Ski: 2024-2025 Black Crows Corvus, 186.2 cm
Available Lengths: 169.4, 176.3, 181.0, 186.2, 191.4 cm
Blister’s Measured Tip-to-Tail Length (straight-tape pull): 184.7 cm
Stated Weight per Ski: 2075 grams
Blister’s Measured Weight per Ski: 2008 & 2049 grams
Stated Dimensions: 137-110-120 mm
Blister’s Measured Dimensions: 136.5-109-119.5 mm
Stated Sidecut Radius (186 cm): 25 meters
Measured Tip & Tail Splay (ski decambered): 53 mm / 34.5 mm
Measured Traditional Camber Underfoot: 3.5 mm
Core Materials: poplar/beech + partial titanal layer + fiberglass laminate
Base: sintered
Factory Recommended Mount Point: -6.1 cm from center / 86.2 cm from tail
Intro
The Black Crows Corvus was the first ski produced by the brand, and its name has remained in the line ever since — though the design of the Corvus has by no means stayed stagnant.
The Corvus once again gets an overhaul for the 2024-2025 season, and there are quite a few major changes, relative to the previous (18/19–23/24) generation that we reviewed.
We’ve been spending time on the new Corvus and will be posting a Flash Review ASAP. But as we get more time on it before the lifts close for the season, we’re posting here our measured specs, flex pattern numbers, rocker profile pictures, and some info from Black Crows about the new ski.
So, take a look, let us know what you think, and then keep an eye out for a Flash Review in the near future, followed by a Full Review next season.
What Black Crows says about the Corvus
“The Corvus is the original blackcrows ski, the founder, the black stallion. Born in the winter of 2007-2008, it is the essence of blackcrows skiability: everyday, every kind of snow, every terrain, the pleasure and curve playfulness. For 2025, here’s the fifth version of the mothership. And it’s an all-new shape: classic camber, straight lines, 2 progressive rockers, a dash of titanal, a touch of alpine, and here’s the new beast for big mountain skiing, made to enjoy big curves, go fast, and pivot in couloirs. This version marks the return of the black bird to the zenith of free skiing in big terrain.”
And then here are some more specs & details on the new Corvus, from Black Crows:
construction: semi-cap, ABS sidewalls all around
core: poplar-beech / fiberglass
added material: single titanal plate
floatation: high with 110mm at the waist
rocker: double rocker, great maneuverability, control & pivot
camber: classic medium camber underfoot with intermediate ski/snow contact for a great balance between stability and handling
sidecut: long curve radius for high speed stability & good grip
flex: solid flex underfoot for stability and precision, then progressive in tip and tail for comfort and efficiency
mounting point: -6cm
Flex Pattern
Here’s how we’d characterize the flex pattern of the Corvus:
Tips: 5-5.5
Shovels: 5.5-6.5
In Front of Toe Piece: 7.5-10
Underfoot: 10
Behind the Heel Piece: 10-9
Tails: 8.5-6
The new Corvus has a flex pattern that’s characterized by two very different zones — the rockered portions (the all-pink parts of the top sheet) and the cambered portion (the rest of the ski).
The rockered parts of its tips and tails are very soft. The cambered portion of the ski is quite strong. And since most of the ski is cambered, that means it’s pretty strong overall, but with notably soft extremities.
Stay Tuned…
We’ve spent a few days on the new Corvus and will be posting a Flash Review ASAP. We’ll also discuss it in our upcoming 2024-2025 Winter Buyer’s Guide, and aim to post a Full Review & Deep Dive comparisons next season once we can get it into some more varied conditions and terrain.
Powder7 said the 186 was the longest length, glad they were wrong! These seem sweet, looking forward to the review
Are Black Crows ski names purely based on color codes? They went from cambered fairly demanding semi charger to flat directional to soft (ranger 96 like tip shovel), cambered and moved mt up. Wouldn’t a name change be in order? Anomaly is taken so Abnormality, Aberration, something Anomaly like.
This actually looks like a pretty interesting profile. Straight and stiff in the middle, loose and forgiving at the ends. Progressive mount. Enough camber that maybe you get decent suspension out of a pretty light weight? Feels like this could be fun for medium level charging, bouncing through chop, snaking through tight spaces, and jumping off of things.
Even more disappointed that I did not get on a pair at the Freeride Days Engelberg event a few weeks back – they were constantly out – look very interesting. I did however get on the Justis, which had previously been of no interest to me, and loved it. The beauty of demo days
Holy hinge point! Guess we’ll see on snow though
Yeah, not my thing at all, but I know a lot of people who are really into skis like this.
For what it’s worth, Didier is set to qualify for the FWT on the Region 1 Challenger series with the new Corvus on his feet.
For a certain sort of rider a ski with soft ends and a stout middle like this is a terrific comp ski. Isaac Freeland broke out on the Sego Big Horn, and Max Hitzig dominated the Region 1 challengers and then started winning on FWT with some stupidly noodly skis (though it’s slipping my mind what they were). You would never see, say, Reine or even Marcus Goguen on a ski like that, but there’s a fair bit of variation within the comp world these days.
I’m continually blown away by what Max has done on the Reckoner 112. The new Reckoner 110 is a bit more well rounded from a flex and stability perspective, but yeah, he’s apparently just really dialed his balance on landings.
Look at Maxime Chabloz. He’s on a 177cm 105 under foot at all the FWT events that I watched this year.
That shows me perspective on just how good those guys are!
I thought ski companies finally learned it’s soft OR rockered, not soft AND rockered.