blizzard quattro

Blizzard quattro RX 181 w/ Marker Xcel 14 system binding. Last year's version. Skied maybe half dozen very short days - a bit too much ski and too demanding for my scrawny 165lbs. These are pretty burly for a frontside oriented ski. Top sheet and binding minty. Couple of small scrapes in the...

Blizzard's 2017 line of skis is up. Check out our Previews, Thumbnails, and Long-Term Tests! Long Term Test: 2017 Cochise Overview: 2017 Quattro Collection Ski Essentials: 2017 Quattro 8.0 Ski Essentials: 2017 Quattro RX Ski Essentials: 2017 Black Pearl

This is an area that I am really excited about. We had a few years of lean snow in the Tahoe area, which inspired clicking into skis that are leaner and meaner. Let's face it, when the cold smoke runs out and gives way to cream cheese and corduroy, the weapon of choice falls smack dab in the...

This year gave us a new opportunity at SIA, a "not exactly sure what we will be testing” opportunity. In 2014, we knew we would be on hard-snow skis. In 2015, we knew we would be on soft-snow skis. For 2016, conditions ended up putting us on every kind of ski, from 68 to 112 mm underfoot (I...

After feeling like a kid in a candy shop at Mt. Rose, I now feel like a kid trying to explain to his parents "why" I liked the specific candies that I liked. Did they look cool? Was it texture? Flavor only? Sour? Sweet? "I don't know ... I just liked this and didn't like that." So I will try my...

Living in the 80s isn't all about neon and Miami Vice. The 80-90mm category is going to be one of the most contested segments going into the 2016-2017 buying season. There is a ski here for everyone. You want something pure hard snow? It is here. You want something that is more off-piste...

Hey PugSki! The SkiEssentials.com crew got out on some of the new Blizzard Quattro frontside skis this week. First ski we took a closer look at is one of flagship Quattro models, the RX. The RX has the widest platform in the Quattro line (shared with the Quattro 8.4Ti) and is designed to...

This the first of many overviews of the upcoming 2017 ski offerings. These purpose-built designs want to be on firm snow and skied primarily on edge. After you buy one of these skis, and before it even touches the snow, give it some proper attention in the form of an aggressive tune. By this I...

"The Quattro is a collection of men's and women's skis that are specifically designed for groomed snow. They are the most thoroughly designed and technologically advanced skis ever built." That marketing statement could be said by any ski company offering a new collection of skis. Blizzard has...

I have my first teaser on the front page here SIA PREVIEW. Here are a few more to fill in the blanks... Blizzard Quattro Blizzard is returning to its roots and bringing back the "Quattro" name in an all-new frontside collection. Just as it did by offering the Mach 1 boot in narrow and medium...