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The Black Crows Ova Freebird presents an 85mm underfoot ski with a friendly personality able to take on big spring skiing objectives and keep the weight to a minimum.   The ski crafters at Black Crows are on their third…

Black Crows arrived on the freeride scene in 2006. With savvy marketing and an emphasis on building skiers’ skis, the Chamonix-based company spread its wings. Here’s a peak under the Black Crows’ hood with product lede Kenji Teshima and skiers Christina Lustenberger, and Adam Fabrikant.

The Black Crows Corvus Freebird comes in as a big mountain ready ski locked in for big turns on firmer snow. With 107mm underfoot, a straight tail, and modest tip rocker, the ski that is all pink feels more like an all-arounder than loose and free powder board.

The Black Crows Mentis Freebird in its 80mm underfoot glory skis like a champ and is easy on the ups. Here’s our review after a season of use.

Pink and proudly French: An initial look at the 107mm underfoot Corvus Freebird from Black Crows. It’s likely of the charging breed.

The Black Crows Mentis Freebird is an 80mm underfoot near 1kg ski that remains stable and smooth when opening up the turn radius. And yeah, it’s seafoam blue.

A visit to the Black Crows skis headquarters in Chamonix raises the question: what really makes a ski brand successful?

The Navis Freebird proves its versatility and consistent fun factor on long days of climbing and descending in wide-ranging conditions, especially powder.

Ski review of Black Crows Orb FB by expert skiers, overall a wonderful ski for mountaineering and touring.

Black Crows Camox Freebird 2017-2018 review, used exclusively for backcountry ski touring in the Pacific Northwest, recommended.

Review of Black Crows Camox Freebird ski for backcountry skiing and touring, comprehensive information.

Fast, light, stiff, solid edge hold. All descriptors of the Dynafit Blacklight Pro. Doug Stenclik, with his soft spot for featherweight, has this review.

Elongated grips, we love them for their functionality. We review three telescoping options: the BD Vapor 2, Black Crows Duos Freebrid, and Salomon’s MTN S3.

The 23/24 Transalp Pro revamp adds more muscle, durability, and skiability for all terrain, especially steeps. My touring partner and I botched the timing on a morning mission in Colorado’s Gore Range towards the end of last season. After booting…

It didn’t take long to feel comfortable on ZAG’s updated 2024/25 UBAC 95s, but I eased in anyway. I felt like I knew them quickly through soft snow, trees, soft chop, and powder. They just felt easy right off the…

Snow conditions have been wild this season. I’ve wallowed through waist-deep powder, struggled through breakable crust, skied a lot of ice, sloshed around in corn, and encountered everything in between. I’ve found a reason to bring out every ski in…

At 94 underfoot, and a weight punching into the 1500g space, Elan’s Ripstick Tour 94 is a stable all-around ski putting a smile on our tester’s face in a potpourri of Alaskan conditions.

La Sportiva’s new Skorpius CR II makes the best of both worlds: uphill efficiency and downhill performance. This is a boot fond of deep mountain human-powered lines and skiers who need to carve up the snow-canvas with big and fast turns.

Sometimes it makes sense to go light, and even lighter with a ski binding. And this too can apply when pushing the width of the ski beyond the 95mm underfoot realm. Light, under some circumstances, can still be right.

In Episode 103 of the Totally Deep Podcast, Doug Stenclik, Randy Young, and Cripple Creek Backcountry’s head of customer service, Tyler Vaughan, discuss their gear picks for the season.