A Very Deep Dive on Bootfitting, Pt 1: The Basics
GEAR:30
BLISTER
4.9 • 809 Ratings
🗓️ 2 September 2022
⏱️ 85 minutes
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Summary
Few things in the world of ski gear are as complex, important, or misunderstood as bootfitting. So in this 1st episode of our new series on bootfitting, we dive into the basics with Sam Tischendorf, Masterfit University instructor, former clinical podiatrist, and lead bootfitter.
TOPICS & TIMES:
- Sam Tischendorf’s background in Clinical Podiatry (4:56)
- How She Got into Skiing (8:41)
- Her Current Work as a Bootfitter (16:40)
- Masterfit University (21:41)
- Tecnica’s Women 2 Women & P165 (30:05)
- Bootfitting is Feelings (37:47)
- Communication with your Bootfitter (58:10)
- The Customization Process (1:04:29)
- Boot Longevity (1:10:58)
- What We’re Celebrating (1:22:23)
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, welcome back to Gear 30 on the Blister podcast network. |
| 0:09.0 | As I'm sure you can tell, this is not Jonathan Ellsworth. |
| 0:12.0 | Today you're here with me, Kara Williard, and you can check out everything else we are doing and reviewing over at blisterreview.com. |
| 0:20.0 | Okay, so those of you who are wondering where Jonathan is, |
| 0:23.4 | don't worry, he hasn't gone far, but he did recruit me to get us going on this mini-series all about |
| 0:28.6 | boot-fitting. This is a series that Jonathan and I have been discussing for quite some time, |
| 0:33.1 | and as some of you know, this is a topic I am super passionate about, so I'm excited to get us going with part one here today. |
| 0:40.8 | Before we go too far, I just want to remind everyone that Jonathan and Matt Manzer, the global product manager for atomic ski boots, went deep on a seven-part series all about ski boots. |
| 0:51.2 | They dove into so many aspects of ski boots and ski boot |
| 0:54.2 | design and while they touched on some boot fitting topics, the objective here with this |
| 0:59.1 | series is to dive much deeper into the misunderstood and pretty mysterious field of boot fitting. |
| 1:04.7 | What that means is you're going to maybe get a glimpse into the mind of boot fitters and it |
| 1:08.7 | might be kind of scary, but I think it's also going to be |
| 1:11.1 | super informative. So as Jonathan and I were brainstorming topics and who we wanted to talk to, |
| 1:17.3 | I knew right away one of the first people I wanted to get on the show is Sam Tishendorf. So today for |
| 1:23.1 | part one, I got to speak with Sam and we had a really interesting conversation, but what's really |
| 1:28.2 | cool is how impressive Sam really is when it comes to the world of boot fitting. She operates on all |
| 1:33.6 | levels, meaning she sits down daily with clients and gets them super happy in their boots. Then she |
| 1:38.9 | goes forth and instructs the next generation of up-and-coming boot fitters. And she also works on the product side |
| 1:45.5 | with Technica, in addition to having a background in podiatry. So yeah, Sam knows a lot. But what's great |
| 1:51.1 | is that she's also super excellent at explaining things in a comprehensible way. And every time I sit down |
| 1:56.6 | with Sam, I learn a whole bunch. I think you're going to as well. So today's conversation, |
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