A Novel Twist on Wool w/ Nuyarn CEO, Andy Wynne

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4.9 • 809 Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Wool has seen quite the resurgence in technical apparel over the past couple decades, and for good reason — it’s breathable, odor-resistant, and manages moisture better than most natural fibers. However, the way that most wool is spun into yarns can hamper its natural performance traits — at least, that’s what Nuyarn CEO, Andy Wynne, claims, and it’s why Nuyarn set out to come up with an entirely new way to use wool in technical fabrics.

On today’s episode, Luke Koppa sits down with Andy to get the details on the traditional methods of yarn spinning; why he believes they have been holding back the true potential of wool; how Nuyarn is different; the extremely impressive performance metrics of Nuyarn; how it’s being applied to a very wide range of end uses; an exciting new wool product they’re about to launch, and more.

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Andy’s Backstory (5:07)

Traditional Implemntations of Wool (7:44)

How & Why Nuyarn is Different (14:31)

Production (21:03)

Nuyarn’s Different Applications (47:37)

Future Product: Hurcelan (53:11)

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0:00.0	Howdy, everybody? Welcome back to another episode of Gear 30 on the Blister podcast network.
0:10.6	As always, we are coming to you from our home base, an elevation hotel in Mount Preston.
0:16.3	My name is Luke Kappa. I am the managing editor at Blister, and you can check out everything we're doing and
0:21.6	reviewing over at Blister Review.com. As always, there is a lot of stuff going on over on our site.
0:29.7	The one thing I want to highlight is that you can now pre-order our upcoming 2024-2020
0:34.9	buyer's guide, which I and many of our reviewers have been working very, very
0:40.8	hard on this spring and summer. And as has become the trend, this year's guide will be our
0:46.4	biggest yet, with over 350 skis, 80 boots, and tons of snowboards, splitboards, touring,
0:53.4	bindings, climbing skins, apparel, and more.
0:56.1	One thing you won't find in it is advertisements for the brands we review. We've been banging
1:01.3	this drum for a while now, but unlike most review publications, we do not take ad money from
1:06.6	the gear manufacturers whose products we review. So our only goal is to provide you with the most
1:12.5	useful product information we can, and that is based on hundreds of days of on snow testing,
1:18.1	often over multiple seasons, and often with the input from multiple reviewers. So if you're
1:23.6	curious about all the latest ski gear for the coming season, head over to our site to pre-order the guide.
1:29.0	And if you order before September 1st, you can get the print guide plus the digital version at no extra cost,
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1:45.7	That's the downside of making an enormous guide with a lot of product reviews.
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1:54.1	And for those who prefer to go digital only, that option is also available, and pre-ordering
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