25/26 Fischer Boot Lineup, the Importance of Inner Boots, & More w/ Christoph Lentz
GEAR:30
BLISTER
4.9 • 809 Ratings
🗓️ 4 April 2025
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Kara Williard catches up with Christoph Lentz, Fischer’s Global Product Manager for Alpine Boots, to discuss what they’ve been up to since the launch of their RC4 Lineup two seasons ago; how this lineup has expanded and evolved, including the new models for the 25/26 season; why Fischer has invested so much time and energy into “inner boots,” including using D3O padding in their latest liners; their all-new touring boot; the process for Vacuum molding plastics; Christoph’s favorite part of his job; and a whole lot more.
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TOPICS & TIMES:
Christoph’s Role & How it Came to Be (4:05)
Reflecting on the RC4 Pro (10:20)
25/26 RC4 Lineup / New Models (20:11)
RC4 Pro for Women (25:03)
Inner Boots, aka Liners (27:24)
D3O in Liners (29:52)
Vacuum Plastics & Molding Process (37:01)
The New Traverse (43:06)
Current Trends in the Ski Industry (51:17)
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody and welcome back to Gear 30 on the Blister Podcast Network. As always, we are |
| 0:10.7 | probably coming to you from our home base in Elevation Hotel in Mountcrest-Dibute. |
| 0:15.3 | My name is Kara Williard. I am a senior editor here at Blister, and you can check out everything |
| 0:20.2 | we're doing and reviewing over |
| 0:21.9 | at BlisterReview.com. Over there, you can read all of our latest reviews, listen to all of our |
| 0:27.3 | podcasts, become a Blister Plus member, and a whole lot more. For today's episode, we are talking |
| 0:32.7 | with Christoph Lentz, Fisher's Global Product Manager of Alpine Boots, and we get into the 2526 Fisher |
| 0:40.6 | Boat lineup, the growth of the RC4 Boot family since they first re-released this series two years |
| 0:46.0 | ago, the overall importance of inner boots, aka liners, how Christoph came into his current |
| 0:52.8 | and very expansive role with Fisher, his favorite |
| 0:55.5 | parts of the job, and a whole lot more. There is some new and exciting stuff going on with Fisher |
| 1:00.8 | boots going into this upcoming season, both on the Alpine and Turing side. So stick around to |
| 1:06.1 | hear all about it. Before we get going, I want to give a shout out to our most recent Blister Plus members. |
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