What's Blizzard up to?

[meter-man]

Who cares about the changed construction, layup, or rocker profile.

I will only buy another Blizzard if it is 187 cm. 186 won’t work for me. 188 felt too long.

187 or to the barricades!!!


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[~mikey b]

so funny


blah blah blah

[snowaddict91]

Who cares about the changed construction, layup, or rocker profile.

I will only buy another Blizzard if it is 187 cm. 186 won’t work for me. 188 felt too long.

187 or to the barricades!!!


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Right. JFC.

New changes to the R11 sound interesting to me.

[K1mJ0ngTr1ll]

Well, be prepared to be upset - wasatchback works for Blizzard

186 sounds perfect to me - 180s are too small, 188 too much. 186 = probably around 184 straight pull, very nice

I’m upset… lol. It does make more sense for the masses but not for me. I’ll be interested to see how the new metal layout effects the flex of the ski.

[K1mJ0ngTr1ll]

I will say a 186 R9 sounds like it could be a good bit of fun.

[Spooky]

Who cares about the changed construction, layup, or rocker profile.

I will only buy another Blizzard if it is 187 cm. 186 won’t work for me. 188 felt too long.

187 or to the barricades!!!


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Oh don’t worry, I’ll have opinions on those things too once we get more info!

[Gweilo]

I will say a 186 R9 sounds like it could be a good bit of fun.

Considering the current snow conditions in Europe a beefed up 186 R9 is promising. Curious abt sidecut and turn radius !

[meter-man]

These new Rustlers flux.

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https://blisterreview.com/gear-revie...er-sheeva-skis

I henceforth gavel in the Armchair Review Committee for its winter 2023 session!

[WhetherMan]

These new Rustlers flux.

??

https://blisterreview.com/gear-revie...er-sheeva-skis

I henceforth gavel in the Armchair Review Committee for its winter 2023 session!

The radii are wrong, these are going to be TRASH! /s

I fondled the rustler 11 a couple weeks ago and I thought it was heavier than the stated weight there. But I am not a scale.

[kid-kapow]

hm, fairly light still

[Gweilo]

Couldn’t care less abt the new R11 but dig the weight, size and radius of the 192 R10 already. That and the orange sidewalls

[counterfeitfake]

At a quick glance, recent activity in this thread looks like many pages of bickering about various "Rustlers" and two centimeters (that is well under an inch, for Americans).

Seems like Blizzard might not be up to very much?

[SacTo]

At a quick glance, recent activity in this thread looks like many pages of bickering about various "Rustlers" and two centimeters (that is well under an inch, for Americans).

Seems like Blizzard might not be up to very much?

New construction, new rocker profile…….

[Eluder]

New Rustlers

https://blisterreview.com/gear-revie...x1Ur2teAS2lYs4

https://www.instagram.com/p/CnM7cxAtjVF/

[robnow]

Having hand flexed the new 11 and 10, 11 felt nice and supportive, 10 did not (both the low 180 something). Unfortunately I can’t compare new 11 to old as haven’t flexed that one in a long time. May get to ski them this week but most likely they’ll all be on the short side for me.

Blizzard screwed up on the colour combo again on the 11, flouro yellow sidewalls with orange bases, didn’t look good IMO.

[sf]

The new Sheeva 10 and 11 are probably the ugliest skis I’ve ever seen.

[wasatchback]

Same amount of metal as before repositioned to give the skis a much more round and consistent flex from tip to tail. Present layup can cause some hinging in the tip and tail where the metal ends in the fore body of the ski. Two strips of metal that change in width depending on the model, run the full length of the ski but are not joined in the tip and tail. The third piece of metal under foot is also not joined to the strips over the sidewalls. This is important as it keeps the playfulness that the old construction had by keeping the ends of the skis torsionally softer.

I can feel the full length of the ski more on this new model. Previous gen, especially the 10, I felt like you couldn’t feel much of the ski past where the rocker started and they always felt very short

10 got the biggest change to the rocker with much less tail rocker which is a very welcome change.

9 is now 96mm under foot.

Spent most of my time on the 192 R11 so far as it’s been snowing so much. I don’t think we’ll see 192 r10s to test until maybe March.

All in all I think the top end has been improved considerably without sacrificing the ease of use and playfulness.

[kid-kapow]

Ah, nice - thanks for explaining the idea behind the new design!

It will be interesting to see if the new 10 is less turny / short turn biased than the outgoing version. The new 9 looks very interesting as well.

dammit, so many interesting skis nowadays!

The new Sheeva 10 and 11 are probably the ugliest skis I’ve ever seen.

hah, funny - I like them. It will be fun to see them in person, whenever that will be.

[bluesbrother49]

The new Sheeva 10 and 11 are probably the ugliest skis I’ve ever seen.

Hahahha..I just did a trade show showing the new lineup to dealers and buyers and their was one consistent message from any woman in the booth..."Those are the coolest women graphics I've ever seen". Men know nothing!

[wasatchback]

Hahahha..I just did a trade show showing the new lineup to dealers and buyers and their was one consistent message from any woman in the booth..."Those are the coolest women graphics I've ever seen". Men know nothing!

This

[singlesline]

Curious to see more on the snow feedback come in as I've really enjoyed my Rustler 10s (188) as a daily driver here in Whitefish, but they are near end of life and I've been pondering replacements. Looks like current shop inventory will be my last chance to pick up the old design if I decide I want more of the same.

I'm not opposed to the extra length, but not if it makes them harder to swing around through the tighter trees.

Are they keeping the variable waist widths? Article just says 102 underfoot for the 180cm, but I recall the older models stepped up to 104 underfoot for the 188 (and down to 100 for the short size).

Gonna miss the 10s being blue--I appreciated that they kept them consistent even as the 9 and 11 switched colors.

[sf]

Hahahha..I just did a trade show showing the new lineup to dealers and buyers and their was one consistent message from any woman in the booth..."Those are the coolest women graphics I've ever seen". Men know nothing!

[meter-man]

Same amount of metal as before repositioned to give the skis a much more round and consistent flex from tip to tail. Present layup can cause some hinging in the tip and tail where the metal ends in the fore body of the ski. Two strips of metal that change in width depending on the model, run the full length of the ski but are not joined in the tip and tail. The third piece of metal under foot is also not joined to the strips over the sidewalls. This is important as it keeps the playfulness that the old construction had by keeping the ends of the skis torsionally softer.

I can feel the full length of the ski more on this new model. Previous gen, especially the 10, I felt like you couldn’t feel much of the ski past where the rocker started and they always felt very short

10 got the biggest change to the rocker with much less tail rocker which is a very welcome change.

9 is now 96mm under foot.

Spent most of my time on the 192 R11 so far as it’s been snowing so much. I don’t think we’ll see 192 r10s to test until maybe March.

All in all I think the top end has been improved considerably without sacrificing the ease of use and playfulness.

Badass - thanks for sharing the straight dope.

Is the 192 R11 still significantly burlier than the [checks notes] 186 R11? I understand the first-gen had a stiffer layup or something.

When will us plebes be able to buy the new shit?

[Westcoaster]

Are the hustle heavier than the v2 rustlers? Dont really understand the published weights.

[wasatchback]

Badass - thanks for sharing the straight dope.

Is the 192 R11 still significantly burlier than the [checks notes] 186 R11? I understand the first-gen had a stiffer layup or something.

When will us plebes be able to buy the new shit?

Yup. Longest lengths are always burlier in construction. 186 is also stiffer than 180, etc.

Varying waste width concept continues

R11 192=116, 186=114, 180 and down = 112
R10 192=104 186=104, 180 and down = 102
R9 186 = 98 180 and down = 96