On and Off Piste Carvers

Black Crows Serpo - Review 2025

By: Derek Doyle & Annie Gunton - Updated: April 2025

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Derek Doyle

Contributor at SlopeMagazine.com

Hailing from Aspen, Colorado, Derek began his skiing career in the illustrious Powder Pandas ski school program, eventually sort of growing up to ski professionally in slopestyle and big air, while moonlighting as a ski tuner and writer.

Now living in Colorado’s front range, Derek can be found among the i70 crowd racing to find hidden powder stashes on the back bowls of Vail, on Park Lane in Breckenridge, under the lights on Keystone, and returning home to the High Alpine steeps in Snowmass. When he's not skiing he’s wishing he was, or nerding out on mountain biking, climbing, and golf.

Annie Gunton

Editor at SlopeMagazine.com

Annie has lived on 4 continents and traveled through 6. Spending her time in places as different as London and the Kalahari she has adapted how she gets out and enjoys what’s around.

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Where to buy Black Crows Serpo:

Backcountry

Evo

As much as the Mirus Cor are slalom racers with an edge, the Black Crows Serpo are turbocharged GS machines. The construction includes an “H” shaped titanal plate that makes it super stable at high speeds.

The plate extends into the tip and tail but isn’t a solid plate like the one featured in the Justis, which makes it a bit more versatile and maneuverable. The Serpo has a solid 93mm waist that gives it a 20m turning radius, hence the GS design. The minimal rocker shape isn’t all that progressive but does give it added pivot, edge control, and versatility.

The subtle woodcore flex makes it fun and allows it to venture off-piste with ease while that metal plate keeps its responsive feel. This ski is definitely designed for the front side of the mountain and won’t help you out much on a powder day, you’ll be going so fast on the front side you won’t have time to think about what you could be missing out on in the back bowls.

So, if you’re ready to relive the glory of your racing days, the Serpo has more than enough in the tank to keep you ripping up clean carves and checkered flags.