Crosson Skis founder, Chase Englehart

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

4.9 • 809 Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2019

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Crosson Skis is a small, new company building skis outside of Seattle — and they are making some very big claims.

So we talk to their founder, Chase Englehart, about the origins of Crosson; what makes their skis different — and better — than what’s out there; manufacturing skis in Tukwila, WA; working with athletes like Bobby Brown and Banks Gilberti; and their 19/20 lineup.

Topics & Times

The Crosson Backstory (2:03)
What makes your skis different / better? (12:44)
Park Ski: Rogue (22:14)
All-Mountain Skis: Imperium & Raider (28:11)
Powder Ski: Marauder (30:21)
Weight (31:23)
Crosson bases & custom base structures (35:19)
Price, Warranty, & Added Value (39:22)
Materials & what they’re doing in-house (44:34)
Their press (46:04)
Why manufacture in Tukwila? (48:55)
Their athletes: Banks Gilberti & Bobby Brown (51:17)
Where to check out or buy Crosson Skis (54:59)

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody, welcome back to Gear 30 on the Blister Podcast Network.
0:10.5	I'm Jonathan Ellsworth, the founder of Blister, and you can check out everything we're doing and reviewing over at blisterreview.com.
0:19.9	Cross and Skies is a small new company that's building skis right outside of Seattle, and they
0:25.8	are also making some very big claims.
0:29.4	So we talked to their 31-year-old founder, Chase Englehart, about the origins of Crosson,
0:35.2	what makes their skis different and better than what's out there,
0:39.7	manufacturing skis in Tequilla, Washington, working with athletes like Bobby Brown and Banks
0:46.4	Gilberti, and their 1920 lineup. This episode of Gear 30 is presented by Tribe Alpha.
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1:30.6	And now let's get to my conversation with Cross and Ski's founder, Chase Englehart.
1:37.9	Chase, how are you today and where are you today?
1:42.6	I'm good, you know.
1:44.6	We're making skis here today, so it's always a pretty good day and, you know, nice weather here
1:51.8	in the Pacific Northwest, so no complaints.
1:54.3	Okay.
1:55.1	Where is Crosson located?
1:58.0	It's just south of downtown Seattle and Tocquillo, Washington.
2:01.6	Toquillo, okay.
2:02.6	What is your role at Croson?
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