Black Crows nocta 188 Ski Hire and Equipment Review

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The latest addition to the collection and the first Black Crows ski to use the rocker technology, the Nocta was designed by Julien Regnier a pioneer in reverse camber development. The modern sidecut makes the Nocta a powerful weapon for powder skiers, while its soft and dynamic flex allows for great handling in any snow conditions. With its 18 meter sidecut radius, the Nocta also carves well on hard snow.
Double Rocker: its front rocker, long and gradual, allows the Nocta to be very effective in deep snow and its back rocker, more moderate, provides an excellent stability at high speed. The volume distribution also ensures a maximum efficiency in powder snow, notably due to its floating and stabilizing tail. Lightweight and well balanced, centre mounted, this master of freestyle backcountry is the weapon for big jumps and switch run-ins.

2 sizes:
The 188: a perfect size for powder runs. The shape of the reverse camber requires an increase in the size of the ski, the 188 therefore corresponds to traditional skis lengths between 170 and 180 cm.

The 177: ideal size for smaller skiers and women, it corresponds to traditional ski lengths between 160 and 170 cm. .

Warning, the Nocta is a ski.

Technology : Sandwich engineered woodcore wrapped with multi layers of bi and tri-axis fiberglass.

Tip an tail rocker make the nocta as well a very easy to handle ski as a true toy for strong skier. Normal camber in the middle that give good edge grip for a ski that wide.

A straight ABS side wall with generous edges for longer life.

The base is hand finished and hot waxed, ready for frenetic use. 


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