Best Skis of the Century, Part 4

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4.9 • 809 Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

What are the Top 10 skis of the century? Top 3? #1 Ski? Today, Blister reviewer, Paul Forward, reveals his very personal picks, plus we share a story from the Blister archives that involves New Zealand farmers and helicopters.

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, welcome back to Gear 30 on the Blister Podcast Network,
0:09.2	where we are very proudly based out of Elevation Hotel right here in Crested,
0:14.8	Butte, Colorado.
0:16.4	I'm Jonathan Ellsworth, the founder of Blister, and you can check out everything we're doing and
0:22.3	reviewing over at blisterreview.com.
0:26.4	So today was supposed to be the final installment of our best skis of the century series,
0:32.6	but it turns out that we're going to be adding an extra episode to this series.
0:39.4	Why?
0:40.2	Well, the initial plan was for me to first record a segment with Paul Forward to get his top 10 skis,
0:49.2	then his top three, and then his number one selection for Ski of the Century.
0:54.9	But then last night, after Paul and I hit the record button, a very unorthodox conversation ensued.
1:03.3	Is it interesting?
1:04.8	Yes.
1:05.9	Is it super weird?
1:08.3	You could say that.
1:09.6	But we did somehow end up telling a pretty great story from the Blister Archives that involves
1:15.8	farmers and helicopters and the country of New Zealand.
1:20.6	And that story is worth hearing.
1:22.8	But in addition to that, you are going to hear Paul's very specific, very personal answers to these questions.
1:32.0	And we decided that this conversation should probably just stand on its own.
1:37.3	So I hope you have fun with this one.
1:40.1	And then next week, Luke Kappa, Dylan Wood, and I will be going through our selections,
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