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It is not for intermediates or cautious skiers: reviewers say plainly that it wants speed and committed technique, and that it gives little back when you ski slow. It is not a playful, poppy ski, it is not a short-turn piste tool, and at 1750-2200g per ski it is not a touring ski — Black Crows' Draco Freebird covers this width for the skin track. Deep-snow specialists have the wider Anima (115mm) and Nocta (122mm) above it in the line, and skiers who want one everyday ski are better served by the Vena Cor (100mm). 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The unisex run begins at 156.1 cm — that short end exists to cover smaller and lighter skiers, not to mark a women's model. It is not the ski for deep-powder days, since 85 mm buys skin-track efficiency rather than float; not for steep, icy, high-consequence lines; and not for resort-primary skiing. One honest note: the hands-on coverage available to date is of the previous generation — the revamped 26\/27 version has not yet had a full independent test.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInside the Freebird line, the Orb (91 mm, $899) is the step up in float for $50, and the Navis (104 mm) is the descent-first pick. 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Each ski weighs 900g in the 157.1cm length and stays under a kilo below 171cm. The construction spends weight selectively: a paulownia core laminated with glass and carbon fibers, cap construction over the tip and tail, ABS sidewalls underfoot where grip and durability matter, and titanal reinforcing the mount zone under the bindings - the one piece of metal named in the ski. Independent reviews back the brand's skiability framing where it counts: on firm snow, the edge hold is unusual for the weight class.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe buyer picture is genuinely narrow. This ski exists for human-powered days on mostly firm snow: fitness skinning laps, traverses that stack up over several days, spring couloirs where a long effective edge earns the jump turns. If your skiing starts with a lift ticket, this is the wrong ski - a sub-1,000g build has no damping reserve for lift-lap speeds and end-of-day chop, and Black Crows' Serpo, Camox and Vena Cor are the resort tools. Powder is its floor, not its habitat: 80mm of waist with minimal tip rocker floats poorly, and the wider Freebirds all float better. It is a specialist, not a one-ski quiver.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt $1,049 the Mentis costs more than the wider Freebirds it sits beside; within the family, just the $1,199 Draco is priced above it - the light build is the point. If versatility matters more than the last 100g, the 85mm Ova Freebird at $849 is the more accessible pick. PTO stocks three of the four lengths - 157.1, 164.3 and 171cm. 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That generation arrived with the 25\/26 redesign; the 26\/27 ski carries it over unchanged. The build is conventional and proven: a poplar wood core reinforced underfoot by a harder ash insert, semi-cap construction with ABS sidewalls all around, a double rocker riding over a classic medium camber section, and a published 18 m radius at every length. The published materials list contains no metal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach piece of that build maps to how it skis. The double rocker raises tip and tail, so the ski pivots, slarves and corrects short turns easily, while the cambered middle keeps edge grip on groomed snow. Black Crows calls the sidecut slightly short for carving reactivity, and the fourth generation shortened the radius and homogenized the flex. The ash pocket stiffens the binding area, and an independent on-snow review finds the current ski smoother and more powerful than the third generation — at some cost to the light, playful feel earlier versions were known for. No metal keeps it lively at about 1,900 g per ski at 175.2 cm, though it gives away some bite on very hard snow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Camox suits skiers covering the entire resort on a single pair — groomed runs, tree lines, bump fields, chopped-up snow — with a tolerant, progressive flex that does not punish mistakes; progressing intermediates through advanced skiers fit it well. It is not for ice specialists or max-speed chargers, and powder-first skiers should step up to the Atris at 105 mm — Black Crows rates float at this width as 'good', not great. If the plan includes walking uphill, look to the touring sibling, the Camox Freebird; the Camox Birdie brings the identical design in shorter lengths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Camox is sold flat, without bindings. 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Black Crows designed it, in the brand's own words, for \"the piste and its surroundings,\" and that brief shows in how it skis: this is a ski that makes carving easy rather than one that demands speed to work. It carries into 26\/27 unchanged, in a deep purple colorway.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe build is deliberately simple: semi-cap construction with ABS sidewalls all around, a poplar wood core and a fiberglass laminate — no metal, no carbon. That keeps the flex at what Black Crows calls median: tolerant, progressive, and easy for lighter skiers to bend. A progressive front rocker and an early rise tail shorten the running contact so the ski pivots and starts turns willingly, while classic medium camber underfoot keeps a real edge on groomed snow. The slightly short sidecut favors frequent, shorter turns over long arcs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt suits women progressing from intermediate skiing through, honestly, mellower expert skiing — an independent test of this ski found easy initiation and a smooth, energetic character on groomers. It is not a ski for hard chargers who want metal-laminate grip and damping on very firm snow at speed. With a directional shape — and a flotation rating that Black Crows itself puts at only intermediate — it is not a powder tool either, and the early rise tail is not a twin tip, so it has no park ambitions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWithin the women's line, the Octo Birdie is the narrower, more piste-specialized carver, and the Camox Birdie, at 97 mm, is the pick when off-piste days start to outnumber piste days. The women's run tops out at 167.2 cm; taller skiers can step across to the men's Sato, which carries the same published geometry to 179.3 cm. 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That last number is the whole idea: sidecut this tight usually lives on much narrower skis, and Black Crows has put it on a platform wide enough to handle soft snow. The build is deliberately metal-free — semi-cap construction with ABS sidewalls all around, a poplar core with glassfibers, and full-length carbon stripes above and below the core — so the ski stays light and energetic rather than damp and heavy. A double rocker profile with a tall tip supplies the float when the groomers end.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWho is it for? Skiers who want one playful ski that still carves properly: the short radius rewards high edge angles on firm snow, while the rocker, taper and width keep it workable in soft or chopped-up conditions. Its freestyle DNA suits new-school, creative skiers more than straight-line chargers. Just as important, who should skip it: anyone who wants titanal damping and a big top end for fast, sweeping arcs — there is no metal here; deep-powder specialists — those days belong to the wider Anima (115 mm); and anyone who needs a proven track record. The Vena Cor is a first-year model. Nobody has ridden it through a full winter yet, and long-term reviews simply do not exist — we would rather say that plainly than pretend otherwise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWithin the line, the Mirus Cor (87 mm) owns hard-snow carving days and the fourth-generation Camox (97 mm) is the conventional, proven alternative; the Vena Cor is the pick when you want carving character with genuine soft-snow range. It is made in five lengths (160.1-188.1 cm) and sold as a flat ski at $999, without bindings. 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For 26\/27 it pairs a double rocker with a classic medium camber section underfoot: rockered ends that release and pivot easily, camber that keeps genuine edge contact on groomed snow. The construction is honest about the price — a poplar\/fiberglass core in a semi-cap layup with ABS sidewalls all around, and no metal in the official materials list. Black Crows calls the flex tolerant, comfortable and accessible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn snow that adds up to a ski that steers rather than argues. An 18 m radius turns in quickly, and Black Crows credits a long effective edge with grip at high speeds — the official copy says it holds its edge well for carvers. The freestyle heritage shows in how willingly it pivots through bumps, trees and side hits, and it skis switch. It suits improving intermediate-to-advanced skiers who want one playful, forgiving ski for the whole resort, with a season spent mainly on firm and mixed snow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSome skiers should look past it. Black Crows rates its floatation intermediate at 90 mm, so deep days belong to a wider ski like the Atris at 105 mm. Carvers chasing outright grip and damping will find heavier, metal-laminate piste skis calmer on boilerplate, and independent testers describe a speed ceiling — the tips flap and chatter once you push it hard through cut-up snow. Experts hunting a top-end ski should step up the line instead; the Camox at 97 mm and $849 adds width and soft-snow range one step up the line.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Captis comes in three lengths — 172.1, 178.4 and 184.3 cm — and the Captis Birdie carries the same idea in a shorter 154.4-172.1 cm run, also $669. 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It carries enough waist to handle chopped snow beside the trail, and enough metal to hold an edge where no-metal siblings like the Camox and Captis let go.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnder the topsheet sits a poplar and fiberglass core inside a semi-cap layup with ABS sidewalls all around, plus two titanal plates under the foot. The Serpo is the only model in Black Crows' 26\/27 range that lists double titanal plates in its official materials, and the metal is the point: Black Crows credits it with additional edge hold, extra stability and a more positive response, over a flex the brand calls medium and tolerant. The profile runs a progressive front rocker into classic camber with a light rear rocker — easy turn entry, real grip underfoot, and a tail that releases the arc instead of locking you into its very end. The radius is 20 meters at all six lengths, so the ski prefers committed, round, medium-to-long turns no matter which size you pick.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt suits strong intermediates through experts who spend their days on groomed snow, carve with intent, and want a Black Crows ski that stays planted at speed. It is not a powder ski: 93mm with classic camber pokes off-piste rather than floats, and deep days belong to the wider Atris or Anima. It is not the playful pick either — the no-metal Camox (97mm) is looser and more at home in trees, bumps and soft snow — and skiers chasing quick, slalom-feel turns should look past a 20m radius entirely.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWithin the line, the Captis (90mm) is the accessible no-metal alternative and the Octo (84mm) the pure-piste carver; the Serpo is the pick when edge hold comes first. It is sold flat, so it needs a binding — we mount it and help you choose among the six lengths in-shop. 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It shares its build with the unisex Camox: a semi-cap layup with full-perimeter ABS sidewalls over a poplar core and an ash reinforcement pocket, and no metal laminate anywhere in the official materials. The gen-4 redesign brought the turn radius down to 18 m, evened the flex and sharpened the pivot response.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThat recipe suits women from progressing intermediate through expert who want one playful ski for the whole mountain — bumps, trees, side hits, mixed snow and groomers at resort speeds. A third-party listing puts the profile at rocker, camber, rocker — Black Crows does not publish the figures — and the shape shows: the ski releases and pivots easily, while the ash pocket (located underfoot, per the same listing) keeps its middle composed when the snow turns rough. Independent testing found the current generation steadier through chopped snow and at higher speeds than the ski it replaces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt is not the right ski for three kinds of skier. Deep-powder chasers should step up to the 105 mm Atris Birdie — the Camox Birdie visits soft snow rather than floats over the deepest of it. Skiers after long, railed carving turns will be happier on the piste-oriented Serpo. And anyone counting grams or planning to tour should consider the Camox Freebird — this is a mid-weight resort ski, and it does not pretend otherwise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWithin the platform, the Camox Birdie is the short-length run — the 156.1 and 162.3 cm sizes exist only here, while the unisex Camox carries identical published specs at the shared lengths and runs longer. The ski comes flat, without bindings. Bring your boots and we will help you pick a binding and a length, then mount and adjust everything in the shop.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackcrows","offers":[{"title":"Salmon \/ 156.1 cm","offer_id":51332432757031,"sku":"102366-156","price":849.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Salmon \/ 162.3 cm","offer_id":51332432789799,"sku":"102366-162","price":849.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Salmon \/ 169.1 cm","offer_id":51332432822567,"sku":"102366-169","price":849.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/7177\/0663\/files\/102366_117_Large_f3e50999-6934-4600-9715-a52c7d643770.jpg?v=1784257442"},{"product_id":"draco-freebird","title":"BlackCrows Draco Freebird 2026\/2027","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Black Crows Draco Freebird is a freeride-touring twin, 110-112 mm at the waist - the one twin-tipped model in Black Crows' Freebird touring range, and its downhill-first pick. For 26\/27 it is a straight carryover of last season's ski with a new coral-pink topsheet: same lengths, shape, build and price.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe construction reads touring, the intent reads freeride. A paulownia and poplar core with fiberglass - no metal in the materials list - sits in a semi-cap layup: cap ends in tip and tail to save weight, ABS sidewalls underfoot where the edging loads live. Rockered tip and tail over cambered midsections keep the running surface short, so the ski pivots fast in steeps and soft snow while the camber keeps its bite. The flex is firm with a progressive tip, the sidecut slightly straight for stability. At 1,700 to 1,925 g per ski it skins uphill honestly, but this is a freeride ski that tours, not a light tourer that just gets itself back down.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe right owner earns big lines, couloirs and soft snow, and skis with a loose, drifty style, washing the twin tail out to shed speed instead of braking on edges. It wants an active, advanced-to-expert pilot. It is the wrong ski for gram counters: the narrower Mentis, Ova and Orb Freebird exist for distance-first days. Cautious or passive skiers will find the firm flex gives little back, and groomer-primary skiers are holding the wrong tool. If you are buying 110 mm for maximum float: independent reviews rate its float as average for the width - the Nocta is the float ski in this family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWithin the range, the Navis Freebird (104 mm) is the more versatile everyday touring pick; the Draco is the wider, looser specialist. It ships flat, so plan on a pin or hybrid touring setup - Black Crows is explicit that telemark bindings must never be mounted on this ski. We mount and adjust bindings to your boots, and Pilus pre-cut skins exist for it in all three lengths - we will sort the pairing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackcrows","offers":[{"title":"Orange \/ 175.2 cm","offer_id":51332435149095,"sku":"102579-175","price":1199.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Orange \/ 181.5 cm","offer_id":51332435181863,"sku":"102579-181","price":1199.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Orange \/ 189.2 cm","offer_id":51332435214631,"sku":"102579-189","price":1199.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/7177\/0663\/files\/102579_018_Large_f81f5a27-0c5f-4572-8334-35d701daabf6.jpg?v=1784257447"},{"product_id":"navis-freebird","title":"BlackCrows Navis Freebird 2026\/2027","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Black Crows Navis Freebird is a 104mm touring-freeride ski, fully redesigned for 26\/27, built for backcountry skiers who go uphill for the descent. This is the fourth generation of the ski Black Crows aims at touring skiers who choose their lines for the descent, and the widest pure-touring Freebird below the Draco. The redesign touches nearly everything: the waist grows from 102 to 104mm behind a refined tip, the sidecut is now listed at a 21m radius, and the size run resets to four lengths from 165 to 186cm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe build is a touring layup with descent priorities. A paulownia and poplar core replaces the old all-poplar core, laminated with glass and carbon fibers. Construction is semi-cap: cap in the tip and tail where saved grams cut swing weight, ABS sidewalls underfoot where edge grip and the binding platform matter. Titanal is limited to a reinforcement under the bindings — this is not a metal ski, and it rides like the light ski it is, not like a damp resort freeride build. The payoff: between 1,450 and 1,650 grams per ski, roughly 10% less than the outgoing generation, a claim that checks out against Black Crows' own published weights.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt suits 50\/50 tourers — advanced and expert skiers whose climbing is in service of the descent, in big open terrain where a single 21m radius can run. It is not for gram-counters (the narrower Mentis, Ova and Orb Freebird climb cheaper), not for tight-tree short-turn skiing, and not a resort daily — Black Crows' own Atris is the damper lift-served ski at nearly the same width. One caveat: the fourth generation is new this season, and downhill claims like \"better grip\" and \"increased stability\" are the manufacturer's own — independent reviews of it do not exist yet. The proven third-generation 102mm ski is still in our shop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Navis Freebird ships as a bare ski, no binding, no skins. 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Black Crows positions it as its reference for moving through high mountains: one ski meant to earn its keep on the skin track and again on the way back down.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat changed.\u003c\/strong\u003e This is a structural redesign: a refined tip, a wider 97 mm waist, and a fresh sidecut at 18 m across the size run - Black Crows says the shape change brings more dynamic weight transfers and steadier edging. Claimed weight falls 10 percent, and the climbing-skin system is updated - its details are not yet published. One honest consequence: the reviews you will find online cover earlier generations; the 26\/27 build itself had no openly published test as of July 2026.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eConstruction.\u003c\/strong\u003e The build is semi-cap - cap in tip and tail to save weight, ABS sidewalls under the binding area - over a paulownia-poplar core laminated with fiberglass and carbon tape. At 1,300 g per ski in the 167.1 cm and 1,400 g in the 179.2 cm, it is light for a 97 mm ski, and that lightness is the trade you are buying: uphill ease over resort-ski damping.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChoosing within the line.\u003c\/strong\u003e Lift-served skiers should buy the standard Camox instead: same 97 mm waist, resort construction, $849. Skiers chasing float should step up to the Navis Freebird at 104 mm and $999; gram-counters should step down to the Ova Freebird at 85 mm and $849. The Camox Freebird holds the middle path, built for skiers who actually tour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSix lengths run from 155.2 to 185.5 cm; PTO stocks the 167.1, 173.1, and 179.2. The $949 price is for the skis alone. Skins are a separate purchase - Black Crows makes dedicated Pilus skins for it - and no official 26\/27 binding statement has been published yet, so compatibility is a question we will not guess at. Tell us which binding you have in mind, and we will help you sort out mounting and length in the shop.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackcrows","offers":[{"title":"Red \/ 167.1 cm","offer_id":51332437508391,"sku":"102581-167","price":949.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Red \/ 173.1 cm","offer_id":51332437541159,"sku":"102581-173","price":949.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Red \/ 179.2 cm","offer_id":51332437672231,"sku":"102581-179","price":949.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/7177\/0663\/files\/102581_022_Large_61c8d3e7-6c62-4482-8e56-e46bf1c1a0b6.jpg?v=1784257456"},{"product_id":"anima","title":"BlackCrows Anima 2026\/2027","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Black Crows Anima is a big-mountain freeride ski with a 115 mm waist, built around an unusual pairing: stability at high speed and quick, agile handling for its width. Black Crows frames it as the creative gun of its freeride range, made for big lines and jumps, for quick pivots and riding switch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe shape carries the idea. Rocker at both ends flanks a short classic camber under the binding, shortening the running length so a ski this wide pivots and releases without a fight, while the long 19 m sidecut — Black Crows' own reasoning — keeps it composed and gripped as speed builds. The flex is soft and progressive at the extremities and firmer where the ski contacts the snow: ends that flex into soft snow, a midbody that keeps its bite on firm snow. The build is semi-cap over full-perimeter ABS sidewalls, with a poplar and fiberglass core and carbon\/kevlar stripes for reinforcement — no titanal anywhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt is aimed at experienced freeriders after a single wide ski for winters that lean toward deep and mixed snow — riders who pivot, jump and ride switch as readily as they point it. It is the wrong ski for beginners and cautious intermediates: the width, the -6 cm directional mount and the long radius all ask for an active pilot, and the independent reviews (prior-generation, same dimensions) lean advanced. It is the wrong ski for a groomer-heavy season, too — its hard-snow ability is measured against its width, per Black Crows' own qualifier. And at 2250 g per ski in the 182.1 cm length, it is not built for long climbs; the Freebird models cover the uphill.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBlack Crows splits its big-mountain lineup three ways. The Nocta, at 122 mm, is the pure deep-snow surfer; the Corvus, at 110 mm, adds a single titanal plate for a damper, more hard-snow-biased ride; the Anima takes the middle job — the playful one that still charges. It ships flat: the binding is a separate purchase, and we mount it and help you pick the right length.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackcrows","offers":[{"title":"Dark Green \/ 182.1 cm","offer_id":51332444520743,"sku":"102379-182","price":1099.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Dark Green \/ 189.2 cm","offer_id":51332444553511,"sku":"102379-189","price":1099.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/7177\/0663\/files\/102379_031_Large_1c42fd1c-4ca1-4edd-a66d-02191c0d24e8.jpg?v=1784257460"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/7177\/0663\/collections\/Black_Crows.png?v=1750801056","url":"https:\/\/933534.myshopify.com\/collections\/blackcrows.oembed?page=2","provider":"PTO SKI \u0026 Snowboard","version":"1.0","type":"link"}