All-Mountain Freestyle Skis for Women

Black Crows Captis Birdie - 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 Birdie:

REI

Backcountry

Evo

Women who crush it in the air, wiggle through bumps and trees, and charge down steeps will probably already be familiar with the Black Crows Captis Birdie, and it’s back and better than ever for 2024.

The 2024 Captis Birdie keeps its wood core and fiberglass laminate, but sheds a metal layer to give it a light poppy feel without being squirrely at high speeds. It has a classic freestyle shape with a slightly raised camber and only a whisper of rocker shape in the tip and tail. It has enough kick and grip to whip around tight turns but can still smear and butter like a playful freeski. Without the metal layer they aren’t exactly race skis but they’re still very predictable and fast.

The mountain point is a little behind where a traditional freestyle ski might go, which actually makes them a bit more skiable throughout the mountain on varying snow conditions. They sport a sweet new color in Tiffany blue and look as sharp as freshly tuned edges.