We admit to experiencing a tremor of trepidation when we heard Blizzard was planning to modify the design of the Bonafide, one of the greatest skis of all time and not, in our august estimation, a candidate for “improvement.” What a relief to discover they only...
The Black Pearl is the centerpiece of Blizzard’s all-mountain women’s collection, with a Goldilocks’ waist width that’s not too fat for carving or too skinny for flotation. It’s just right. “So much fun… in everything,” purred Nancy from Footloose. “It felt completely...
The Regulator and Brahma are both Blizzards, but they are Jeckel and Hyde when it comes to their on-hill comportment. The Regulator is a twin-tip that treats every run like it was recess, time to fool around and forget about the classroom and all those boring lessons...
The Brahma isn’t a flashy ski. It doesn’t have any special cutouts or add-ons adorning its surface, nor is it particularly shapely. If you putter along with your feet beneath your hips you may never discover what a powerhouse purrs under its demure exterior. But...
We’ll say this for Blizzard and their “All-Mountain” women’s flagship, the Viva X8: they aren’t being patronizing. Built to essentially the same specs as the men’s Power X8, their only sin is to assume that American women want a robust Frontside carver when the...
