Eric Pollard on Innovation, Graphics, & Season’s Ski Lineup (Ep.164)

It is difficult to overstate the innovation that Eric Pollard has brought to modern skiing, and in this conversation, you’ll get to hear more about how Eric sees the world and finds himself pursuing new directions. We also talk about graphics; Season’s all-black topsheets; and each of the models in Season’s ski lineup.
Season Eqpt Co-Founders, Austin Smith & Eric Pollard

Monday on our Blister Podcast, we had Season co-founder Austin Smith on to talk about the snowboard side of things at Season. And today, we’ve got Eric Pollard making his GEAR:30 debut to talk about the ski side of Season — plus a whole lot more.

It is difficult to overstate the innovation that Eric has brought to modern skiing, and in today’s conversation, you’ll get to hear more about how Eric sees the world and finds himself pursuing new directions. We also talk about graphics; Season’s all-black top sheets; and each of the models in Season’s ski lineup.
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We also mention the Blister Podcast conversation that Eric and I had a while back, and there’s a link to that conversation in the show notes here if you missed that conversation the first time around (it’s a good one.)

TOPICS & TIMES:

  • From ‘Drawn from Here’ to Season (3:27)
  • 1st time meeting Austin Smith (8:14)
  • Principles behind Season Eqpt (11:33)
  • Skiers vs Snowboarders – (14:45)
  • Graphics / Season’s black topsheets (18:01)
  • Teams (34:07)
  • Season’s ski lineup (38:50)
  • Aero – design concepts (42:14)
  • Mount points (46:13)
  • Hypothetical: coming up now vs when you did (48:16)
  • More on the Aero (55:57)
  • Ski width (1:01:38)
  • Kin (1:06:35)
  • Nexus and Forma (1:10:52)
  • What else are you working on now? (1:15:40)
  • What We’re Celebrating (1:19:40)

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It is difficult to overstate the innovation that Eric Pollard has brought to modern skiing, and in this conversation, you’ll get to hear more about how Eric sees the world and finds himself pursuing new directions. We also talk about graphics; Season’s all-black topsheets; and each of the models in Season’s ski lineup.
Eric Pollard with the Season Forma Ski

2 comments on “Eric Pollard on Innovation, Graphics, & Season’s Ski Lineup (Ep.164)”

  1. Well, if this series is going to be truly Rashomon-like, there will be one or more versions of Season Equipment’s story still to come…

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