Blizzard Black Pearl 97

I've helped hundreds of people find the right skis for them and today we're at Powder Mountain in Utah and I skied on the Blizzard Black Pearl 97. Jus...

Very forgiving, responsive ski, yet still very powerful. You know, maximum precision and control for a moderate waist width, which I love. So if you'r...

They use a bunch of great technology in here. They use their woman-specific carbon flip core as well as a woman-specific shape and their Truebun techn...

I just got done riding the Blizzard Black Pearl 97. I think this is a great ski.

Like I said, for me, these aren't the best choice.

The Bent is a softer ski with more camber, which is in theory good for learning on, but in all honesty I would push her more towards something like the Line Pandora 94 or the Blizzard Black Pearl 97 — still softer, still more cambered, but with carbon reinforcement so the ski won’t twist when she’s trying to whip into a stop on cascade concrete. Atomic’s Maven or K2’s Mindbender 90 Carbon would be in a similar category as well, if even less rigid than the skis I just mentioned. If you want to stick with a twin tip because she’s getting into park, great! The K2 Poacher or the Line Blend would do very well for that — again, carbon-reinforced softer skis (with cap construction vs. the Bent’s sidewall construction.

She likes her Blizzard Black Pearl 97s for this situation because they kind of crash through the crud. I do the same on my Brahama 88's. They both hold up VERY well in afternoon crud in spring.

from Blister "Through tighter and more challenging terrain, the Black Pearl 97 requires a lot of energy input and pressure on its shovels in order to access aquicker, tighter turn.