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Dylan Wood & Luke Koppa review the Season Kin for Blister

Deep Dive: Season Kin Ski

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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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Dylan Wood & Luke Koppa review the Season Kin for Blister

Season Kin Ski

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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

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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

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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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Luke Koppa reviews the Moment Countach 110 for Blister

Flash Review: 23/24 Moment Countach 110

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

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Blister reviews the Salomon QST Echo 106

2023-2024 Salomon QST Echo 106

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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

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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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Flash Review: 22/23 Dynastar M-Pro 108

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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

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

Deep Dive: Majesty Dirty Bear XL

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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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Blister reviews the 4FRNT MSP 91

22/23 4FRNT MSP 91

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Here are two of our reviewers' initial impressions of the narrowest and newest ski in 4FRNT's metal-laminate MSP collection.
Kara Williard reviews the Blizzard Sheeva 10 for BLISTER.

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

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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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Blister reviews the Fischer Ranger 102

2022-2023 Fischer Ranger 102

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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.
Blister reviews the Fischer Ranger 102

Deep Dive: Fischer Ranger 102

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We compare the Ranger 102 to the Ranger 102 FR, Ranger 108, Ranger 96, K2 Mindbender 99Ti, Black Crows Justis, Blizzard Bonafide, Zag Slap 104, Blizzard Rustler 10, Rossignol Sender 104 Ti, Moment Commander 98, Line Blade Optic 104, Black Crows Atris, Elan Ripstick 106, Faction Dancer 2, Atomic Maverick 100 Ti, Dynastar M-Pro 99, Nordica Enforcer 100, Salomon QST 98, Nordica Enforcer 104 Free, Volkl Mantra 102, Salomon Stance 102, J Skis Masterblaster, & 4FRNT MSP 99.

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Luke Koppa reviews the Faction Mana 3 for Blister

Flash Review: 22/23 Faction Mana 3

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Here are our thoughts so far on the 112mm-wide Faction Mana 3, which replaces the Faction Candide 3.0.

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Luke Koppa reviews the Meier Leeper for Blister

Flash Review: 22/23 Meier Leeper

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As Owen Leeper's pro model, we were curious to see where the Meier Leeper would fall into the ~115mm-wide category. Here are our initial impressions.

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