2025 Black Crows Atris Birdie

Big mountain freeriders celebrate the return of the Black Crows Atris Birdie, unchanged with the exception of new graphics for the 2025 season. Up against a jam-packed category of competitors, it has made its mark thanks to its uncompromising performance and playful personality. With a shape designed for soft snow conditions, its ability to keep composure in variable snow at high speed gives it such versatility and a wider scope of capabilities. What makes this ski so unique is though it features a relatively simple construction, it is paired with a sophisticated shape that works wonders together. An exceptional balance of energy and strength, it’s no surprise this ski is a popular choice for professional skiers.

Given the high-performance nature and refined feel, it is surprising how simple the construction is. The extent of the build here features a poplar wood core which is reinforced by fiberglass laminates. Despite how minimalist it is, the poplar gives the ski a dense but incredibly energetic feel while the fiberglass provides stability and dampness. This combination of materials keeps the ski light but with exceptional torsional rigidity, making it impressively consistent and powerful at high speeds and through variable snow conditions. All in all, the Atris Birdie matches suppleness with strength, leaving creative skiers a lot of options for how to ski the mountain. Tester Lauren Simmers found it to be “fun & versatile. Not too heavy. Could be a daily driver for me.” This speaks volumes for a ski with a 105-mm waist width and it’s easy to see why it would make such a great daily driver for so many.

The construction lends itself beautifully to the shape and vice versa. Looking first at the profile, we get a rocker/camber/rocker profile with slightly more rocker in the tips. This ends up giving the Atris Birdie the ability to ski directionally quite well and with aggression. A classic freeride profile, with significant splay in both the tip and tail, the amount of float and level of playfulness is off the charts. With a nice camber profile underfoot, it produces great energy and liveliness, not to mention impressive edge grip for a ski at this width. As far as the sidecut, in the 166.3 cm length, the forebody has a 135 mm width, 105 mm waist width, and 105 mm tail width, producing a 19-meter turn radius. This speaks to its big mountain nature as it loves to make big, open, smeary style turns. That said, if you want to shorten your turns and be quick on your feet, they are happy to oblige. Speaking to that directly, Louise Lintilhac commented “these skis were great do it all chargers that blasted though the chop and were also able to move quickly through the trees in fresh powder.”

The Black Crows Atris Birdie is a big mountain, freeride ski with versatile attributes and an aggressive but playful style. Though it is geared towards advanced level skiers, its dependable, predictable flex pattern allows intermediates to access it and build confidence. The simple yet complimentary construction bodes well with the modern, freeride shape and allows creative skiers to have fun all over the mountain.