BLISTER Podcast

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The Blister Podcast is Blister Review’s series of weekly conversations with the most fascinating and passionate people in the outdoor sports world. We’ll talk with top-level skiers, climbers, mountain bikers, product designers, and various Blister reviewers about their sport, their industry, and whatever else is on their minds—or ours.

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Report: The 20/21 Ski Seaso...

04.26.2021

We’ve talked quite a bit on Blister about the ski season in North America, but today we’re talking with Sebastian Steinbach, the owner of Blacksheep Sports in Munich, Germany, about the European ski season; we revisit some of the predictions ...

BLISTER Podcast episodes:

04.26.2021 Report: The 20/21 Ski Season in Europe We’ve talked quite a bit on Blister about the ski season in North America, but today we’re talking with Sebastian Steinbach, the owner of Blacksheep Sports in Munich, Germany, about the European ski season; we revisit some of the predictions ...
04.19.2021 Reviewing the News w/ Cody Townsend (Mar 2021) Cody and Jonathan discuss the introduction of criminal charges for triggering avalanches; the case against straightlining; ski area news; our media recommendations; & more. TOPICS & TIMES:Criminal charges for Triggering Avalanches (3:01)The Result of the Avalanche Trial (12:23)Straight Lining vs. ...
04.12.2021 Adventure Photographer, Adam Clark We talk to the skier and adventure photographer, Adam Clark, about how he got started in photography; how he went about making a name for himself and honing his craft; his favorite camera gear; one of his most memorable ski ...
04.01.2021 Cam Smith on The Grand Traverse; State of Skimo; & Training for Skiing, Running, & Mtn Biking Last Sunday, Cam Smith and Tom Goth set a new record at the Grand Traverse, which is a point-to-point ski race from Crested Butte to Aspen. Starting at midnight, racers travel 40 miles across the Elk Mountain range, climbing over ...
03.08.2021 Reviewing the News w/ Cody Townsend (Feb 2021) Cody and Jonathan discuss the new rule changes re: filming in National Parks; lift-line etiquette; the future of freeride comps; the record number of avalanche fatalities in the U.S. this season; a new development in backcountry skiing; the shocking story ...
02.01.2021 Backcountry Travel, Snow Science, & the Art of Avalanche Forecasting Today we’re talking about the science of snow, the art of avalanche forecasting, and what every backcountry traveler can be sending in to their local avy center to help them produce more accurate forecasts. Our guest is Zach Guy, who ...
01.25.2021 Reviewing the News w/ Cody Townsend (Jan 2021) Cody Townsend and Jonathan Ellsworth discuss the first Winter Summit of K2 by the Sherpa and Nepali team, including Nirmal Purja; TNF x Gucci collab; mountain-town dynamics; Sam Anthamatten vs Cody on the SHIFT binding; our inaugural Blister Summit; and ...
01.18.2021 Andrew Alexander King & The Between Worlds Project Andrew Alexander King is an explorer, alpinist, climber, and surfer who was born in Detroit, Michigan. Andrew has climbed over 50 different mountains around the world from Kilimanjaro to the highest mountain in the Atlantic, Indian, and the Pacific Ocean, ...
01.11.2021 Sam Anthamatten on Steep Skiing, La Liste 2, the FWT, & Gear Choices Sam Anthamatten does things in the mountains that very few skiers do, and in this conversation, you’ll get a better sense of the background and the trajectory that helped Sam get to where he is today. We also get an ...
01.05.2021 Reviewers’ 2020 Highlights & 2021 Resolutions For our first Blister Podcast of 2021, we asked a few of our reviewers to share one highlight of the past year; one thing they’re most looking forward to in 2021; and one new year’s resolution. We got quite a ...
12.28.2020 Reviewing the News w/ Cody Townsend (Dec 2020) Cody Towsend and Jonathan Ellsworth talk about chess & The Queen’s Gambit; savants & skier savants; ski media; political appointees; avalanche accidents; Cody’s new film, The Mountain Why; and more. TOPICS & TIMESCody versus the people of Girdwood, AK (2:15)The ...
12.21.2020 Snowboarder Elena Hight on Competition, Transitions, & Blank Canvas Elena Hight is an X Games Gold Medalist, two-time Olympian, and a person who everyone in our world describes first and foremost as … a badass. We talked with Elena about her new film project, Blank Canvas; competitive drive; how ...
12.14.2020 Bode Miller on Education, Mental Preparation, Technology, Ski Design, & More Bode Miller is not only one of the greatest ski racers of all time, he’s also working on a number of interesting projects. So we have a very wide-ranging conversation with Bode about his involvement in rethinking education with the ...
12.07.2020 Inclusivity & Innovation in the Outdoor Industry: Moosejaw CEO, Eoin Comerford We talk with Moosejaw CEO, Eoin Comerford, about how to increase diversity and inclusivity in the outdoor industry; the Moosejaw Outdoor Accelerator — which we hope that a number of you will apply for; what Moosejaw’s aims are today, and ...
12.02.2020 On Guide Books & Decision Making in the Backcountry Sales of backcountry guide books are up, and more and more people are venturing out. So we talked with Beacon Guide Books founder, Andy Sovick (who Cody Townsend and I recently talked about on episode #150), about how he got ...
11.23.2020 Athletic Brewing Company founder, Bill Shufelt Athletic Brewing Company is a fast-growing brand in an emerging category that is about to blow up: non-alcoholic craft beer. So we talked to Athletic Brewing’s founder about why he started the company; the stigma of not drinking; why “near ...
11.16.2020 Reviewing the News w/ Cody Townsend (Nov 2020) Today we are launching a new segment on the Blister Podcast. Each month, Cody Townsend and Jonathan Ellsworth will discuss some of the biggest stories and most interesting news headlines from the world of outdoor sports, and on occasion, the ...
11.09.2020 Adaptive Sports & Recreation: Past, Present, & Future Did you know that 1 out of 5 people in the United States have a disability? 20 percent. And that is just one of the reasons why those of us who love and care about outdoor recreation really ought to ...
11.02.2020 Mali Noyes & Lani Bruntz ski The Wurl The Wurl — The Wasatch Ultimate Ridge Linkup — has gained quite a lot of attention in the trail running and climbing worlds, but it had never been done in the winter, and Mali Noyes and Lani Bruntz set out ...
10.26.2020 Hunt to Eat founder, Mahting Putelis This is another installment in our series on food, food systems, and food movements, and we have included links below to all of the really interesting and diverse range of conversations we’ve had this year on these topics. Our guest ...
10.19.2020 Blister Speaker Series 3.1: Cody Townsend Last week Cody Townsend came to Western Colorado University for our Blister Speaker Series and spoke about why his education has been so beneficial to his career; social media and the new responsibilities of athletes today; starting & growing a ...
10.12.2020 Stan Rey & Alexi Godbout on Skiing Pillows; Spit Cups; & Their New Film We’ve got a really fun one for you today — Alexi Godbout and Stan Rey are on the show talking about their new film, Follow the Forecast, which features a bunch of good friends who happen to be really good ...
10.05.2020 Black Crows Skis co-founder, Camille Jaccoux Our guest today is Camille Jaccoux, the co-founder of Black Crows Skis. This is Camille’s 2nd time on the Blister Podcast, and you should check out Blister Podcast ep. 64, where I talked to Camille and Black Crows head ski ...
09.21.2020 Will Gadd on The Last Ascent + Doing all the Sports Will Gadd has established a number of the hardest mixed ice climbing lines in the world; set the world distance record for paragliding (twice); kayaked down dozens of first ascents across North America; and won the Canadian National Sport-Climbing Championships ...
09.14.2020 Jeremy Jones on His New Film, Purple Mountains We talk to snowboarder & Protect Our Winters founder, Jeremy Jones, about his new film, Purple Mountains; the importance of reviving a lost art; and more. Watch a video of this conversation on our YouTube channel Watch the trailer for ...
08.31.2020 Paul Forward on Hunting, Climate Advocacy, & Conservation Blister reviewer, Paul Forward, is a lifelong hunter. Jonathan Ellsworth has been a vegetarian for over 20 years. So how much common ground do they share? We discuss that plus Paul’s latest solo hunt; why he only hunts with a ...
08.17.2020 Adventures of a Hemophiliac: Chris Bombardier on Climbing Mount Everest On January 6, 2018, Chris Bombardier became the first person with hemophilia to complete all Seven Summits, and tomorrow, a film comes out called Bombardier Blood that tells Chris’ story and homes in on his attempt to summit Mt. Everest. ...
08.10.2020 Current State of the Camping Industry “Camping” is a massive industry, and a lot goes on under that one name. So today we discuss who’s doing it; what, exactly, people are doing; the different segments of camping; the most important trends; some of the current problems ...
08.03.2020 Jeremy Bloom on Winning, Happiness, & The Weight of Gold Jeremy Bloom is a 3-time world champion mogul skier, a 2-time Olympian, an 11-time World Cup gold medalist, and an All-American football player that was drafted into the NFL. He's also the executive producer of an important new film, The ...
07.28.2020 National Brotherhood of Skiers co-founder & U.S. Ski Hall of Fame inductee, Art Clay Art Clay is the co-founder of the National Brotherhood of Skiers, and he and his NBS co-founder, Ben Finley, are the first African Americans to be inducted into the US Ski-Snowboard Hall of Fame. This past weekend, Jonathan Ellswoth sat ...
07.13.2020 Skid Row Running Club founder, Judge Craig Mitchell Whether or not you’re a runner, you ought to know about the Skid Row Running Club and the Skid Row Marathon. We talk to the club founder, Judge Craig Mitchell, about why he started the club; his background; the duty ...
07.06.2020 Olympian Dotsie Bausch on Cycling, Switch4Good, & the Dairy Industry Dotsie Bausch is a 7-time USA Cycling National Champion, an Olympic medalist, a featured athlete in the film, The Game Changers, and the executive director of Switch4Good. We talked to Dotsie about her very unusual path to an Olympic podium; ...
06.29.2020 What You Need to Know - and Do - about the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) You are probably familiar with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), but what do you know about the arguably more important National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)? NEPA is a critical piece of legislation, and each of us needs to understand what ...
06.22.2020 BlackAFinSTEM, Birders, & Bees BlackAFinSTEM was started to encourage and support Black individuals who are working in — or who are just passionate about — the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, and also to encourage, support, and increase the visibility of Black ...
06.15.2020 Bees, Green Lawns, “Perfect” Apples, & the Reinvention of Farming Last week on the show we talked to Sanjay Rawal about his new film, Gather, which examines the growing food sovereignty movement among Native American tribes across the United States. And this week, we are talking about why and how ...
06.09.2020 Food Sovereignty, Indigenous Rights, & the Film, Gather Today we are talking with our friend, Sanjay Rawal, about his new film, Gather. Sanjay is a fantastic story teller and a maker of films that might seem to have a pretty specific focus, but actually have wide-ranging applicability and ...
05.26.2020 How to Recreate Responsibly in the Time of COVID As a number of locations are beginning to relax travel restrictions and are able to welcome visitors back, we wanted to discuss some important reminders and best practices for recreating responsibly in this time of COVID. If you do not ...
05.19.2020 Geoff McFetridge on The Abstract Wild by Jack Turner In the latest installment of our Blister Book Club, we talk with the artist, Geoff McFetridge, about Jack Turner’s book, The Abstract Wild. We discuss why Geoff selected this book; why it isn’t designed to be a comfortable read; why ...
05.04.2020 On the State of Heli Skiing: Henry Munter, Chugach Powder Guides Henry Munter is a lead heli guide and the general manager of Chugach Powder Guides in Girdwood, AK. We talk with him about making the call to shut down operations right as the heli season was in full swing; the ...
04.20.2020 X Games Real Ski 2020 Gold Medalist, Jake Mageau The X Games Real Ski competition is an invitation-only event, where some of the top skiers in the world go out and put together a 90-second street edit. The creativity and talent on display in real ski is always bonkers, ...
04.13.2020 SKI INC. 2020: The Current State & Future of the Ski Industry The ski industry has undergone rapid changes in the past several years, and we are currently in another unprecedented moment with the COVID-19 pandemic. So to help us better understand the past, present, and future of the ski industry, we ...
04.07.2020 Crash Course: How to Telemark Ski, Part 1 Baby giraffes? Organic bamboo scissors? Superman? Since we now have to learn how to tele ski and shoot a tele video (we’ll explain in the episode), we’re crowdsourcing a crash course in what we need to know to avoid embarrassing ...
03.30.2020 Catching Up with Caite Zeliff We all probably need more Caite Zeliff in our lives. (And if you didn’t already know this, you definitely need to listen to this conversation.) Caite is a former ski racer turned big mountain skier. She won the first ever ...
03.23.2020 Up & Coming? FWT World Champion, Isaac Freeland As part of our Up & Coming Series, we had intended to talk to Isaac Freeland, because he is a very good skier and he was definitely on his way up. But then Isaac threw us a curve ball by ...
03.16.2020 Without Precedent: COVID-19, Ski Area Closures, & Ski Towns This past weekend, something happened that has never happened in the history of resort skiing: in the span of 12 hours, most ski areas abruptly suspended operations. So on our latest #blisterpodcast, we talked to veteran ski industry reporter, Jason ...
03.09.2020 Bobby Brown on Big Air & Backcountry Skiing Bobby Brown is one of the best slopestyle and big-air comp skiers of all time, but he’s currently focused on finding out what he’s capable of in the backcountry. So I talked to Bobby about his trajectory; the art of ...
03.03.2020 Blister Speaker Series 2.5: Tommy Caldwell Last week at our monthly Blister Speaker Series at Western Colorado University, in Gunnison, Tommy Caldwell spoke in front of a packed auditorium about speed climbing & setting the speed record on the Nose with Alex Honnold; strength vs. experience; ...
02.17.2020 Mtn Guide Rob Coppolillo on Backcountry Travel, Education, & Gear We talk to IFMGA / AMGA mountain guide, Rob Coppolillo (author of The Mountain Guide Manual and the new book, The Ski Guide Manual) about how he got into guiding; the current state of backcountry and avalanche education; his take ...
01.27.2020 Blister Speaker Series 2.4: Wendy Fisher Wendy Fisher is one of the all-time greats. She is a two-time World Extreme Skiing Champion; was on the U.S. Ski Team; filmed with Warren Miller and MSP; and played a huge role in showing the world what women could ...
01.20.2020 Thor Verdonk: A Life in Ski & Ski Boot Design In the world of ski and ski boot design, Thor Verdonk is well known and very well respected. So we talked to Thor about his background, his 25+ year career with the Rossignol Group and how he became the Global ...

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BLISTER Podcast episodes:

Report: The 20/21 Ski Season in Europe

Reviewing the News w/ Cody Townsend (Mar 2021)

Adventure Photographer, Adam Clark

Cam Smith on The Grand Traverse; State of Skimo; & Training for Skiing, Running, & Mtn Biking

Reviewing the News w/ Cody Townsend (Feb 2021)

Backcountry Travel, Snow Science, & the Art of Avalanche Forecasting

Reviewing the News w/ Cody Townsend (Jan 2021)

Andrew Alexander King & The Between Worlds Project

Sam Anthamatten on Steep Skiing, La Liste 2, the FWT, & Gear Choices

Reviewers’ 2020 Highlights & 2021 Resolutions

Reviewing the News w/ Cody Townsend (Dec 2020)

Snowboarder Elena Hight on Competition, Transitions, & Blank Canvas

Bode Miller on Education, Mental Preparation, Technology, Ski Design, & More

Inclusivity & Innovation in the Outdoor Industry: Moosejaw CEO, Eoin Comerford

On Guide Books & Decision Making in the Backcountry

Athletic Brewing Company founder, Bill Shufelt

Reviewing the News w/ Cody Townsend (Nov 2020)

Adaptive Sports & Recreation: Past, Present, & Future

Mali Noyes & Lani Bruntz ski The Wurl

Hunt to Eat founder, Mahting Putelis

Blister Speaker Series 3.1: Cody Townsend

Stan Rey & Alexi Godbout on Skiing Pillows; Spit Cups; & Their New Film

Black Crows Skis co-founder, Camille Jaccoux

Will Gadd on The Last Ascent + Doing all the Sports

Jeremy Jones on His New Film, Purple Mountains

Paul Forward on Hunting, Climate Advocacy, & Conservation

Adventures of a Hemophiliac: Chris Bombardier on Climbing Mount Everest

Current State of the Camping Industry

Jeremy Bloom on Winning, Happiness, & The Weight of Gold

National Brotherhood of Skiers co-founder & U.S. Ski Hall of Fame inductee, Art Clay

Skid Row Running Club founder, Judge Craig Mitchell

Olympian Dotsie Bausch on Cycling, Switch4Good, & the Dairy Industry

What You Need to Know - and Do - about the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA)

BlackAFinSTEM, Birders, & Bees

Bees, Green Lawns, “Perfect” Apples, & the Reinvention of Farming

Food Sovereignty, Indigenous Rights, & the Film, Gather

How to Recreate Responsibly in the Time of COVID

Geoff McFetridge on The Abstract Wild by Jack Turner

On the State of Heli Skiing: Henry Munter, Chugach Powder Guides

X Games Real Ski 2020 Gold Medalist, Jake Mageau

SKI INC. 2020: The Current State & Future of the Ski Industry

Crash Course: How to Telemark Ski, Part 1

Catching Up with Caite Zeliff

Up & Coming? FWT World Champion, Isaac Freeland

Without Precedent: COVID-19, Ski Area Closures, & Ski Towns

Bobby Brown on Big Air & Backcountry Skiing

Blister Speaker Series 2.5: Tommy Caldwell

Mtn Guide Rob Coppolillo on Backcountry Travel, Education, & Gear

Blister Speaker Series 2.4: Wendy Fisher

Thor Verdonk: A Life in Ski & Ski Boot Design

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