Testing Pow Skis in Alaska & Japan + Shop Talk

GEAR:30

BLISTER

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

4.9 • 809 Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2018

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

We talk to blister reviewer, Paul Forward, about some of the powder skis he’s been reviewing recently in Alaska and Japan, including the Faction Prime 4.0, the Black Diamond Helio 116, and the DPS Spoon.

And then we talk to Jeremy Cole, owner of Alpine Sports, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, which is one of our Blister Recommended Shops. Jeremy and I cover 3 topics: new gear; some of his favorite price-point boots & skis, and some real-world issues surrounding boots, bindings, and bench test results.

TOPICS & TIMES:

Join us in Telluride the weekends of February 24, March 10, March 17 (2:11)
Paul Forward on the DPS Spoon, Faction Prime 4.0, Black Diamond Helio 116 (3:01)
Jeremy Cole, owner of Alpine Sports, Santa Fe, New Mexico (20:31)
As a buyer, what were some of the most intriguing new products you saw at OR/SIA (21:52)
Bang for the Buck: some of Jeremy’s favorite price-point boots & skis (27:02)
Bench Test Results: real-world issues around boots + binding compatibility (32:41)

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, welcome to another episode of Gear 30.
0:08.0	I'm Jonathan Ellsworth, the founder of Blister.
0:11.0	And as always, you can check us out online at blisterreview.com.
0:17.0	Today we're talking to Blister reviewer Paul Forward about some of the powder skis he's been
0:22.6	reviewing recently in both Alaska and Japan, including the Faction Prime 4.0, the Black
0:29.5	Diamond Helio 116, and a favorite of Paul's, the DPS Spoon.
0:36.0	When he's not out skiing or writing ski reviews, Paul is out working as a
0:40.4	lead heli guide for Chugatch Powder Guides in Girdwood, Alaska, and he's also a family medicine
0:46.3	boarded physician who works in rural Alaska doing emergency and hospital medicine. Not long ago,
0:53.2	Paul and I recorded a conversation actually on the
0:55.8	Blister podcast, it's episode 62, talking about backcountry safety and wilderness travel,
1:03.1	so you should give that a listen if you haven't already. But today, Paul and I are just talking
1:08.6	about powder skis. And then after talking to Paul, I have a
1:13.3	conversation with Jeremy Cole, the owner of Alpine Sports in Santa Fe, New Mexico, which is one
1:19.6	of our Blister Recommended Shops. You can find our current list of Blister Recommended Shops
1:24.7	on the navigation bar of our website, you know where it says
1:28.5	recommended shops, and you can check out Alpine Sports Online at conveniently www.alpineportsonline.com.
1:39.9	Jeremy and I cover three topics. First, the new gear he saw at outdoor retailers that has
1:45.8	him most intrigued. Then he and I discuss current products that he thinks deliver the most bang
1:51.9	for the buck or the most performance for the price. And Jeremy and I finished by talking a bit
1:58.0	about all of the new bindings and boots and boot norms currently out there,
2:03.1	and some of the things you should probably understand and consider before settling on a ski boot and ski binding combination.
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