SCARPA CEO, Kim Miller, Part 1

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BLISTER

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

4.9 • 809 Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2019

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Earlier this week, Sam Shaheen visited SCARPA’s North American headquarters to talk with SCARPA’s CEO, Kim Miller, and they had a great conversation that we’ll be releasing in two parts.

Here in Part 1, Kim and Sam discuss his impressive career in the outdoor industry; SCARPA’s philosophy of ski boot design; their position within the market; the specifics of the new Maestrale XT; Kim’s thoughts on boot/binding compatibility; and more.

TOPICS & TIMES:

Kim’s storied career & backcountry adventures (4:00)
Scarpa’s approach to ski boots (23:35)
Kim’s one-boot quiver (32:25)
Maestrale XT (42:45)
“Frankenboots” (58:30)
Boot / binding compatibility (1:02:35)

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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.
0:13.4	Earlier this week, I visited Scarpa's surprisingly large North American headquarters to talk with CEO Kim Miller.
0:19.9	Kim gave me a tour of their distribution center
0:21.8	and repair shop before settling into their footwear line showroom. We had a great conversation
0:26.7	that we'll be releasing in two parts, both of which will be available soon for you to watch
0:30.6	on our YouTube channel. In part one, Kim and I discussed his impressive career in the outdoor industry,
0:36.5	Scarpa's philosophy towards ski boot design, their position within the market, the ins and outs of the new
0:41.7	Mistrali XT, Kim's thoughts on boot binding compatibility, and more.
0:46.5	We'll be releasing part two in January, where we'll talk about a lot more, including
0:50.3	a mysterious gift-wrapped boot that was sitting on their showroom wall.
0:54.5	But now, here's part one of my conversation with Scarpa North America CEO, Kim Miller.
1:02.8	So I'm really excited today.
1:04.9	We're here at Scarpa North America headquarters in Boulder with Scarpa CEO, Kim Miller, and we're here to talk about
1:12.7	ski boots. How are you doing today, Kim? I'm doing great. And thanks for the invitation,
1:17.3	sit with you and talk about ski boots. It's one of my favorite topics. I do want to say
1:22.2	that I really love your product. I really love your work. And that's a really big part of the reason why I want to do this with you guys. In fact, I brought my copy of the current book.
1:36.0	With your name written on it too. And I wanted to point out that if you have to put your name on it, that means that it's a really, it's a hot commodity around the office and it will be eventually ripped off from you. So that shows how important this is to me,
1:49.9	but it's really one of the most comprehensive and well put together publications about not just
1:57.4	the product, but the sport, the trends in the sport, and bringing it all together,
2:01.8	connecting it all together, and really from riders for riders. And I really like that. And it's a joy
2:10.0	to read. In fact, my colleagues in Europe, one of the things they always ask for me to bring
2:15.3	over in the fall is the blisterister because it is the same to them.
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