Skiing requires a certain amount of trust in your equipment. Trust that it will perform and trust that it will keep you safe. The Blizzard Thunderbird R13, with its Trueblend Piste woodcore and Active Carbon Armor vibration damping system.

This is designed to give you that trust and confidence to carve turns as fast as you dare on any groomed slope, and with a 13 m radius, to have the ability to rip short turns like a pro. The Thunderbird R13 LTD comes with an X CELL 12 DIN binding.

Details:
• DIN Configuration: 4-12
• Construction: Sandwich Compound Sidewall (2Ti), Trueblend Piste, Active Carbon Armor, Duramax Construction
• Core + Key Materials: Trueblend Piste, Poplar - Beech
• Factory Base Bevel: 0,9°
• Factory Side Bevel: 87,7°

Technology

Trueblend Woodcore
Two different types of wood specifically blended into one woodcore. The different density stringers are customized in quantity and length creating 3 different areas of density to precisely control the flex.

Accessible Performance
The Trueblend Piste Woodcore is designed with a harder flex zone in the center, that provides stability and edge grip, a medium flex zone in front of and behind the binding that provides control, and a soft flex zone in the tip and tail that provides easy turn initiation and release. Trueblend technology allows us to precisely control the flex throughout the whole length of the ski and in every size.

Active Carbon Armor 
Active Carbon Armor is a vibration damping and rebound control system that is located under the binding. Inspired by the carbon armor from the Firebird collection, the carbon fiber plate is brought outside of the ski body which allows it to flex freely. In this way the ski turns out to be less demanding while still providing a very high level of performance.

Duramax
New Titanal construction that combines maximum durability with high performance in a unique and premium look. The upper Titanal webbing extends to the edges of the ski and lies directly under the top sheet, which ends at a distance of 3 mm from the edges so that the Titanal webbing is visible. The Titanal layer directly absorbs all impacts on the top of the ski, protecting it from scratches and chipping.