Black Sheep Sports, Sebastian Steinbach

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Arts, Design, Skiing, Snow, Snowboarding, Sports, Outdoors, Bike, Technology, Gear

4.9 • 809 Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2017

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Back in 2010, Sebastian Steinbach had the crazy idea to go against traditional European ski culture and open a freeride-specific shop in Munich, Germany. Black Sheep Sports became one of the first dedicated freeride shops in Europe, and it has since evolved into one of the best freeride and backcountry shops in the Alps — which is why Black Sheep is on our list of Blister Recommended Shops.

Blister senior editor, Sam Shaheen, was in Munich earlier this season to talk with Sebastian about how Black Sheep got started, the ski culture in Europe vs the ski culture in North America, and about some of Sebastian’s current favorite skis and boots for skiing in Europe.

TOPICS & TIMES:

Justin Bobb on his favorite Marble beer, Marble Red Ale (1:23)
Why the name "Black Sheep"? (7:50)
The crazy idea of opening a freeride shop in Europe (11:16)
European race & ski touring culture vs freeride culture (14:56)
Off-Piste Skiing & Resort Boundary Lines — US vs Europe (18:49)
For skiing in the Alps, which skis & brands are you currently high on? (25:21)
Which ski boots are you most excited about? (32:48)
Interlude: Breakfast Beer! (36:12)
Back to ski boots & ski bindings (36:48)

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0:00.0	Welcome back to another episode of Gear 30. I'm Jonathan Ellsworth, the founder of Blister,
0:09.7	and you can always check out what we're up to over at blisterreview.com.
0:14.1	For our final Gear 30 episode of 2017, we wanted to share a conversation that Blister senior
0:20.2	editor Sam Shaheen had with Sebastian Steinbach,
0:23.6	the owner of Black Sheep Sports in Munich, Germany.
0:26.6	Back in 2010, Sebastian started Black Sheep Sports as one of the first dedicated free ride shops in Europe.
0:33.6	Black Sheep has since evolved into one of the best free ride and backcountry shops in the Alps,
0:38.1	which is precisely why Black Sheep made our Blister recommended shops list.
0:42.6	Sam was in Munich earlier this season and sat down with Sebastian at Black Sheep to talk about
0:47.9	how Black Sheep was started, the ski culture in the Alps versus the ski culture in North America,
0:53.7	and about some of Sebastian's
0:55.2	favorite gear for skiing in Europe. This is a really interesting conversation that I am jealous
1:00.8	I wasn't there to join in on, and I think you are really going to enjoy it. But before we get
1:06.4	to Sam's conversation with Sebastian, we are going to first fulfill a promise we made on the last
1:11.2	Gear 30 episode to have Justin Bob join me to talk about Marble Brewery's red ale and why the
1:17.9	red ale is J. Bob's favorite marble beer. So here you go. All right. So as promised, I'm here in the Blister podcast studio with our strikingly handsome audio engineer, Justin Bob,
1:36.7	and his strikingly handsome little dog, George, and his even more strikingly handsome little daughter,
1:48.8	who just turned one year old,
1:51.8	Harley,
1:53.2	who is currently wearing,
1:55.0	Harley is wearing an awesome hoodie that I'm very jealous of,
1:58.6	and I wish that I made that in a much bigger size.
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