BLISTER | Blister Ski Reviews 2021-2022

Kara Williard reviews the Fischer RC4 105 MV BOA for BLISTER

2023-2024 Fischer RC4 105 MV W BOA & Buckle

December 8, 2023March 3, 2023 by Kara Williard

For 23/24, Fischer redesigned their entire RC4 lineup, which includes three new lasts, and arguably the biggest overhaul was to their MV series. Check out our First Look for all the details about the new RC4 collection, the women-specific RC4 105 MV BOA, and how it compares to the traditional buckled version.

Luke Koppa reviews the Line Bacon 115 for Blister

Flash Review: 23/24 Line Bacon 115

January 18, 2025March 1, 2023 by Luke Koppa

For the 2023-2024 season, Line has opted to replace the previous Outline with the brand-new Bacon 115 — check out our initial impressions.

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Kara Williard reviews the Blizzard Sheeva 10 for Blister

2023-2024 Blizzard Sheeva 10

March 1, 2023March 1, 2023 by Kara Williard

Blizzard opted to update one of their most popular and most versatile skis, the Sheeva 10, and we’ve been A/B testing the new and old versions to see how they compare. Check out our Full Review & Deep Dive comparisons to see what we’ve found.

Dylan Wood & Luke Koppa review the Season Kin for Blister

Deep Dive: Season Kin Ski

February 27, 2023 by Dylan Wood

We compare the Season Kin ski to the Season Aero ski, Season Nexus ski, Black Crows Mirus COR, Line Sir Francis Bacon, K2 Reckoner 102, Line Blade, Line Blade Optic 96, Faction Mana 2, DPS Koala 103, Whitedot Altum 104, Volkl Revolt 104, Majesty Dirty Bear XL, Nordica Unleashed 98, Black Crows Camox, Dynastar M-Free 99, Salomon QST 98, K2 Mindbender 99Ti, Norse Enduro, Atomic Bent 100, J Skis Masterblaster, and 4FRNT Switch.

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Season Kin Ski

February 27, 2023 by Dylan Wood

The Season Kin is a 98mm-wide ski that's part tight-radius carver and part freestyle jibber — check out our Full Review & Deep Dive comparisons to learn more about this nontraditional model.

2022-2023 Atomic Hawx Ultra 130 S and Professional GW

June 5, 2023February 24, 2023 by Dylan Wood

Atomic's new BOA-equipped boots may be getting all the attention right now, but their fixed-cuff, standard-buckle Hawx Ultra 130 deserves to be on the radar of a whole lot of skiers out there. Check out our full review of the standard Hawx Ultra 130 + the Hawx Ultra Professional to see our reviewers' thoughts on these boots after spending more than 100 days in them.

Flash Review: 22/23 Deviation Works Ellipse v2.3

January 18, 2025February 24, 2023 by Dylan Wood

We spent time on the Deviation Works Ellipse v2.3 at the 2023 Blister Summit. Check out our initial impressions of this all-mountain ski.

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Nordica Announces New 23/24 Unlimited A/T Boots

February 23, 2023 by Luke Koppa

Today Nordica announced their brand-new line of alpine-touring boots, the Unlimited series. Check out the details here.

Blister Summit 2023: New Gear Recap

February 22, 2023February 22, 2023 by Luke Koppa

With over 30 brands at Blister Summit 2023, there was a whole lot of new 23/24 gear to test. Check out the new-gear highlights from each brand here.

Luke Koppa reviews the Moment Countach 110 for Blister

Flash Review: 23/24 Moment Countach 110

January 18, 2025February 20, 2023 by Luke Koppa

We've started spending time on Moment's newest ski, the Countach 110. Check out our initial on-snow impressions.

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Line Announces New 23/24 Chronic 94 & Chronic 101

February 17, 2023 by Luke Koppa

The Chronic has been in Line's collection for quite some time now, and for 23/24, they're expanding it into two revamped models. Check out the details here.

Blister reviews the Salomon QST Echo 106

2023-2024 Salomon QST Echo 106

April 28, 2023February 14, 2023 by Luke Koppa

Salomon just announced a new QST ski, and the QST Echo 106 might look familiar to keen-eyed viewers of Cody Townsend’s Fifty Project. Check out our First Look of the QST Echo 106 for more info on this new touring ski.

Blister reviews the Rossignol Sender Free 110

Flash Review: 23/24 Rossignol Sender Free 110

January 18, 2025February 13, 2023 by Luke Koppa

We've had several reviewers spending time on two different lengths of the new Sender Free 110 — check out their thoughts so far.

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Paul Forward reviews the WOVN Kingfisher 120 for Blister

2022-2023 WOVN Kingfisher 120

February 10, 2023 by Paul Forward

Here are our measured specs, rocker profile pics, and flex pattern numbers for the WOVN Kingfisher 120.

Flash Review: 22/23 Dynastar M-Pro 108

January 18, 2025February 10, 2023 by Charlie Schayer

This season Dynastar updated one of their longest-standing and most "legendary" skis — here are our initial thoughts on the new M-Pro 108.

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Luke Koppa & Dylan Wood review the Majesty Dirty Bear XL for Blister

2022-2023 Majesty Dirty Bear XL

February 8, 2023 by Luke Koppa

This season Majesty opted to take a longstanding ski in their lineup and split it into two different models — check out our full review for more on the new, 105mm-wide Dirty Bear XL.

Deep Dive: Majesty Dirty Bear XL

February 8, 2023 by Luke Koppa

We compare the Dirty Bear XL to the Black Crows Atris, Line Sir Francis Bacon, Salomon QST 106, K2 Reckoner 102, J Skis Hotshot, 4FRNT Devastator, Moment Deathwish 104, Elan Ripstick 104, Nordica Enforcer 104 Free, Rossignol Sender 104 Ti, Whitedot Altum 104, Shaggy's Ahmeek 105, Line Blade Optic 104, 4FRNT MSP 107, Sego Big Horn 106, Armada ARW 106 UL, Black Crows Camox, Volkl Revolt 104, Blizzard Rustler 10, DPS Koala 103, RMU Apostle 106, & ZAG Slap 104.

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22/23 4FRNT MSP 91

February 7, 2023February 6, 2023 by Luke Koppa

Here are two of our reviewers' initial impressions of the narrowest and newest ski in 4FRNT's metal-laminate MSP collection.

Flash Review: 23/24 Blizzard Sheeva 9 & Sheeva 10

January 18, 2025February 4, 2023 by Kristin Sinnott

Update 2.4.23: We've been spending some more time on the redesigned Sheeva 10, after Kristin Sinnott the Sheeva 9 & 10 this Fall in Austria — check out Kara Williard's initial impressions.

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2022-2023 Fischer Ranger 102

February 3, 2023February 3, 2023 by Dylan Wood

We've had six of our female and male reviewers on two different lengths of the overhauled Ranger 102 — check out our Full Review & Deep Dive comparisons to see how it stacks up to the previous Ranger 102 FR and the rest of the market.