Blacked-Out Top Sheets & Objective Ski Testing
On our recent GEAR:30 podcast, Shop Talk: Pulling Back the Curtain on Gear Testing (episode #172), we discussed (once again) some of the best and worst way…
Jonathan Ellsworth
The Blister Speaker Series at Western
Blister Speaker Series at Western Colorado University: Innovators & Influencers in the Outdoor Industry
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2019-2020 Folsom Blister Pro 104
Ski: 2019-2020 Folsom Blister Pro 104, 186 cm
Test Location: Crested Butte, Colorado
Days Skied: ~15
Available Lengths: 186 cm (custom options available)
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2021-2022 Nordica Enforcer 88
Ski: 2021-2022 Nordica Enforcer 88, 179 cm
Test Locations: Crested Butte, Colorado
Days Skied (between both lengths): ~20
Available Lengths: 165, 172, 179, 18
2021-2022 Salomon S/Max 130 and S/Max 130 Carbon
Boot: Salomon S/MAX 130
Stated Flex: 130
Available Sizes: 24-29.5
Stated Last (size 26.5): 98-104 mm (can be expanded ~6 mm)
Stated Forward Lean: 13.5°
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Glossary – Snowsports
Mank? Refrozen Death Cookies? Crud — as opposed to “Chop”? Readers have been writing in over the years to say that a Glossary could be pretty u…
2019-2020 Faction Dictator 4.0
Ski: 2019-2020 Faction Dictator 4.0, 186 cm
Available Lengths: 180, 186, 192 cm
Blister’s Measured Tip-to-Tail Length: 184.9 cm
Stated Weight per Ski (180 cm)
New Skis, New Goggles, & Random Reviews (Ep.44)
Luke Koppa, Sam Shaheen, and I discuss new goggles — from great, to good, to terrible. Then we discuss the Armada ARV 106 Ti and 96 Ti, and which ski compan
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Filmmaker, Sanjay Rawal, on the World’s Longest Race (Ep.2)
In this episode, Brendan Leonard and I had a remarkable conversation with a remarkable person, and we urge every runner — and non-runner — to listen to it.
Blister Speaker Series 1.3: Dan Abrams, Flylow (Ep.84)
Our 3rd Blister Speaker Series at Western Colorado University was with Dan Abrams, president and co-founder of Flylow, a brand favorite of skiers who weren’t
New Gear + Sam’s Review of Tinder (Ep.42)
Sam Shaheen, Kristin Sinnott, and Jonathan Ellsworth talk about some of their favorite new skis, then — in what might be our most anticipated review ever —
2021-2022 Prior Husume
Ski: 2021-2022 Prior Husume, 188 cm
Available Lengths: 175, 181, 188, 193 cm
Blister’s Measured Tip-to-Tail Length: 187.5 cm
Stated Weight per Ski: 2440 grams
Trends, Favorite Gear, and Most / Least Durable Products, with Eric Helmbrecht of Powder Hound AK (Ep.41)
Alaska is a place where your gear really needs to hold up. So we talk to Eric Helmbrecht, owner of Powder Hound Ski Shop in Girdwood Alaska, about the trend
Michael “Bird” Shaffer on Old & New Ways of Experiencing the Mountains (Ep.83)
A while back at a dinner party here in Crested Butte, my friend Mike Horn told me about a guy he knew — named Bird — who I absolutely had to get on the pod
Zoetica: Solutions to the Global Recycling & Trash Crisis (Ep.82)
Trash is a growing global crisis, and currently, the majority of “recycled” products are still ending up in landfills or being burned. So we discuss the cr
Deep Dive: K2 Mindbender 108Ti
We compare the Mindbender 108Ti to the Blizzard Cochise, ON3P Wrenegade 108, Prior Husume, Folsom Hammer, 4FRNT MSP 107, Black Crows Corvus, Faction Dictat…
Brendan Leonard & Jonathan Ellsworth on Their Running Backgrounds & What Makes Someone a “Runner”? (Ep.1)
Welcome to the inaugural episode of Off the Couch, where each week we will be taking a closer look at the wide, we