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GEAR:30

Best Skis of the Century, Part 5

GEAR:30

BLISTER

Arts, Design, Skiing, Snow, Snowboarding, Sports, Outdoors, Bike, Technology, Gear

4.9809 Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2025

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

What are the Top 10 skis of the century? Top 3? #1 Ski? Today, Blister reviewers Dylan Wood, Luke Koppa, and Jonathan Ellsworth reveal their selections, and we also share some of the picks and insights from a number of pro skiers and ski industry professionals.

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TOPICS & TIMES:

Setting the Stage for Best Skis of the Century (3:15)

Luke & Dylan’s Top 10 (7:24)

Top 3 (34:40)

Luke's #1 (46:44)

Dylan’s #1 (50:03)

Honorable Mentions (53:02)

Jonathan Joins (56:52)

Jonathan's Top 10 (1:02:01)

Most Influential? (1:06:54)

Jonathan's Top 3 (1:09:27)

Jonathan's #1 (1:15:14)

More Takes from listeners and Industry (1:24:15)


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0:00.0

Hey everybody, welcome back to Gear 30 on the Blister Podcast Network,

0:08.8

where we are very proudly based out of Elevation Hotel right here in Crested, Butte, Colorado.

0:16.0

I'm Jonathan Ellsworth, the founder of Blister, and you can check out all the things we're doing and reviewing over at blisterreview.com.

0:26.2

All right, folks, today is the day. We are wrapping up our series on the best skis of the century.

0:33.1

We said it was going to be four parts. You know how things go around here. It is now a five-part series,

0:39.2

and I think we have a proper conclusion to the series today. So first up today, you are going to

0:46.1

hear from Dylan Wood and Luke Kappa. They are going to be sharing their selections to the

0:51.4

answers for best skis of the century.

0:58.1

And then you are going to get to hear my answers to these questions.

1:04.6

Luke and I go through these together while also sharing some excellent answers and insights from some professional skiers, some people around the industry, and that is how we are rounding things out.

1:11.6

I am currently on the road. I am recording this in a hotel in Santa Monica, California.

1:17.6

Last night, I was at the premiere for Chris Ben Shetler's film Mountains of the Moon.

1:24.6

We talked about that film with Chris over on our Blister Cinematic

1:28.5

Conversation. It was a fantastic evening. It was good to see a lot of people from around the

1:35.2

industry there, and you really, really, really should try hard to go see this one. Really proud

1:42.9

of Chris and everybody that was involved in this

1:45.2

project. Also, yesterday, turns out, was Chris Ben Chetler's birthday. So, happy birthday to Chris.

1:53.2

And again, congratulations to everyone involved on a great project, Mountains of the Moon.

1:59.4

And I can say, too, the conversation I had with Chris

2:01.9

over on Blister Cinematic, seeing the film again and thinking about our conversation, I think it is a

2:08.7

very, very good conversation to listen to prior to seeing the film. So that was cool. And yeah,

2:16.4

had a chance to talk with Chris about that

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