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GEAR:30

GEAR:30 is the podcast from BLISTER that dives deep into the details of the most interesting and innovative outdoor gear. You"ll hear BLISTER reviewers discuss the gear they"re testing, as well as product designers, professional athletes, and some of the gear-obsessed folks from our recommended shops weigh in on gear trends and the equipment they’ve been most impressed with. If you love outdoor gear, you"re going to love this podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:19:31

Jeremy Jones on the Evolution of Snowboard Design

GEAR:30 ·

2023/01/06

Today we’ve got a masterclass on the history and evolution of snowboard design with Jeremy Jones, as well as Jeremy’s own philosophy behind product creation and refinement at Jones Snowboards. Jeremy and I discuss “progression bumps”; a new Jones board coming out this spring; prototyping; finding design inspiration in unexpected places; a number of the boards in the current Jones lineup; and more.TOPICS & TIMES:Splitboards: why did you start with splits? (6:36)Making gear work vs. dialing in

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49:47

Shop Talk: Outdoor Gear Exchange, Burlington, VT +...

GEAR:30 ·

2022/12/30

We’re talking ski gear, customer trends, & sustainability initiatives (from the POV of a shop owner) with Mike Donohue of Outdoor Gear Exchange, our Blister Recommended Shop in Burlington, Vermont. And we have a great listener-submitted story for “Crashes & Close Calls.”TOPICS & TIMES:Outdoor Gear Exchange History & Consignment (4:11)Mike’s History & OGE Today (7:15)Telemarking Roots, Splitboarding, & Gear (9:56)Ski Boots & Mike’s Touring Gear (12:57)Shift Bindings

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1:14:36

Reviewer Reports + Crashes & Close Calls

GEAR:30 ·

2022/12/23

Jonathan Ellsworth, Luke Koppa, Kara Williard, and Dylan Wood discuss some of the notable gear they’ve been reviewing this season. They also discuss Christmas quesadillas; whether it’s okay to put sweaty ski socks on boot dryers; and we launch a new segment: Crashes & Close Calls.TOPICS & TIMESChristmas Quesadillas (6:09)Wagner Custom 104 & Summit 106 (11:29)Scarpa 4-Quattro XT (21:03)Happy Hour! (25:26)Our New Boot Dryer (27:45)Fischer Ranger 115 W (34:36)Head Supershape e-Rally

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1:06:12

Blister Labs: Travis Hainsworth on Soft Robotics,...

GEAR:30 ·

2022/12/16

Travis Hainsworth is a whole lot of fun. And when he’s not out on his highly questionable one-ski quiver, he’s busy being the associate director of the Western-CU Boulder Computer Science Program here in Gunnison, CO, and an integral member of our Blister Labs team. So in this conversation, we’re talking “SoRo”;” MoCap”; wheelset testing; his dream of becoming the first Red-Bull-sponsored mathematician; and more.TOPICS & TIMES:Subarus, Bourbon, & Travis’ One-Ski Quiver (7:29)“Soft Robots”

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52:55

Heritage Lab Skis, with Marshal Olson

GEAR:30 ·

2022/12/09

Too often, passionate skiers have to mourn the discontinuation of our all-time favorite ski designs. So Marshal Olson started Heritage Lab Skis to fix that. In this conversation, we talk with Marshal about all things Heritage Lab, including how it got started; how it’s going; their ‘smokin’ rocks’ warranty policy; order updates; and what’s next.TOPICS & TIMES:What is Heritage Lab Skis? (4:34)How did you get it started? (11:25)Shapes & Designs (17:15)Testing & Production (21:48)Who are

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1:17:38

Matt Manser on Atomic's 22/23 Ski Boot Lineup & More

GEAR:30 ·

2022/12/02

Matt Manser, Atomic’s ski boots product manager, is back to discuss the current lineup of Atomic ski boots and what’s new for this season; running through airports in ski boots; Tom Cruise; the Atomic Redster CS vs. the Hawx Ultra Professional; and more.TOPICS & TIMES:Scotch & our upcoming CRAFTED episode (5:06)Overview of Atomic’s current boot lineup (8:28)Redster talk (12:19)Redster Club Sport (17:46)Hawx Ultra (30:48)Professional Series (36:18)Ski Boots & Temperature Stability

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1:11:15

Shop Talk: Willi’s Ski & Board on Ski Shops as...

GEAR:30 ·

2022/11/25

Kristin Sinnott and Kara Williard caught up with Kjerstin Klein, co-owner of Willi’s Ski and Board. They dove into Kjerstin’s adventurous background as a model and sponsored snowboarder (among several other amazing things); and what it looked like for Kjerstin and her husband Greg to take on Willi’s and maintain it as a family-owned ski shop. Kjerstin explains how to successfully jump into a family business; techniques for how to stay innovative; what it means to truly grow the sport; why ski shops

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50:10

Blizzard-Tecnica's Women2Women Program with Leslie...

GEAR:30 ·

2022/11/18

Kristin Sinnott and Kara Williard talk with Blizzard-Tecnica’s Women2Women program founder and ski legend, Leslie Baker-Brown, about her background in ski racing, and her remarkable 32 years of work for Blizzard-Tecnica. They dive into the origins story of the W2W program, including how it spans beyond women-specific gear via community-building, scholarship programs, and more. Leslie explains Blizzard-Tecnica’s design process for women’s gear, including designing the #1 selling ski in the world; she

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58:43

Shop Talk: Celebrating 10 Years of Powder Hound in...

GEAR:30 ·

2022/11/11

Just in time for our Blister Recommended Shop, Powder Hound, to celebrate its 10-year business anniversary, Kara Williard chatted with the owner and founder, Eric Helmbrecht. They dove into a bunch of topics as a reflection of the 10 years Powder Hound has been a staple shop in Girdwood, AK, including how skis, boots, and bindings have progressed; the ways in which the industry has changed; what it looked like to be adaptable during a global pandemic; accomplishments they’re proud of; getting their

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1:10:55

A Very Deep Dive on Bootfitting, Pt. 4: Big-Mountain...

GEAR:30 ·

2022/11/04

For the fourth installment of our Very Deep Dive on Bootfitting, we talked with Jake "Fasa" Nelson, who not only works at the Moment Ski Factory, but also happens to run one of the best bootfitting shops in the Reno area. Fasa runs us through what a “big-mountain freeride” approach to bootfitting looks like; how his background in running informs his understanding of feet and biomechanics, how to work with the unique preferences of athletes (and some of the insanity that athletes can tolerate); what

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1:49:52

Q&A with Hoji: Gear, Training, Mental Prep, the...

GEAR:30 ·

2022/10/28

Eric Hjorleifson is back on GEAR:30 to answer questions from our Blister Members about gear; his tinkering process; coming to the Blister Summit; how he trains for an upcoming season; mental preparation, and … we get some bonus questions from Markus Eder, too. (We also announce our new “Blister After Hours” sessions — that’s our working title — so learn about that and let us know if you have better ideas for what we ought to call the new show.)TOPICS & TIMES:Catching Up / Coming to the Blister

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1:10:08

Shop Talk: Hickory & Tweed

GEAR:30 ·

2022/10/21

We talk with Skip and Mac Beitzel, the owners — and father / son duo — from Hickory & Tweed, located in Armonk, New York. We go over the history of the shop; Skip’s background of ski ballet and hot dogging; seasonal lease programs; personal ski quivers; & more.TOPICS & TIMESHickory & Tweed story (3:21)Ballet & hot dogging (11:12)Seasonal lease program (19:07)East Coast Skiing (30:34)Narrow and Deep (35:36)Soft Goods and Custom Top Sheets (50:57)Blow your mind guarantee

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1:04:47

Our 22/23 BLISTER Winter Buyer's Guide Recap

GEAR:30 ·

2022/10/14

A bunch of our reviewers discuss why our 22/23 Winter Buyer’s Guide is still unique and still the best resource for your winter gear; what’s new & different this year; some of our personal favorite gear of the season; some industry trends and speculation; and why pumpkin-flavored pastries make Drew Kelly sweat.TOPICS & TIMESWhat makes the Blister Buyer’s Guide unique? (3:36)What’s New (10:23)Our Women-Specific Sections & Unisex Skis (12:16)Gear Trends (14:40)Leveling Out (21:41)More

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55:59

A Very Deep Dive on Bootfitting, Pt. 3: Stance...

GEAR:30 ·

2022/10/07

For Part 3 of our Very Deep Dive on Bootfitting series, Kara Williard and Kai Palkeinen, Founder of Pulse Boot Labs, dive into the intricate topic of stance balancing and canting ski boots. Kai explains Pulse Boots Labs’ analytical approach to getting it right, his refined methodology of “red light, green light”; the multi-step process of looking at the foot, insole, liner, shell, and then potentially cuff alignment and canting; and all the intricate variables that can play into this process,

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1:11:34

Folsom Custom Skis: 22/23 Updates

GEAR:30 ·

2022/09/30

Folsom builds custom skis in Denver, Colorado, and they have a LOT going on these days. So we discussed it all with their head ski builder / owner / CEO, Mike McCabe, including their 22/23 lineup; new shapes; new construction materials; their very cool Junior Skis Trade-In Program; Blister Labs; and more.TOPICS & TIMES:Folsom & Fatherhood (3:25)Folsom Spar series (11:26)Completo, Cash, & Primary series (17:21)Cash family (20:12)Folsom Rapture (26:00)New Model: G-Wagon (32:15)New Model:

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29:14

Blister Labs: Technical Apparel Ratings & Standards -...

GEAR:30 ·

2022/09/23

Those waterproof & breathability ratings on the tags of that rain jacket or those ski pants you’re about to buy: where did they come from? What’s the history? And how relevant are those standards? We discuss all of this and more with Dr. Lauren Cooper, who heads up our Blister Labs work on technical apparel.TOPICS & TIMES:Dr. Cooper’s background (3:37)History of standards & ratings (7:23)Current Standards (11:11)What does the ISO standard tell us? (17:08)What doesn’t the ISO standard

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1:17:44

A Very Deep Dive on Bootfitting, Pt 2: Your Questions...

GEAR:30 ·

2022/09/16

In the second installment of our “Very Deep Dive on Bootfitting” series, Blister reviewer (and bootfitter) Kara Williard is joined again by Master Bootiftter, Sam Tischendorf. But this time it is all about you, the audience, as we make our way through a bunch of your questions. Sam and Kara explain some of the technical mysteries — and at times, controversies — within bootfitting, such as forward lean and ramp angle; provide a deeper explanation of why custom insoles are so imperative as the

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45:55

Blister Labs: Product Manufacturers vs. Researchers &...

GEAR:30 ·

2022/09/09

Can engineering actually help us discover real-world characteristics about products that will be meaningful to end users? Or, when we incorporate quantitative data, do we mostly run the risk of having that data leading people astray? To lay out the concerns, stakes, and potential rewards, Jonathan Ellsworth talks with Thomas Laakso, the vice president of product and operations at DPS Skis, and Dr. Sean Humbert of Blister Labs.TOPICS & TIMES:Will Data Set Us Free? (6:12)Variability & Defining

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1:25:03

A Very Deep Dive on Bootfitting, Pt 1: The Basics

GEAR:30 ·

2022/09/02

Few things in the world of ski gear are as complex, important, or misunderstood as bootfitting. So in this 1st episode of our new series on bootfitting, we dive into the basics with Sam Tischendorf, Masterfit University instructor, former clinical podiatrist, and lead bootfitter.TOPICS & TIMES:Sam Tischendorf’s background in Clinical Podiatry (4:56)How She Got into Skiing (8:41)Her Current Work as a Bootfitter (16:40)Masterfit University (21:41)Tecnica’s Women 2 Women & P165

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24:58

Blister Labs: MTB Wheelset Testing & Establishing...

GEAR:30 ·

2022/08/26

Greg Vanderbeek is back with a Blister Labs update on our mountain-bike-wheels testing. We discuss why the dynamic modeling we’ve been doing in the field is a critical component for ongoing testing back at Western Colorado University; what our test results are revealing about carbon vs. aluminum wheels; and we talk about the joy of new tires, the magic of espresso, and more.TOPICS & TIMES:The Joys of New Tires (4:21)Wheelest Testing Update (7:49)Age-Old Question: Carbon vs. Aluminum Wheels

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