Garrett sits down with George and Joe to discuss some of the buyers' guides and reviews we've seen this fall. We shout out a couple of outlets we think are doing great jobs with their gear reviews and dissect some flaws we see far too consistently across the rest. The goal of this episode isn't to go scorched earth on these media outlets, it's to address the problems with most of the ski industry's approach to reviewing ski gear and to present our case as to why there needs to be more effort put toward improving these reviews.

Drew Petersen is a ripping skier who has spent the past few years of his life defining himself beyond the sport. He's used films, public speaking, and social media to shine a light on important conversations regarding mental health and our approach to the issue within our winter sports community, and as a society as a whole. Drew's recent project, "Feel it All" expands on these ideas and gives insight to his perspective and experience dealing with his personal mental health challenges and how they are intertwined with his two biggest passions, skiing and ultrarunning. Drew stopped by The Ski Monster when he was in town for the Salomon QST Film Tour to chat with Garrett, mainly about the film and what drives him to do projects like this.

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The Ski Monster's George and Matt sat down with product manager Ben Fresco and president/CEO Jeff Mechura to make a video discussing the reconstructed Elan Ripstick series.

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Marcus Goguen is one of the fastest rising stars in big mountain skiing. At 20 years old he's already shot multiple major film segments and collected a gold medal on the freeride world tour. His resume is already impressive and he's just getting started.

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Peter "Peru" Chrzanowski is a renowned extreme skier and filmmaker who has been pushing the boundaries of skiing since the 1970s. In his recent memoir, "I Survived Myself" Peter details his life from the beginning, telling stories of wild adventures, mishaps, milestones, and formative events that turned him into the person he is today.

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Ski season is just around the corner, ski reviews are dropping, buyer's guides are hitting the shelves, and the mountains out west are already seeing their first snowfalls—we're STOKED! Garrett and Joe sit down to chat about all the hype in the skiing world over the past few weeks and what’s coming up in the months ahead. Fall is an exciting time for skiers. Winter’s not quite here yet, but we can feel it!

Garrett and Joe dive into the questions you've been asking on our YouTube channel and social media pages! We hope this new format can help clear up some misconceptions or confusion about skis and boots that might be out there.

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The Boston Ski Party is back! In our first episode for the 24/25 season, we dive into the collection of new ski models coming at us for the upcoming winter. This could be the most exciting year for new skis of all time, so we had plenty to discuss. Listen now for an overview of what's coming in hot!

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We're joined in studio by Tom Ritsch during his stop in Boston with the TGR team to premiere their 2023 film. Tom is an Austrian-born freeskier who unexpectedly got the call to shoot with TGR last March. This was Tom’s first time shooting with TGR and he took full advantage of the opportunity and ended up playing a huge role in a banger heli-skiing segment in the new movie.

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We are joined in studio by Jonathan Ellsworth, founder of Blister Review. Blister is one of the most popular and well-respected outlets for gear reviews in the world of winter sports. Since Jonathan is the man behind the vision it only makes sense that most of our conversation was centered in gear review talk.

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