Blizzard has been serving up one home run product after another since their launch of the Flip Core construction for the 2011/12 season. Except in one department: over that span of time they’ve wrestled with the right formula for a woman’s Powder ski. They began by...
If the Peacemaker were Snow White, its roommates would be named Floaty, Surfy, Smudgy, Softie, Fatty, Swimmy and Twin-Tip. The Peacemaker’s plan is that if you want to turn, you’ll simply swivel your feet. Thus it’s possible to ski an entire day and never engage...
For the second season running, Blizzard has given the Cochise the full spa treatment: first slim the core and fluff up the camber, then add more taper to the tip and tail and take off a bit more weight by adding a swath of carbon front and rear. They all add up to...
The Samba has been dancing around this category for several seasons now, giving us a clear picture of just who belongs on this seductive beauty. You’ve seen her at big mountains like Mammoth and Squaw, dropping her hip within a few cm’s of the slope on every turn,...
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...
