Best Skis of the Century from Each Brand, Part 3: Listener & Industry Selections

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🗓️ 24 October 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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In Part 3 of our series on the Best Skis of the Century, Luke and Jonathan discuss some of the great answers from our BLISTER+ members and Digital Access Pass subscribers, as well as the selections from various ski designers, pro skiers, and folks from some of our Blister Recommended Shops.

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, welcome back to Gear 30 on the Blister Podcast Network,
0:08.9	where we are very proudly based out of Elevation Hotel right here in Crested, Butte, Colorado.
0:15.8	I'm Jonathan Ellsworth, the founder of Blister, and you can check out everything we're doing and reviewing
0:22.2	over at BlisterReview.com.
0:26.0	Okay, today for part three of our series on the best skis of the century from each brand,
0:32.8	we are going to be sharing some of your great responses, as well as some of the many great and
0:39.2	quite funny responses we received from folks at our Blister recommended shops, some ski
0:45.3	designers, a ski boot designer, and some professional skiers. Now, we got a ton of responses to the survey we sent out, and so I will now
0:58.1	apologize right here up front that we couldn't get to more of your very good answers. I love
1:05.5	today's conversation that I had with Luke Kappa, because we do get through a good number of your responses.
1:12.0	And I think those responses really provide a good bit of color and extra context to this
1:18.8	whole question that we've been working on now for multiple weeks.
1:23.6	Now, remember, we've still got part four coming up and we're going to be running that final installment of this series in two weeks.
1:32.8	So there is still time to send us your thoughts on the top 10 skis of the century or the top three skis.
1:42.2	Or simply, you can send us your choice for the single greatest ski of the 21st century.
1:48.9	So if you are a Blister Plus member or a Digital Access Pass subscriber, you can just reply to the survey that we sent out to you last week or leave a comment on our site.
2:04.4	Okay, now, a bit of news. We have just launched our second YouTube channel. It's called Blister Studios. And on it, we are going to be pulling some of the
2:11.7	very best moments from some of the very best conversations that we've been having for the past decade on our various
2:19.7	Blister podcasts. So we'd love for you to check out the new channel and subscribe. And given that I know
2:27.2	what the next dozen or so videos are that we're going to be rolling out on Blister Studios,
2:32.7	I know that it's something that listeners of Gear 30 are going to dig.
2:37.7	So check it out, Blister Studios over on YouTube,
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