Freestyle Freeriders

Black Crows Captis - Review 2025

By: Derek Doyle & Annie Gunton - Updated: April 2025

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Derek Doyle

Contributor at SlopeMagazine.com

Hailing from Aspen, Colorado, Derek began his skiing career in the illustrious Powder Pandas ski school program, eventually sort of growing up to ski professionally in slopestyle and big air, while moonlighting as a ski tuner and writer.

Now living in Colorado’s front range, Derek can be found among the i70 crowd racing to find hidden powder stashes on the back bowls of Vail, on Park Lane in Breckenridge, under the lights on Keystone, and returning home to the High Alpine steeps in Snowmass. When he's not skiing he’s wishing he was, or nerding out on mountain biking, climbing, and golf.

Annie Gunton

Editor at SlopeMagazine.com

Annie has lived on 4 continents and traveled through 6. Spending her time in places as different as London and the Kalahari she has adapted how she gets out and enjoys what’s around.

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Where to buy Black Crows Captis:

Backcountry

Evo

While not everyone is looking for the same attributes in a ski as me, the Black Crows Captis are unequivocally the skis I would choose off of this list to buy and ski on 90% of my days on the mountain this season.

Much like their Birdie sister, the Captis features a light, springy poplar wood core that makes these a freestyler’s dream. They have enough camber to carve at speed and a slight rocker profile for complete balance, pivoting, and reliable handling. The 90mm waist keeps them versatile as an all mountain ski, yet lively and capital “F” FUN. They have a gradual side cut and a moderate 18m turn radius to keep them sporty in tight trees and bumps.

The 128mm shovel isn’t going to power you through the deepest powder days, but it’s enough to keep you floating through crud and shin-deep days. They also feel very poppy in the tails and have a fairly low swing weight, which means you can really whip them around in the park and stick the landing with a stable foundation.

For freestyle enthusiasts, they also feature a durable sintered base, so you won’t wear out your base on rails and boxes, and freeriders can hopefully avoid the dreaded core shot.