Ski: 2024-2025 Blizzard Black Pearl 88, 170 cm
Available Lengths: 146, 152, 158, 164, 170, 176 cm
Blister’s Measured Tip-to-Tail Length (straight-tape pull): 168.3 cm
Stated Weight per Ski (170 cm): 1770 grams
Blister’s Measured Weight per Ski (170 cm): 1773 & 1785 grams
Stated Dimensions: 127.5-88-109.5 mm
Blister’s Measured Dimensions: 127-87.5-109 mm
Stated Sidecut Radius (170 cm): 15 meters
Measured Tip & Tail Splay (ski decambered): 73.5 mm / 20.5 mm
Measured Traditional Camber Underfoot: 4.5 mm
Core Materials: poplar/beech + titanal (partial layers) + carbon & fiberglass laminate
Base Material: sintered graphite
Factory Recommended Mount Point: –10.4 cm from center / 73.8 cm from tail
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What Blizzard says about the Black Pearl 88:
“The Black Pearl 88 isn’t just built for how we ski, but why—joy, freedom, and confidence. With a women’s specific TrueBlend core, it is equal parts patience and power. It will venture off-piste for the first time or trench the hardpack for the ten millionth. Carve, surf, cruise or rip—the Black Pearl 88 is as dynamic as the women who ride it.”
More About the Black Pearl 88
Additionally, check out more details in our writeup on Blizzard’s new Black Pearl lineup of skis.
Flex Pattern
Here’s how we’d characterize the flex pattern of the Black Pearl 88:
Tips: 7.5-8
Shovels: 8.5-9
In Front of Toe Piece: 9-9.5
Underfoot: 10
Behind the Heel Piece: 9.5-8.5
Tails: 8-7.5
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