The rumor we started that Blizzard created the G-Power FS so that ordinary citizen-skiers could take their shot at breaking the sound barrier is probably apocryphal, but it contains a kernel of truth.  The G-Power is also rumored to be rockered tip and tail, yet it feels so welded to the earth it would take a crowbar to break the edge loose.

Statisticians will observe that the G-Power earned its highest marks for holding a continuous carve at high speed.  If this is your bliss, the G-Power could be your ski, for it loves nothing more than making elongated, unbroken arcs on a corduroy carpet.

Blizzard makes a line of ultra-light alpine touring skis named Zero G, which one might confuse with the G-Power were it not for the fact that Zero G represents a small family of skis and G-Power is the name of a single model that by itself weighs about as much as the entire backcountry clan put together.

The G-Power incorporates patches of carbon at tip and tail to reinforce snow contact in these areas, a task at which it most ably succeeds.  The carbon story always has a lightweight angle, and no doubt the carbon inserts in the G-Power do effectively reduce swing weight, but the G-Power also has every other material in it known to the ski maker’s art, so the overall impression is anything but light.

But once this ski is set in motion, all the fretting over weight is forgotten. All you notice is what you don’t notice: no shock, no vibration, no loss of edge grip and best of all, no effort.  The premium one pays for the G-Power goes into dampening elements that quiet the ride and empower the ski to track unperturbed over and through everything from mid-winter boilerplate to late spring porridge.