Alight 8.0 Ca

The Quattro W 8.0 Ca we recommended last season returns in the guise of the Alight 8.0 Ca, renamed to fit into an umbrella rebranding of Blizzard’s women’s Frontside collection, part of a company-wide initiative, Women to Women, intended to better differentiate its women’s line. The Alight 8.0 Ca remains a featherweight that punches in the middleweight division, holding a secure, unwavering arc on the hardest artificial snow.

Rustler 11

To the Rustler 11, combating crud is like a career in service to a noble cause. Horrid snow gives it purpose, a reason to get up every day and do good work. Its tip is intentionally loose, allowing it to contort to whatever heinous condition lies around the next tree. Underfoot, the Titanal reinforcement one can see poking through the top-sheets gets busy, maintaining torsional rigidity through the midsection.

Blizzard 2017 Ski Brand Profile

OVERVIEW Blizzard’s fortunes began to turn around several years ago when the Tecnica Group acquired the brand and factory in Mittersill, Austria, and pumped a few million euros into an overhaul. It’s often the case in the world of industry that he who builds the last...

Quattro RX

  As one of the twin flagships of the Quattro line, the RX is festooned with features designed to deliver an ultra-secure, quiet ride that should travel unperturbed through just about anything. Yet in the first edition versions our testers essayed, the RX let...

Quattro 8.4 Ti

The Quattro 8.4 Ti is essentially identical to the Quattro RX except for a more modest suspension system buffering the skier from shock. Feedback from our testers suggests that they didn’t feel adequate connection to the snow even in soft conditions. These aren’t the...