New Skis, Ski Boots, & Bindings with Paul Forward

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BLISTER

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

4.9 • 809 Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2019

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Today we’re catching up with Blister reviewer, Paul Forward, about some of the skis, AT boots, and an AT binding that Paul has been spending time on in Girdwood, Alaska. Paul and Jonathan Ellsworth discuss the Volkl Mantra 102; the DPS Koala 119; the new Atomic Backland Carbon AT boot; the Fritschi Xenic lightweight touring binding; and more.

TOPICS & TIMES:

Volkl Mantra 102 (4:40)
Mantra 102 vs. Mantra M5, etc. (8:30)
DPS Koala 119, 189 cm (13:20)
Koala 119 vs. (OG) Moment Bibby vs. Dynastar Menace Proto (16:19)
New Atomic Backland Carbon AT Boot (21:03)
Scarpa Maestrale XT Boot (27:00)
New Fritschi Xenic AT Binding (30:22)
Paul’s Advanced Wilderness Life Support course (35:10)

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, welcome back to Gear 30 on the Blister Podcast Network.
0:10.9	I'm Jonathan Ellsworth, the founder of Blister, and you can check out everything we're doing and reviewing over at blisterreview.com.
0:20.8	Today on the show, we are catching up with blister reviewer Paul Forward about some of the
0:26.1	skis, AT boots, and an AT binding that Paul has been spending time on.
0:31.9	Paul lives in Girdwood, Alaska, he is a medical doctor and a lead heli guide for Chugatch Powder Guides.
0:39.4	And our managing editor, Luke Kappa, sometimes still wonders whether Paul is actually a real
0:45.3	live person or just some superhero we made up.
0:49.1	Anyway, Paul is, in fact, a real person.
0:51.5	And he and I talk about, among other things, the vocal mantra 102,
0:56.6	the DPS-Ci-Wala-19, the new atomic backland carbon A-T boot, and the Fritchie Xenic, lightweight,
1:05.0	touring binding. And so with that, let's get to my conversation with the actually real,
1:10.3	but still kind of superhero like
1:12.5	Paul Forward.
1:16.1	Well, Paul Forward, it is good to be talking to you again on Gear 30, and I think we've got to
1:22.9	kind of start here by getting a few, like, big life updates from you. I think we, I think there's a clear number one.
1:32.6	You're a parent now. Yeah, it's awesome. We had our little boy, Ren, in the middle of May.
1:39.4	Middle of May. So he's seven months old now.
1:42.2	Seven months old. So you've kept a human being alive for seven months.
1:46.7	I mean, that's a huge thing.
1:48.3	Like, I feel like everybody should get a trophy after like one month and then the second one
1:53.5	at two months and then maybe at like six months.
1:55.7	Like I'm proud of you.
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