Black Crows Skis 18/19 Line

Black Crows Skis 18/19 Line

Author: BLISTER January 21, 2018 Duration: 33:45

This is Part 2 of our conversation with Black Crows co-founder, Camille Jaccoux, and head ski designer, Julien Regnier. Here, we get into the topic of women-specific skis, then go over what’s new in the Black Crows 18/19 lineup before it gets unveiled in Denver next week at the SIA tradeshow.

You can check out Part 1 of our conversation with Camille and Julien about the history and trajectory of the Black Crows on the Blister Podcast (episode 64), and here is Part 2:

TOPICS & TIMES:

  • The Black Crows approach to “women-specific” skis (2:12)
  • The Black Crows Arto and Vertis (12:50)
  • The difference between the 16/17 Atris and the current Atris (13:27)
  • Julien’s take on mount points (21:39)
  • The redesigned Corvus (24:19)
  • The redesigned Camox Freebird (25:45)
  • The new Solis (26:55)
  • Camille on the new Black Crows apparel (29:37)

This episode is presented by Marble Brewery. Check out their Reserve Ale that we talk about in the intro.


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