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Tip-and-tail rocker handles variable snow and float entry; camber underfoot keeps edge contact real on groomed runs. The 146–166cm range works for lighter frames and skiers who ski with quickness rather than force.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a ski for intermediate to advanced women who want something easy to live with across a full day of mixed resort terrain — soft groomers, cut-up off-piste, the odd mogul run. If you ski hard and fast on firm snow, or you need real edge lock on ice, this ski will disappoint you: no metal means the ski gets loose when you push it on hard pack, and it won't hold a carved turn the way a heavier ski does. Aggressive groomers and chargers should skip it. The step up within the Blaze family is the Blaze 94 W — wider for more flotation in soft snow, same light-no-metal character. 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It's built on a Hybrid Multilayer Woodcore — poplar and paulownia for liveliness, beech at the sidewalls and binding zone for grip — with a 0.3mm titanal plate sitting specifically under the binding footprint. That placement isn't an accident: keeping the metal underfoot tightens the pivot point and adds edge hold and damping where you actually need them, without the weight penalty of a full-sheet construction. The 4 Radius Drive sidecut runs four different arcs from tip to tail, which means the ski can initiate a short, snappy turn in the trees and still carry a longer arc at speed without hunting. Tip and tail rocker with camber underfoot keeps the nose and tail unweighted in soft snow and floating above chop, while the cambered section between your feet delivers solid edge-to-edge contact when the snow is packed. Volkl's Suspension Tips and Tails — TPU inserts at the extremities — absorb impact from wind crust and chopped snow rather than transmitting it up your legs. 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For 2026 Völkl shifted slightly more titanal into the midsection and pulled it back from the tip and tail, which makes the ski easier to engage and release at the start and finish of a turn without softening the edge grip you need when it counts. The result on snow is a ski that feels planted and quiet at speed — the titanal kills vibration on hardpack chatter — while the rocker-camber-rocker profile and 3D multi-radius sidecut (three distinct radii built into a single arc: ~29m tip, ~16m underfoot, ~25m tail) give you genuine turn shape variety without asking you to muscle every transition. It wants to run and carve long arcs at real speed, but it won't fight you when you ask for something tighter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is an advanced-to-expert ski and it makes no apologies for that. If you're building confidence, working on linked short turns, or skiing mostly groomed blues, the Mantra 88 will outrun your technique and punish hesitation — it's stiff, it's demanding, and it needs committed edge angles to come alive. It also isn't a powder ski: the 88mm waist floats adequately in light snow but the weight and rigidity mean it won't feel playful in deep days. If you want more off-piste range, step up to the M7 Mantra at 96mm; if you're an expert whose home turf is firm groomers and you want the most edge-to-edge snap in the Mantra family, the narrower Mantra 84 is worth a look. 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