We discuss the making of — and our takeaways from — our 17/18 Winter Buyer's Guide, including our "Best Of" awards, our Blister Spectrums, our ski quiver selections, and some of the strangest claims we saw in some of the other buyer's guides out there.

TOPICS & TIMES:

• A very cool thing we did recently at marblebrewing.com (2:16)
• The blurring of ski categories (3:15)
• What we talk about when we talk about “Frontside” (8:56)
• The pros and cons of the growing category of “50/50” Skis (13:57)
• 17/18 Season -- the year of the binding? (22:15)
• “Stated Range of Motion” numbers on AT boots & the Scarpa Freedom RS (23:07)
• Head-scratching claims we saw in other buyers guides about the Blizzard Rustler 10, J Skis The Metal, and ON3P Billy Goat (29:03)
• Our “Blister Spectrums” (35:37)
• Our Ski Quiver Selections in the Buyer’s Guide (38:19)
• The rationale behind our Blister “Best Of” Awards + some specific winners: Patagonia MicroPuff; Scarpa Maestrale RS; and K2 Ikonic 84 Ti (42:52)
• Almost “Best Of” Award winners: G3 SENDr 112, The North Face Ventrix (51:46)

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