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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In our latest BLISTER Speaker Series at Western Colorado University, Moment Skis CEO, Luke Jacobson, talks about managing the significant growth of this indie brand; manufacturing in Sparks, Nevada; crucial decisions he’s had to make; how he would assess those ...

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11.11.2019 Blister Speaker Series 2.3: Moment Skis CEO, Luke Jacobson In our latest BLISTER Speaker Series at Western Colorado University, Moment Skis CEO, Luke Jacobson, talks about managing the significant growth of this indie brand; manufacturing in Sparks, Nevada; crucial decisions he’s had to make; how he would assess those ...
11.04.2019 Rachael Burks on Skiing & Shakespeare & Sweatpants & More Fact: we all need to strive to be more like Rachael Burks. Rachael is known for skiing burly lines and her signature backflip, but she is also known for her boundless enthusiasm — and in this conversation, that enthusiasm is ...
10.22.2019 'Blink of an Eye' writer & director, Paul Taublieb If the story told in the new film Blink of an Eye weren’t true, nobody would believe it. Friendship, brotherhood, heroes, triumph, tragedy, and redemption are the topics, and we discuss all of them on our latest Blister Podcast with ...
10.15.2019 Blister Speaker Series 2.2: Honnold Foundation ED, Dory Trimble When world-renowned climber, Alex Honnold, was looking for a new executive director for his Honnold Foundation, he tapped Dory Trimble. And with the massive success of the film, Free Solo, Dory has guided what started as Alex's small, personal passion ...
10.08.2019 Dash Longe on Skiing, Ski Films, & Ski Design Dash Longe is a skier who’s been doing it — and going big — for a long time. And tomorrow is the online release of Dash’s latest film, Stone’s Throw. So I spoke to Dash about his new film and ...
09.30.2019 Adventure Photographer, Corey Rich Adventure photographer, Corey Rich, has spent a lot of time hanging out with and documenting some of the most interesting and amazing athletes in the world. And he is exceptionally good at talking about those experiences, so you are in ...
09.24.2019 J Skis founder, Jason Levinthal We’ve got J Skis founder, Jason Levinthal, back on the show, and we’re going to be doing things a bit differently than we normally do. Last week we invited you to submit any questions that you might have for J, ...
09.17.2019 Blister Speaker Series 2.1: Claudio Caluori Last week, we kicked off season #2 of our monthly Blister Speaker Series at Western Colorado University, where we invite influential figures to come talk about how they are shaping the outdoor industry. Our first guest of the new season ...
09.09.2019 Pep Fujas: from the Farm to K2 to WNDR Pep Fujas has always been at the forefront of freeskiing, and he is now looking to move things forward once again. So we talk to Pep about growing up on his family farm in Oregon; his remarkable film career; his ...
09.02.2019 Up & Coming: Slopestyle Mountain Biker, Ming Goetz Today we’re running the 2nd episode of our Up and Coming series, where we talk with athletes, who, if they aren’t already on your radar, they certainly should be. And our guest today perfectly matches that description. Because aside from ...
08.26.2019 Biotech hits the Backcountry: Checkerspot & WNDR Alpine What does biotech have to do with backcountry skiing? What does microalgae have to do with skis? And why did the founder of 4FRNT Skis, Matt Sterbenz, agree to get involved with a new startup ski brand, WNDR Alpine? We ...
08.20.2019 How to Change the World with Bikes: World Bicycle Relief We published this conversation last week on our Bikes & Big Ideas podcast, but we wanted to repost it in the Blister Podcast feed to make sure none of you missed it. Because for many of us, bikes are primarily ...
08.05.2019 Up & Coming: Skier AND Mtn Biker, Dylan Siggers Today we’re launching our new Up & Coming series, where we’ll be highlighting some athletes who, if they aren’t already on your radar, they definitely should be. First up is Dylan Siggers, because few people out there are this good ...
08.01.2019 Training Your Body — and Your Brain You’re probably already convinced of the importance of physical exertion, going outside, and staying physically fit and active. But what about your mental fitness and health? To get each of us thinking more clearly about the things we should — ...
07.23.2019 From Skiing Park to Working for NASA: LJ Strenio Last week, the well-known and well-loved park skier, LJ Strenio, posted a photo of a letter — from NASA — that was congratulating him on being accepted as an intern to the Armstrong Flight Research Facility. Wait, what?? How does ...
07.16.2019 Western States 100 Champion, Clare Gallagher Clare Gallagher just won the Western States 100-Mile Endurance Race, and she did so in spectacular fashion. And normally, that is all the introduction we’d need here, since winning Western States is a very big deal. But there happens to ...
07.09.2019 Making the 1st Electric Snowmobile: Taiga Motors While more and more electric cars are hitting the streets, Taiga Motors is about to bring the world’s first commercial electric snowmobiles to the backcountry and ski areas. So we talked with Taiga Motors CEO & co-founder, Sam Bruneau, about ...
06.10.2019 Mark Abma’s Regimen for Skiing Well & Living Well For a long time now, Mark Abma has stood right at the center of big-mountain skiing. So we talk to him about living with JP Auclair, Julien Regnier, and Anthony Boronowski; filming with Shane McConkey, Hugo Harrison, and Ingrid Backstrom; ...
06.03.2019 James Buehler on Riding the Ribbon, Devil’s Castle Last week on social media, many of us were blown away by some pretty terrifying footage of a snowboarder negotiating the Ribbon on Devil’s Castle at Alta. So we talked to the rider, James Buehler, about his first descent with ...
05.21.2019 Travis Ganong: U.S. Ski Racer + Backcountry & Big-Mtn Skier Travis Ganong might be the most well-rounded skier in the world (just listen to this conversation), and he is certainly one of the most passionate. He’s a Team U.S.A. downhiller and Super G racer that is also obsessed with backcountry ...
05.15.2019 Racing, Rossignol, & Rye Whiskey We’re on location in Shoreham, Vermont, talking to ski-industry veteran, Jason Newell, about his transition from ski racing, to working with the Rossignol Group for 25 years, to his latest adventure in a whole new category: premium whiskey. (And there ...
05.06.2019 Dierdre Wolownick, The Sharp End of Life In some circles, Dierdre Wolownick is best known as Alex Honnold’s mom. But she is also the oldest woman to climb El Cap, an author, teacher, linguist, musician, marathon runner, and someone who continues to push her comfort zone. We ...
04.30.2019 Blister Speaker Series 1.4: Ashley Korenblat Ashley Korenblat went from Arkansas to Dartmouth to Wall Street to being the president of Merlin Metalworks bikes, to the chair of IMBA (the International Mountain Bicycling Association). She currently owns Western Spirit Cycling and Outerbike, she is the founder ...
04.18.2019 The Guide Life with AMGA President, Angela Hawse Angela Hawse is the president of the American Mountain Guides Association (AMGA), and is certified to the highest international mountain guide standards. We talk to her about how she got into guiding; the various roles she has taken on; the ...
04.02.2019 Blister Speaker Series 1.3: Dan Abrams, Flylow Our 3rd Blister Speaker Series at Western Colorado University was with Dan Abrams, president and co-founder of Flylow. Dan gets into the details of running an outerwear company, and in doing so, offers insight into maintaining perspective while under pressure, ...
03.20.2019 Michael “Bird” Shaffer on Old & New Ways of Experiencing the Mountains It probably goes without saying that a guy named Bird will see the world a bit differently. So we talked to Bird about growing up on a commune in Washington; falling in love with skiing; finding a home away from ...
03.12.2019 Zoetica: Solutions to the Global Recycling & Trash Crisis 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 crisis, the myths, and the solutions to these problems with Karen Hoskin and Elizabeth ...
03.05.2019 Blister Speaker Series 1.2: Eric Larsen - Polar Adventurer, Expedition Guide, & Educator Last week we held our 2nd Blister Speaker Series event at Western Colorado University with Eric Larsen, a North and South Pole adventurer, expedition guide, author of On Thin Ice, and climate educator. Here is that conversation, where we talk ...
02.28.2019 Kristen Ulmer on the Art of Fear For more than a decade, Kristen Ulmer was the best female big mountain extreme skier in the world (which is why she was recently inducted into the Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame, along with Bode Miller), and many regarded ...
02.21.2019 Snowboarder Kelly Clark on Her 20-Year Career The winningest snowboarder in history, Kelly Clark, recently retired after an astonishing 20-year career of competition. So we talked to Kelly about that career; the new limited-edition “RISE” snowboard she designed with Burton; how snowboarding has evolved; her relationship with ...
02.11.2019 Cody Townsend on The FIFTY Project We talk to Cody Townsend about his massive new undertaking to ski 50 classic North American lines. We discuss his approach to The FIFTY Project; how it’s going so far; dealing with its incredibly tricky logistics; which lines are the ...
01.29.2019 Blister Speaker Series 1.1 - Brendan Leonard, Semi-Rad.com We just held the inaugural Blister Speaker Series event at Western Colorado University with Brendan Leonard — author, filmmaker, and creator of Semi-Rad.com. So here is that live conversation where we talk with Brendan about work, work ethic, creativity, and ...
12.13.2018 Ski Mountaineer Greg Hill on “Progress, not Perfection” Earlier this year I sat down with Greg Hill and Chris Rubens to talk about their "Electric Adventures" (episode #66), and we also discuss in that episode a bit about Greg’s background. And in this new conversation, our focus is ...
11.14.2018 HOJI on "HOJI" Very few people are so good at what they do that they can have a film made about their life and their career while they are still in the middle of both. But Eric Hjorleifson is one of those people, ...
09.05.2018 Elyse Saugstad, Big Mtn Skier Elyse Saugstad is one of the best big mountain skiers in the game, and we spoke with her a few days ago about the soon-to-be-released film, All In, from Matchstick Productions — the evolution of All In, and the experience ...
06.27.2018 Julian Carr on Big Mtn Running & Massive Cliff Jumping Julian Carr is a professional skier and world-record cliff jumper, the founder of Discrete Clothing, and the founder and race director of the Cirque Series, a group of six big-mountain running events held at some pretty iconic ski areas: Brighton, ...
05.29.2018 Product Innovation at Patagonia, with Glen Morden Glen Morden has an extremely cool job — he's the head of Product Innovation at Patagonia. So we talk to Glen about his background and how he ended up in this position, then Glen pulls back the curtain on the ...
05.10.2018 Bullying in Outdoor Sports: Reactions & Responsibilities In the past several days, there has been another reported instance of bullying going on in the outdoors sports world, and the loud, swift, and aggressive responses to this, have made clear that many of us still have a lot ...
05.04.2018 Climber & Filmmaker, Renan Ozturk, on MOUNTAIN We’re talking with Renan Ozturk, an expedition climber, landscape artist, filmmaker, co-founder of Camp4 Collective, and the principal cinematographer of the very powerful film, “MOUNTAIN.” MOUNTAIN is an epic meditation on our relationship to and fascination with mountains. Directed by ...
04.26.2018 Sego Skis Founders: Tim & Peter Wells We have been receiving more and more questions about Sego Skis and requests to review them, so today, you’re going to get the backstory. Sego was founded by two brothers, Tim and Peter Wells, and Sego is headquartered in the ...
04.12.2018 Venture Snowboards: Building in Silverton, CO We stopped by the headquarters of Venture Snowboards in Silverton, Colorado, to talk to Venture’s founders, Lisa and Klem Branner. As you’ll hear, Venture does a lot of things different than most snowboard companies. For example, very few companies are ...
02.23.2018 Rethink Everything: Renoun founder, Cyrus Schenck Cyrus Schenck is the founder of the company, Renoun, and a ski designer with an award-winning technology that's used by no other ski manufacturer in the world. Cyrus is thinking big. And definitely outside of the box. And definitely not ...
01.31.2018 Greg Hill & Chris Rubens' Electric Adventures This week we're talking to Greg Hill and Chris Rubens. Greg is probably best known for his feats in ski touring, including his accomplishment in 2010 of skiing 2 million vertical feet in a year. And Chris Rubens is probably ...
01.25.2018 New York Times sportswriter, Karen Crouse Today we’re talking with New York Times sportswriter, Karen Crouse, about her new book, Norwich. Norwich is a tiny town in Vermont that has produced eleven Olympians, and Karen’s extremely well-written book looks into how it is that this little ...
01.19.2018 Black Crows Skis - Camille Jaccoux & Julien Regnier Black Crows is one of the hottest brands in the entire ski world, and today we’re talking with their co-founder, Camille Jaccoux, and head ski designer, Julien Regnier, about the origins and design principles of the brand, a few of ...
01.12.2018 Matt Manser, Atomic Ski Boots So how does a kid from a little town in New York end up becoming a global product manager at one of the largest ski and boot manufacturers in the world, and living in Austria? And why does he believe ...
12.12.2017 Backcountry Travel & Wilderness Medicine What items should you be carrying with you, and what do you need to know before venturing out into the backcountry in the first place? We're discussing these critical topics of backcountry travel and wilderness medicine with blister reviewer, AWLS ...
11.23.2017 Danny Davis on Peace Park, the Olympics, and More We talk to Danny Davis about the upcoming Peace Park 6; why Peace Park should become a new discipline; "technical" tricks vs. "stylish" tricks; the Olympics; and the need for a unified snowboarding tour; and Danny's growing passion for splitboarding. ...
11.10.2017 Scott Gaffney – Skier & Director, Matchstick Productions Scott Gaffney is one of the most accomplished ski movie directors of all-time, and the guy behind so many of the iconic Matchstick Productions films. So we talked to Scott about how he got into filming ski movies; how he ...
11.01.2017 DPS Phantom & the End of Ski Wax DPS Phantom is a new product that claims to eliminate the need to ever again wax your skis or board. Sounds crazy, so we talked to DPS founder, Stephan Drake, and Jeff Bates, the technological developer of Phantom, to have ...

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BLISTER Podcast episodes:

Blister Speaker Series 2.3: Moment Skis CEO, Luke Jacobson

Rachael Burks on Skiing & Shakespeare & Sweatpants & More

'Blink of an Eye' writer & director, Paul Taublieb

Blister Speaker Series 2.2: Honnold Foundation ED, Dory Trimble

Dash Longe on Skiing, Ski Films, & Ski Design

Adventure Photographer, Corey Rich

J Skis founder, Jason Levinthal

Blister Speaker Series 2.1: Claudio Caluori

Pep Fujas: from the Farm to K2 to WNDR

Up & Coming: Slopestyle Mountain Biker, Ming Goetz

Biotech hits the Backcountry: Checkerspot & WNDR Alpine

How to Change the World with Bikes: World Bicycle Relief

Up & Coming: Skier AND Mtn Biker, Dylan Siggers

Training Your Body — and Your Brain

From Skiing Park to Working for NASA: LJ Strenio

Western States 100 Champion, Clare Gallagher

Making the 1st Electric Snowmobile: Taiga Motors

Mark Abma’s Regimen for Skiing Well & Living Well

James Buehler on Riding the Ribbon, Devil’s Castle

Travis Ganong: U.S. Ski Racer + Backcountry & Big-Mtn Skier

Racing, Rossignol, & Rye Whiskey

Dierdre Wolownick, The Sharp End of Life

Blister Speaker Series 1.4: Ashley Korenblat

The Guide Life with AMGA President, Angela Hawse

Blister Speaker Series 1.3: Dan Abrams, Flylow

Michael “Bird” Shaffer on Old & New Ways of Experiencing the Mountains

Zoetica: Solutions to the Global Recycling & Trash Crisis

Blister Speaker Series 1.2: Eric Larsen - Polar Adventurer, Expedition Guide, & Educator

Kristen Ulmer on the Art of Fear

Snowboarder Kelly Clark on Her 20-Year Career

Cody Townsend on The FIFTY Project

Blister Speaker Series 1.1 - Brendan Leonard, Semi-Rad.com

Ski Mountaineer Greg Hill on “Progress, not Perfection”

HOJI on "HOJI"

Elyse Saugstad, Big Mtn Skier

Julian Carr on Big Mtn Running & Massive Cliff Jumping

Product Innovation at Patagonia, with Glen Morden

Bullying in Outdoor Sports: Reactions & Responsibilities

Climber & Filmmaker, Renan Ozturk, on MOUNTAIN

Sego Skis Founders: Tim & Peter Wells

Venture Snowboards: Building in Silverton, CO

Rethink Everything: Renoun founder, Cyrus Schenck

Greg Hill & Chris Rubens' Electric Adventures

New York Times sportswriter, Karen Crouse

Black Crows Skis - Camille Jaccoux & Julien Regnier

Matt Manser, Atomic Ski Boots

Backcountry Travel & Wilderness Medicine

Danny Davis on Peace Park, the Olympics, and More

Scott Gaffney – Skier & Director, Matchstick Productions

DPS Phantom & the End of Ski Wax

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