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Thoughts on Blizzard Peacemaker for park/all mountain?

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Cyanicenine
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I retired a pair of 2011 Kung Fujas last year and I've been missing them ever since. I went today to demo 2015 gear and they changed the crap out of them. Rebranded as the shredditors this year and for 2015 they added tapered tips (also known as spoon tips, 5 dimensional sidecut, etc). I absolutely hate this feature in a ski, some people love it, and lately everyone seems to be jumping on the 5 dimensional sidecut train, but I don't like it.

The Peacemaker seems to have almost identical specs to the old Fujas and when I demoed them they felt pretty similar except that I had to demo a 186 which is huge on me (I'm 5'2). I was wondering if anyone has any experience with this ski and how it holds up in the park and all mountain. Also would like to know how true to sizing blizzard skis are. 170 is about the length I would like.
Mar 21 2014 12:02AM
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charmander
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They're a real fun ski, next year (14-15) theyre making the sheeva which is the womens peacemaker. a girl at the shop i work at skied them and though they were great, one of her favorite skis of the test.

blizzard sizing is fairly true, they measure maybe a hair shorter than they claim, my 193 cochise is still longer than my 189 praxis, but its noticably shorter than my 195 praxis.
Mar 21 2014 12:05AM
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AJizzle
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Spent a day cat skiing on the peacemaker. They are easy to ski and poppy, but charge! They are way more stable at speed than the fujas, but still retain some ease of use at lower speeds. They do want to be driven, and aren't quite as forgiving as the fujas, but IMO they ski far better. On that cat day, in Tahoe, three days after the latest snow, we go into every condition you can think of, blower, dust on crust, straight up refrozen crust shit, and a ton of corn snow. Never in the day did the ski's ability to handle any one of those condition ever cross my mind, straight up killed it all. Buy them and don't look back. IMO better than the fujas I every way, but kinda cut outta the same mold.
Tl:dr buy them and you def won't regret it!!!!
Mar 21 2014 2:01AM
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Cyanicenine
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This is exactly what I'm looking for. I was lucky enough to demo the 186's when 10 inches dropped the night before so I got to test them in various chop, pow, groomer conditions and was surprised that even at that size they were pretty stable and predictable going in and out of various terrain.

Looks like they have a slightly wider turn radius 21m vs. 19m and a little stiffer so should be a good upgrade from where I was at skill wise when I bought my Fujas. I think I'm sold. Now just to hunt for some good spring sales.

Appreciate the responses, +K
Mar 21 2014 8:08PM
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