18/19 All-Mountain & Frontside Skis

18/19 All-Mountain & Frontside Skis

Author: BLISTER April 5, 2018 Duration: 41:03

We just finished testing a bunch of skis at Taos, and because of a closing-week snowstorm, we ended up getting on everything from very heavy, modified race skis, to a new, extremely light big mountain ski. So Blister editors Sam Shaheen and Luke Koppa join me to go over a number of the highlights, including the new Atomic Bent Chetler 100, the HEAD Supershape i.Titan, a new carver from DPS, the Black Crows Orb, and what might be my new personal favorite ski from Blizzard.

TOPICS & TIMES:

  • Shredding West Basin in a Hello Kitty onesie & snowblades (2:04)
  • Atomic Bent Chetler 100 (5:48)
  • Bent Chetler 100 vs. LINE Sick Day 104 (8:20)
  • Renoun Citadel 106 (13:41)
  • Blizzard Brahma (17:28)
  • Update on the Fritschi Tecton (20:00)
  • Black Crows Orb (22:15)
  • HEAD SuperShape i.Titan (29:10)
  • HEAD i.Speed Pro (33:10)
  • DPS Cassiar 79 - “The Trainer” (35:34)

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