BOA & Ski Boot Design with Hoji, K2’s Tom Pietrowski, Fischer’s Christoph Lentz, Dalbello’s Riccardo Bonaiti, and Dynafit’s Ross Herr
GEAR:30
BLISTER
4.9 • 809 Ratings
🗓️ 8 September 2023
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
At Blister Summit 2023, we brought together ski boot designers, Tom Pietrowski (K2), Christoph Lentz (Fischer), Riccardo Bonaiti (Dalbello), Ross Herr (Dynafit), and pro skier / designer / obsessive tinkerer, Hoji, to discuss ski boot design in general; the hype and skepticism around BOA (are boot buckles dying??); the role that weight plays in the development of boots of all types; the balancing act of designing a walk mechanism; the challenges presented by the boot-binding interface, and more.
TOPICS & TIMES
Intros & Latest Products (4:07)
Weight & Downhill Performance (12:38)
Boot-Binding Interface Challenges (44:01)
Evaluating Fit (54:16)
Crashes & Close Calls (1:06:56)
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody and welcome back to Gear 30 on the Blister podcast network. |
| 0:09.8 | In case you hadn't guessed by now, you're here today with Kara Williard and you can check out all the things we are doing and reviewing over at blister review.com. |
| 0:18.9 | So we're coming into the ski season and there is still a lot of justified |
| 0:22.7 | skepticism as well as hype around boa fit systems on ski boots. And here at Blister, we have been |
| 0:28.8 | addressing questions, concerns, and relaying our own thoughts from our time spent reviewing |
| 0:33.3 | these boots last season, all of which you can check out over on our site, on previous podcasts, |
| 0:38.2 | and more. But at our last blister summit, we discussed Boa and a bunch of other important |
| 0:43.7 | boot questions like Are Buckels Dead? And how important is weight when it comes to ski boots |
| 0:48.3 | during one of our nightly panel sessions titled Boa and the Death of Buckles, 2324 ski boot design. And really, who better to |
| 0:57.3 | address some of these questions and discuss several other important aspects of ski boots than a |
| 1:01.5 | full panel session of boot designers and, well, the one and only hoji. Sitting on on this panel was |
| 1:08.1 | Tom Petrowski from K2, Christoph Lentz from Fisher, Ricardo |
| 1:12.3 | Bonatai from Daubello, and Ross Hare from Dinafit, and like I mentioned, the pro-skir, |
| 1:18.2 | designer, and obsessive tinkerer, Hoji. You'll find that these guys all have excellent points |
| 1:23.8 | and a ton of experience, though they're not always in agreement, which makes for a |
| 1:27.8 | very interesting conversation. And if you'd like to watch this conversation and all the videos |
| 1:33.2 | from last year's Blister Summit, including the panel sessions and the brand line of videos, |
| 1:38.0 | please subscribe to our YouTube channel. The link is in the show notes. But speaking of the |
| 1:44.0 | Blister Summit, we would love to have |
| 1:45.6 | you join us at Blister Summit 2024. Not only will there be tons of great brands in attendance, |
| 1:51.7 | some amazing athletes joining us like Cody Townsend and Angel Collinson, but where else can you |
| 1:57.1 | test out a bunch of ski boots on resort and in the backcountry. Come test some boa boots for |
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