SCARPA CEO, Kim Miller, on the new F1 LT & More

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BLISTER

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

4.9 • 809 Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

In part 2 of our conversation with SCARPA CEO, Kim Miller, Kim offers his predictions for the ski industry and how SCARPA is positioning itself for the future; discusses which materials they use in their boots and why; shares the lessons learned from the Maestrale 2017 recall; and then unveils a brand-new boot, the F1 LT.

To see the new SCARPA F1 LT for yourself, head over to the BLISTER Youtube Channel to watch a video of the conversation.

TOPICS & TIMES:

How did the popularity of the Maestrale RS shape your line? (1:11)
SCARPA’s approach to sustainability (5:55)
Ski industry predictions (9:52)
Which different plastics are in the F1 & Maestrale XT? ( 16:35)
The Maestrale 2017 recall (30:00)
Unveiling the new F1 LT boot (34:30)

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0:00.0	Hey everyone. I'm Sam Shaheen and you're listening to Gear 30 on the Blister podcast network.
0:13.1	Last month, I visited Scarpa's North American headquarters to talk with CEO Kim Miller. You can check out
0:19.2	episode 79 of Gear 30 to hear about Kim's background,
0:23.0	Scarpa's philosophy of ski boot design, the new Mistrali XT, and more. And here in part two of the
0:29.9	conversation, I talk with Kim about a brand new boot from Scarpa, the F1LT, that will be released
0:36.5	in the fall of 2020. So in addition to that big reveal,
0:40.7	Kim offers his predictions for the ski industry and how Scarpa is positioning itself for the
0:45.0	future, discusses which materials they use for their boots and why, shares the lessons
0:50.1	learned from the Mastrale 2017 recall, and then Kim provides a close look at the F1LT.
0:57.1	To see the new Scarpa F1LT for yourself, head over to the Blister YouTube channel to watch
1:02.5	a video of this conversation.
1:04.8	And now let's get to part two of my conversation with Scarpa CEO Kim Miller.
1:09.0	Oh, we've talked about the Mastrilli XT a little bit. my conversation with Scarpa CEO Kim Miller.
1:16.3	Oh, we've talked about the Mistrali XT a little bit, but let's talk about the Mistrali RS. Over the past few years, this boot has, well, not even over the past few years,
1:21.2	I mean, the Mistrali series has been one of the most popular touring boots in the world for
1:24.5	a long time. And with the addition of the new design RS to the line, I think that that boot has been
1:30.9	exploding.
1:31.4	I mean, we see it everywhere.
1:33.6	How has the popularity of that boot kind of driven your direction in the line?
1:41.6	That's a leading question.
1:44.0	And I guess that's what you're supposed to be doing. Following the line. That's a leading question. And I guess that's why you're supposed to be doing.
1:46.9	Following the sport, not just our boot line, we see what people are doing with our boots.
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