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...
For most men, a Frontside ski represents a destination, whereas for many women a Frontside ski is part of the journey, a stepping stone that will help her attain the skills experts take for granted. The new Blizzard Cheyenne is a bit of both, enough ski for the...
It’s in the nature of successful ski brand families to extend the clan as far as reason will allow. In today’s market, that means either adding or subtracting 10mm of waist width to the icon that first caught traction. If that flies, repeat. Sometimes this means the...
