What's Blizzard up to?

[skibrd]

Just mounted up my orange 188's, so I have an extra pair of green 188's to sell, PM me for details.

If you said 193 Gunsmokes, I’d be all over them...


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[gregL]

If you said 193 Gunsmokes, I’d be all over them...


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Gunsmokes are gone, last pair went to oftpiste's Thing #1 . . .

[Bandit Man]

Just mounted up my orange 188's, so I have an extra pair of green 188's to sell, PM me for details.

Had green now have orange. The Cheeto skis have really grown on me. I like the orange.

[waxloaf]

Anyone else have any thoughts on brahma mount point? Curious as to how it skis at +2

[skibrd]

Anyone else have any thoughts on brahma mount point? Curious as to how it skis at +2

I’m on the line and I love them there


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[adrenalated]

Can some shop rat throw a tape measure on the current year 178 and 185cm Zero G 95 and tell me what actual tip to tail length is?
I'm kinda right in between sizes.

[Bushwacka]

measured length is actually 176cm and 183cm on the zero G 95s

[adrenalated]

Thank you!

[gregorys]

Blizzard Bodacious in 175-180cm lengths
It looks like the Bo isn't made in any sizes except 186 and 196.
I'm only 5'7" [getting old, so probably getting shorter now...sigh] and a 186 is way more length than I want or need.
I've got a 2014 Bo, and I love it - but am getting anxious about replacing it someday.

Is Blizzard going to start making the Bo in sizes for non-fat/short people again?
[I honestly hope the pendulum has swung as far as it's going to go on "light and playful" and we'll return to having more damp chargers...at least before I'm a shriveled old man, who has no need of them.]

[HAB]

Blizzard doesn't seem to have much interest in the Bo unfortunately - I LOVE that ski in a 186. But they're only making them in limited quantities, and don't really seem to be pushing/hyping them much. I have no real knowledge, but I'd be surprised if they added a shorter one.

[gregorys]

So, this obviously isn't a blizzard question, exactly, then.
Has anyone skied the Volkl Confession in comparison to the Bo? (Especially the OG "Tank" version.)
They do make the Confession in 179 [Though I haven't been able to find one, inexpensively, to suit my cheapo soul.]

[Undertow]

Blizzard Bodacious in 175-180cm lengths
It looks like the Bo isn't made in any sizes except 186 and 196.
I'm only 5'7" [getting old, so probably getting shorter now...sigh] and a 186 is way more length than I want or need.
I've got a 2014 Bo, and I love it - but am getting anxious about replacing it someday.

Is Blizzard going to start making the Bo in sizes for non-fat/short people again?
[I honestly hope the pendulum has swung as far as it's going to go on "light and playful" and we'll return to having more damp chargers...at least before I'm a shriveled old man, who has no need of them.]

Because that version did not sell... The Cochise sold like hotcakes but that version of the Bo did not... I hated both the Cochise and 19x Bo, but love my Angel's of Black Death Bos... That ski killed it and was not hard to ski but was heavy... I do now own 193 Rustler 11s that I cant wait to get on... If you are getting older and shorter that sounds like your ski...

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[gregL]

Has anyone skied the Volkl Confession in comparison to the Bo? (Especially the OG "Tank" version.)
They do make the Confession in 179 [Though I haven't been able to find one, inexpensively, to suit my cheapo soul.]

I've skied both in a 186 (I'm your size and also getting shorter); they are more similar than different. Heavy, powerful, don't really come alive until you're moving at a fair speed, tend to plow through difficult snow rather than float over it. Although I own the black 2019 re-issue of the Bodacious, I find myself using it seldom in comparison to my 188 Rustler 11's.

[XavierD]

Bo a quarterback for Auburn University

Bodacious is a ski made by Blizzard, originally influenced and developed with Arnie Backstrom. It’s still made in very small quantities for a particular customer who usually gets them on some sort of hook up. You’re not gonna see it in a 176 because it’s not the type of ski generally skied by folks who want something smaller. If you’re 5’7” and not looking at the 186 Blizzard likely makes a different ski more suited for you (hint: Rustler 11).

[gregorys]

Thanks for the feedback.
If I can find a pair of R11's cheap, I might try them.
But I seriously doubt I'll like them as much as the OG Bodacious - no matter what is "suited" for me.

I have a pair of Cochises too, and they see a lot of rotation - but the Bo's come out more often than one might expect. I've had weird conditions where I'd expect to use the Cochise, [it's not very deep at all] the Bo skis way better.

Guess I'll see about picking up an old copy, or perhaps branching out to a Confession.

[roQer]

Thanks for the feedback.
If I can find a pair of R11's cheap, I might try them.
But I seriously doubt I'll like them as much as the OG Bodacious - no matter what is "suited" for me.

I have a pair of Cochises too, and they see a lot of rotation - but the Bo's come out more often than one might expect. I've had weird conditions where I'd expect to use the Cochise, [it's not very deep at all] the Bo skis way better.

Guess I'll see about picking up an old copy, or perhaps branching out to a Confession.

Or try to find a metal Katana in 184. More accessible than OG Bodacious but no speed limit in every kind of terrain as well.

[NorCalNomad]

Can some shop rat throw a tape measure on the current year 178 and 185cm Zero G 95 and tell me what actual tip to tail length is?
I'm kinda right in between sizes.

If it makes any difference they definitely don't ski short