Blizzard is coming out firing with the new Phoenix series of frontside carving tools, and the Blizzard Phoenix R13 CA Skis + TPC11 W Bindings are a prime example. If you thought 76mm was a "beginner" waist width, think again - the best carvers in the world (racers) are all on 65mm skis, and mid-seventies is actually a great all-round waist width for firm snow. The difference is that the Phoenix skis are made for advanced skiers, and embody all the features Blizzard's expert all-mountain skis have made famous, like their Trueblend wood core. The Phoenix skis use several women-specific design features like lighter wood in the core and an adjusted binding mount point to fine tune the line to female anatomies, and the results are spectacular.