 Hi, I'm Steve from Onyx Piggum and this is Mark and we're here today to talk to you about the new Blizzard Brahma 88. So might look the same, it's got the same name but there has been some updates and they're actually really important updates and it feels different. So to talk you through that, here's Andy from Blizzard. Hi, I'm Andy from Blizzard. I'm here to show you the new Brahma 88 for the four winter 2021 season. This year it's a whole new ski with the new wood core, the Trueblend wood core which gives the ski a completely new feel, new characteristics. It also has a new side cut, it comes in different lengths as well this year but it's still maintaining 88mm underfoot which makes it a really versatile width underfoot. The Trueblend wood core is basically made up of different stringers, wooden stringers that are different densities that go across the ski but also throughout the length of the ski as well. So make sure you've got the right amount of wood throughout the ski to make it as smooth as possible when you're skiing. The ski's pretty most suited to an advanced to expert level skiers because it's got a forward core, two layers of two and a half layers of titanal through the ski but with the wood core technology makes it really accessible because it allows the ski to flex where it needs to to make it easy when you're doing short turns or longer turns and also it's super powerful when you're going through the crud as well for off-peast. The first thing I want to tell you is that it's our overall men's ski of the year. It wins the all-mountain category as well but it is the overall winner and it was a fairly easy choice. So our first shortlist for this for the winner of the overall ski didn't include a Brahma on it because we figured same ski only what seemed to be a small tweak to it maybe wouldn't make a big difference but actually it made a huge difference and after just one run we pretty much knew it was going to be right there in the top of the list. So we skied it in Glen sheet, we had every condition going, we had fresh snow, we had tracked out snow, we had hard snow, perfect for trying to ski like this. So Mark what do you reckon? So for me if I was going to go away for a week skiing and I didn't know what conditions we're going to be like this would be at the top of my list, 88mm underneath the foot so it's wide enough if I want to go and play in some of the deeper stuff there's got float to it but it's still manoeuvrable construction wise you think it's going to be a really powerful ski and it is but actually I think having that flip core in it helps just to kind of almost kind of tone it down a bit and make it a lot more usable at slower speeds as well. Yeah I think that's true when it does soften the tip and tail a little bit but for all you Brahma fans don't worry it's got all the power and grip that the old one had but it's just a bit easier just the time the thing that really made it stand out for me was I wasn't skiing in the freshest of snow it was all tracked out so it was bumpy it was lumpy and usually I just had the brakes on a little bit and I'd maybe just be watching my turns of touch but I skied this through that and it felt like I was skiing fresh snow I wasn't bothered at all what was in front of me I was full gas super smooth really stable and I echo what Mark said I think this would be number one on my list as the ski to take if I didn't know where I was going or what I was going to get I know I'd be happy on peace I know I'll be happy in powder and probably for me best choice for variable snow as well. So if you want any more information on that ski check out the web pages we've got loads more info there or you call into one of the stores or give us a ring and we'll let you know a bit more otherwise if you've any questions or any comments if you've skied it pop them below we'll come back to you so thanks for watching