The Answer is all new for 2010 from Blizzard. It now has a rockered tip (approximately 15cm of rocker at the tip) and an early-rise tail. This ski is fairly stiff for a wide ski, and holds better than expected on hard snow. Still, this ski really shines in crappy and uneven snow, as it has enough beef to blast through rough snow, yet releases extremely easily at the end of the turn and really surfs up over the top of the snow. A little stiff for bumps. The new Answer IQ is available either with an IQ MAX binding or a Slider plate. Incredible ski in new snow, rough and cut-up snow, and really built for the more aggressive skier.

Ratings on a scale of 1-10 (10 being best): Stability: 9

Energy: 6

forgiveness: 6

On-piste performance: 5.5

Off-piste performance: 9.25

Feel: fairly stiff and powerful: Suitability for level skier: 7-10 (10=pro, 1=never ever)