Black Crow Atris 25/26

     Black Crows Atris returns this year unchanged in construction and shape with the only change made being a new graphic. It retains the designation of a benchmark ski in the vast playful big-mountain category. Its uncompromising performance through variable snow at high speeds and incredible playfulness in soft snow secured its status year after year. The Atris is a freeride twin tip that likes to maneuver, but its capabilities for aggressive directional skiing cannot be overlooked as it is the ski of choice for many professional skiers. You can see them being used by ski mountaineers, heli skiers, as well as park skiers. So, if that doesn’t showcase the versatility of the Atris, we don’t know what would. There is quite a magical interaction here between a relatively simplistic construction and refined shape where both aspects complement one another in a symbiotic fashion. The construction materials serve the shape just as well as the shape serves the construction, and this balance can absolutely be felt when taken to the snow. This is a very simple, yet approachable twin tip freeride ski.