Freeride skis
Product 2023
Woman, Man
The Blizzard Hustle 9 (also available in Hustle 10 and 11) is a very lightweight ski: 1650gr, ski size 172 cm. It’s designed for backcountry, but it can also be used for freeriding; that remains to be seen, as there are excellent touring skis in the Blizzard range.
In the cross-slopes, it makes a little fore and aft propeller movement, it can catch in your feet, which isn’t very inspiring. Once flat, it pivots extremely easily. It wanders a bit. However, once on its edge, carving it is a pleasant ski that rides fluidly and holds the pressure with an effective grip if you stay in its turn radius. If you want to lengthen or reduce the turn radius, it won’t; the tip stalls and the grip becomes very sketchy.
We were surprised how light and grippy it is on its turn radius, even on quite extreme angulations. If you accelerate hard though the grip deteriorates, and it moves from side-to-side at the front. No solidity in the tip: heavy-built skiers going very fast should opt for the Hustle with a heftier structure.
At a more regulated speed this Blizzard Hustle 9 is interesting because it turns very quickly in the forest, in moguls, and chop thanks to an excellent tip-lift. It is excellent in spring snow.
This is a good ski at a very reasonable price, very light underfoot and very pleasant, perfect for a lightweight average skier to really have a blast on all slopes.
For 15,5 m en 172 cm cm
We used this equipment over a long period of time
These are our thoughts after intensive use:
Receive your answers by mail. Do you have a particular question concerning the design, use, durability or other about a tested product? We will answer your question personally.
