Nordica Blower Alpine Ski - 2007 BCS

Great ski. I was moving to this from a Rossignol Bandit XXX. This ski is certainly more flexible and forgiving than the XXX. It's quite nimble for a ski with this much underfoot. The tip is soft-ish laterally but is quite stiff torsionally. That lets it absorb hits well and still maintain stability in crud. It is very smooth in powder but seems to have a pre-programmed medium turn shape. The tails are slightly soft for my taste but that results in a forgiving flex that doesn't punish mistakes. In spite of the flex, it handles speed without buckling. Great ski. I highly recommend it.

this ski kills it. you better have big balls to get the most out of this ski. fun in deep pow on this ski and just straightlining anything. super fun dropping off cliffs and stomping everything on this ski

I'm 6'5" and 250, so maybe I'm not the typical ski tester, but I could not stand this ski. It was jittery and would not carve. When I pushed it caved. Even in crud with big sweepers it was unsettled. I gather it changed significantly from the '07 model.

This ski absolutely rips. I ski 100+ days a year, and spend a substantial amount of time on these boards. The flex and turn radius are perfect... stiff enough to power through crud and let the ski run on big lines, but also nimble enough to work in the trees and on groomers. If you want a big ski that can do just about everything I would buy this ski in a 185 over a legend pro rider any day. ( i can't wait to get a new pair mounted with dukes!)