{"product_id":"camox-freebird","title":"BlackCrows Camox Freebird 2026\/2027","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Black Crows Camox Freebird is a 97 mm unisex touring ski, the mid-width model in the Freebird backcountry range, redesigned for 26\/27 as its fifth generation. 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","url":"https:\/\/933534.myshopify.com\/products\/camox-freebird","provider":"PTO SKI \u0026 Snowboard","version":"1.0","type":"link"}