In modern high-level sports engineering, eliminating unnecessary mass from the chassis without sacrificing elasticity or dynamic composure enables lightning-fast line changes with minimal physical effort. The Völkl Blaze 86 W 166 cm applies this lightweight, advanced architecture to versatile ski touring and off-piste skiing. Its internal structure features the Hybrid Multilayer Woodcore, a carefully engineered combination of ultra-light wood strips with dense wood beneath the binding area, ensuring pull-out-proof screw retention and immediate elastic response out of every turn.

Rather than using heavy full-length metal sheets, the Blaze 86 W incorporates Suspension Tips & Tails elastomer inserts in the tip and tail: a thermoplastic polyurethane profile that acts as an elastic bumper at the ends, absorbing impacts from hardpack or crusty snow before they travel up to the skier's legs. Its great maneuverability comes from the 3D Radius Sidecut system (with radii of 25 m at the tip, 13 m underfoot and 21 m at the tail for this 166 cm size): this triple curvature allows short, tight turns with the agility of a slalom ski, or letting the skis run at high speed while maintaining long, progressive edge support without catching. Its Tip & Tail Rocker profile provides immediate float in spring snow or soft powder. Supplied without bindings (flat skis), it allows the customer to configure it as desired with alpine piste bindings (Marker Squire 11) or mount it with technical touring bindings (Marker Alpinist / Kingpin), selecting 90 mm brakes.

Technical specifications

• Brand and model: Völkl Blaze 86 W (Flat ski version without bindings).

• Manufacturer reference: 121436.

• Available length: 166 cm (only size in stock).

• Bindings: Not included (flat skis to be drilled and custom-mounted in a workshop).

• Category: Versatile Freeride / All-Mountain and lightweight Freetouring (women's / lightweight versatile line).

• Skier level: Intermediate, advanced and expert.

• Waist width: 86 mm (50% piste / 50% off-piste and touring).

• Geometry dimensions (Sidecut): 129 - 86 - 111 mm.

• 3D turn radii (at 166 cm): R1 (tip) = 25 m / R2 (center) = 13 m / R3 (tail) = 21 m.

• Core structure: Hybrid Multilayer Woodcore (selected low-density lightweight wood with dense reinforcement in the binding platform).

• Damping: Suspension Tips & Tails (TPU perimeter inserts in the tip and tail that absorb impacts and chopped-up snow).

• Construction: Full Sidewall (full-length vertical sidewalls for direct edge grip).

• Profile: Tip & Tail Rocker (moderate rocker in the tip and tail with traditional camber underfoot).

• Base: High molecular-density sintered P-Tex 2100 with maximum wax retention.

• Weight: ~1375 g per ski at 166 cm (~2750 g for the complete pair).

• Recommended brake width for mounting: 90 mm (incompatible with brakes narrower than 86 mm; widths above 95-100 mm are not recommended).