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The BBR 9 certainly looks cool, but does it perform up to expectations? Now established as a true all mountain ski, we yet again get to test it out in all conditions during our 2013 on snow ski test in Austria.
salomon bbr 9 2013 ski
Level
Advanced, Intermediate
Terrain
All Mountain
Best for
Accessing all areas - Recreational to advanced skiers who like to ski groomed slopes and explore beyond the boundaries too.
Price
£525.00
lengths
166,176,186
Type
Ski
Off-piste
8
Low speed
8
On-piste
7
High speed
7
Overall Score
7
The BBR range certainly seems to divide opinion between skiers – they have the marmite effect, you either love them or hate them.

In terms of looks, there’s no doubt they are easy on the eye, but do those cool lines translate into performance on the snow? Another divide seems to be that some skiers like them on-piste, but off-piste and vice versa, but they are easy to turn in deep snow and float well, they are responsive and fun to use, it feels like they are designed for skiing off-piste.

The BBR 9 is designed as an all-mountain ski for all conditions and they are really playful in powder snow, whether performing longer or short radius turns.

At higher speeds, they feel less stable, but then most skiers using them would not be looking for a full-on freeride ski anyway. Back on groomed snow, it’s a different story and although they are easy to turn they just don’t seem to finish turns off as well as some other all-mountain skis.

Short radius turns with a wide stance are fine, but they don’t feel at all stable at higher speeds and longer radius turns on groomed runs seemed laboured. The BBR 9 is not a bad a ski, good off-piste and just OK back on it.
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