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101

ON3P Skis 24/25 Lineup with Scott Andrus

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Does the Color of Your Jacket Affect Its Performance? Blister Labs Apparel Testing Update

103

The Pro's Gear: Cody Townsend (round 2)

104

A Very Deep Dive on Bootfitting, Pt.7: The Pedorthist’s Perspective

105

Flylow’s Dan Abrams on Burrito Grease & PFAS; Slide Gliding; Palisades Tahoe; & More

106

Venture Snowboards — and New Venture Skis — w/ Klem Branner

107

The 10th Anniversary of our Blister Winter Buyer’s Guide: Why We Started It, How It’s Evolved, & What’s in the Latest One

108

The Pro's Gear: Nikolai Schirmer

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Reviewing the Reviewer: Zack Henderson

110

Blister Labs: Results from our On-Snow Ski Testing & Dynamic Modeling

111

Helping Everyone ‘Go’ Outside w/ Gnara

112

A Novel Twist on Wool w/ Nuyarn CEO, Andy Wynne

113

New Zealand Ski Season, Gear Trends, & How a Specialty Retailer Curates Their Products

114

24/25 Black Crows lineup, new Corvus, & more w/ co-founder Camille Jaccoux

115

The Life of a Ski Engineer + 24/25 LINE & K2 Skis

116

Travel Gear + Bringing Back the Snake Bite Black

117

Runways, Race Courses, & Riding Gear: Curious Creatures’ Unique Origin Story

118

Outdoor Photography: Tips, Tricks, & Gear with Taylor Ahearn

119

Reviewer Reports: Travel Gear, Dinosaurs, & Camcorders

120

GEAR THERAPY: A Skier (Blister’s founder) Learns to Snowboard, Part 2

121

GEAR THERAPY: A Skier (Blister’s founder) Learns to Snowboard, Part 1

122

Sex & Ski Boots: Hoji, Matt Manser, & Greg Klein on the Present & Future of Ski Boot Design

123

Alaska’s Epic El Niño Season, Ski Bindings, & More with Powder Hound

124

Whiskey, Murder, and a Bunch of New Skis

125

New Tech to Simplify Decision Making in the Backcountry

126

Icelantic & Moment Skis on Ski Design & U.S. Ski Manufacturing

127

Reviewer Reports: Taos Ski Valley, Carving Skis, All-Mountain Skis, & Luke’s 3-Day-Old Cheeseburger (Ep.290)

128

Standout Backcountry Gear: Past, Present, & Future (ft. Vertical Playground)

129

Helmet Tech, Head Injuries, & Best Practices for Skiers & Snowboarders

130

Jeremy Jones on Gear Reviews; Gear Mistakes; Soft vs. Hard Boots; & More

131

A Very Deep Dive on Bootfitting, Pt. 6: Ski Boot Flex w/ Pulse Boot Labs

132

New Gear from Blister Summit 2024

133

Consignment, Gear Repair, & Sustainability w/ Lone Pine Gear Exchange

134

Blister Labs Update: Ski (and Boot) Flex Test

135

Reviewer Reports: Storm Cycles, All-Mountain Skis, 3D-Printed Goggles, & More

136

Raide: Building a Solutions-Based Backcountry Brand

137

Skier Ability Ratings Revisited; Monoskiing; & More with Powder7’s Jordan Jones

138

Gear Predictions, 2024

139

Gear of the Year, 2023

140

Blister Community Reviews Launch; How Much Info is Too Much / Too Little; & Other Contentious Topics

141

Skiing with Your Eyes Closed, Shop Pizza, Egg Beaters, & Ski Boots with Greg Klein

142

Folsom’s Spar 78, New ‘Rotor’ Pow Ski, & Jonathan’s Custom Touring Ski Project

143

Reviewer Reports: Early-Season Ski Gear Testing, Mtn Biking in Nepal, & More

144

Biggest Ski Buying Mistakes + Ski Tuning, Ski Wax, & Ski Boots

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The Pro's Gear: Ted Ligety

146

Parlor Custom Skis: Building Skis in Boston, Custom vs. Semi-Custom Skis, & the Age-Old Question of Ski Width for East-Coast Skiing

147

Jeremy Jones & Xavier Nidecker on Re-Up Tech: What it Is & Why it Matters

148

Giray Dadali on the new Daymaker Touring TEKDAPTERS

149

Our 23/24 BLISTER Winter Buyer’s Guide Recap

150

A Very Deep Dive on Bootfitting, Pt. 5: Debunking Bootfitting Myths & Misconceptions

151

GEAR THERAPY: An Italian Skier in Switzerland

152

Norrøna Owner & CEO, Jørgen Jørgensen, on Norrøna’s History & Design Philosophy

153

Why All Your Jackets Are Going to Change: Ditching PFAS w/ Outdoor Research

154

GEAR THERAPY: A Mother Gets Back into Skiing — Where to Start??

155

BOA & Ski Boot Design with Hoji, K2’s Tom Pietrowski, Fischer’s Christoph Lentz, Dalbello’s Riccardo Bonaiti, and Dynafit’s Ross Herr

156

Blister Labs: Technical Apparel Testing Update

157

A Guide to Skiing in New Zealand with Outside Sports

158

GEAR THERAPY: A Ski Patroller's Most-Pressing Gear Questions

159

G3’s Recyclable R3 Skis & Boards with G3 Founder, Oliver Steffen

160

Blister Labs: Blister Community Reviews Update

161

GEAR THERAPY: A Guitarist's Ski Gear Questions

162

Magnus Granér & Peyben on 1000 Skis & Moving the Culture Forward

163

SCARPA CEO, Kim Miller, on Their ‘Green Manifesto’ & B Corp Status

164

Blister Labs: Wheelset Testing — Updates & Initial Results

165

Athletes & Product Design

166

Rethinking Apparel: WNDR Alpine & Beyond Surface Technologies

167

Kästle Ski Boots: Origins, Design, & 23/24 Lineup

168

New Binding Tech: Tyrolia Protector Bindings with Full Heel Release

169

Ferreol Skis: Reenvisioning Ski Construction

170

Bikes vs. Skis, 4th Edition (2023): Part 3

171

Ski Binding Design with Hoji, Lars Chickering-Ayers, & Giray Dadali

172

Bikes vs. Skis, 4th Edition (2023): Part 1

173

Safeback SBX: A New Avalanche Survival System

174

Powder Ski Design w/ Folsom's Mike McCabe

175

Coalition Snow: 10 Years of Skis & Snowboards, 23/24 Lineup, & More w/ Founder & CEO, Jen Gurecki

176

Powder Skis in AK with Paul & Jonathan

177

Jonathan’s Gear for AK, Luke’s Latest Crash, & More

178

Diving into Blizzard’s 23/24 Ski Lineup

179

Shop Talk: Gear West on Year-Round Relevance, Community, & Specialty Service

180

ZipFit “Inner Boots”; the Growth of ZipFit; Reviewing Ski Boots; & More with Jeff Colt

181

Skiing with Kids w/ Spokane Alpine Haus

182

New Gear from Blister Summit 2023

183

Shop Talk: 3D Printing & Bootfitting w/ Pulse Boot Lab

184

Blister Labs: AI, Machine Learning, & Ski Reviewing

185

Year of the BOA? Atomic’s Matt Manser on New Ski Boots, Liners, & BOA Systems

186

Shop Talk: Powder7 + ‘Crashes & Close Calls’

187

Jeremy Jones on the Evolution of Snowboard Design

188

Shop Talk: Outdoor Gear Exchange, Burlington, VT + Crashes & Close Calls

189

Reviewer Reports + Crashes & Close Calls

190

Blister Labs: Travis Hainsworth on Soft Robotics, MoCap, & Wheelsets

191

Heritage Lab Skis, with Marshal Olson

192

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

193

Shop Talk: Willi’s Ski & Board on Ski Shops as Conduits and Founding Winter Divas

194

Blizzard-Tecnica's Women2Women Program with Leslie Baker-Brown

195

Shop Talk: Celebrating 10 Years of Powder Hound in Girdwood, AK with Eric Helmbrecht

196

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

197

Q&A with Hoji: Gear, Training, Mental Prep, the Blister Summit, & More

198

Shop Talk: Hickory & Tweed

199

Our 22/23 BLISTER Winter Buyer's Guide Recap

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A Very Deep Dive on Bootfitting, Pt. 3: Stance Balancing with Pulse Boot Labs