Blizzard Rustler 9 (Powder Ski 2024/2025)

The nimblest of the Rustler series, the Rustler 9 doesn’t necessarily need a powder day to make your day.

At the heart of the redesigned Rustler 9 is an energetic Freeride Trueblend woodcore and all-new FluxForm technology. Designed to work together to provide stability and strength underfoot, yet retain playfulness in the tip and tail. The ski achieves its versatility thanks to the Trueblend Freeride wood core. Soft woods are increasingly used towards the ends, while hard woods are increasingly used in the area under the binding. The wood core, which is made up of small pieces and glued lengthways, gives freeriders dynamism and stability. In combination with the FluxForm technology, three individual titanal layers, a unique playfulness and stability is created. The ski achieves the former through the tapered Titanal layer at the tip, while the latter is created by the wider Titanal layer at the tail and supports jumps and fast turns in powder. The Duramax surface finish increases durability and emphasises Blizzard's high quality.

• Construction: FluxForm + Trueblend Free
• Core key materials: Trueblend Free Woodcore
• Rocker: Rocker-Camber-Rocker
• Sidewall: Full
• Factory ski angle (base): 0.9°
• Factory ski angle (side): 87.5°
• Alu frame: The external Titanal is extended to the very edge of the ski absorbs all impacts that occur along the top edge which reduces scratching and eliminates chipping.

TRUEBLEND FREE WOODCORE

PERFECT BALANCED FLEX
Billard has designed a specific Trueblend Free Woodcore for their freeride / back country category skis. It combines beech and poplar – two wood types that guarantee performance – with paulownia for a lightweight, yet high-performance wood core. The result: the right flex to cover for all backcountry requirements in a lighter package.

PERFORMANCE WITHOUT COMPROMISES
The Trueblend Free Woodcore specifically positions three different densities of wood together to form a woodcore that is specifically designed to optimize the flex of the ski and deliver a smooth and balanced feeling.
This blending of the different densities of wood creates three distinct flex zones; a softer flex zone in the tip and tail areas, that facilitates easy turn initiation and release, a medium flex zone in front of and behind the binding, that helps deliver confidence and control and finally a stiffer flex zone in the center, underneath the binding, that guarantees perfect edge grip and stability. Trueblend woodcores are designed to provide just the right amount what you need, performance, control, and confidence, to do what you want, when you want anywhere on the mountain.

FLUXFORM FREERIDE
The FluxForm is designed to work in perfect combination with the Trueblend Wood Core. As its core construction the FluxForm is specifically sized for each model. Tapered on the tips for perfect floating and wider on the tail for more support during fast turn in powder and landing from cliff.