Blizzard just got into making twintips a few years ago, they have a pretty good reputation in the recreational skiing world. They had a pretty good big mountain series called the Titan series, I don't know if they still make those. I haven't heard much about their park skis, but I think this year they come with bindings pre mounted maybe, which is generally bad, but they aren't called the poachers this year, so I guess you don't have to worry about that. Their park ski, the 'reason IQ' this year scored a 5 out of 10 in the freeskier magazine buyers' guide, but that isn't something to set much store by, imo cause freeskier seems to be inconsistent in some of their info. WEll hopefully you enjoy your new skis, and as posted before, tell us how they are.