.trusnow.com/Capita-Sierrascope-FK-Snowboards.asp

And heres my review (when i wasnt trying to sell it so its my honest opinion):

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