Diving into Blizzard’s 23/24 Ski Lineup

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4.9 • 809 Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2023

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Summary

Jonathan talks with Blizzard’s Christian Avery about the overhauled Rustler & Sheeva skis; where their Hustle line of skis slots into the mix; and why we shouldn’t be sleeping on the Cochise.

TOPICS & TIMES:

From Intern to Product Manager (5:18)
History of Blizzard (11:33)
Freeride Then & Now (17:22)
Don’t Sleep on the Cochise (23:30)
Overview of the Lineup (30:33)
Rustler 10 (39:47)
Rustler 9 (52:29)
Rustler 11 (1:00:32)
Rustler vs Sheeva (1:09:08)
Hustle & Zero G Touring Skis (1:22:06)
Black Pearl Series (1:25:16)
Crashes & Close Calls (1:29:20)
What We're Celebrating (1:39)

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, welcome back to Gear 30 on the Blister Podcast Network.
0:11.1	I'm Jonathan Ellsworth, and you can check out everything we're doing and reviewing over at
0:17.6	blisterreview.com.
0:20.9	Today I am talking with Christian Avery,
0:24.2	who is the North American product manager for Blizzard Technica,
0:28.7	and Christian and I are talking about what's going on at Blizzard
0:32.8	and everything that's happening over there for, God, it's amazing to say, for next year, the
0:39.9	2023-24 season. And that includes their overhauled rustler and Shiva skis. How those skis differ
0:50.6	from previous wrestlers and Shiva's, where their recent hustle line of 50-50 skis slot into the mix,
0:59.6	and of course I couldn't resist talking about the coaches,
1:05.4	because as you'll hear me say,
1:07.5	I think this incredibly well-known ski is now actually being slept on. Quite a bit,
1:16.0	actually. So I had to, of course, sneak some coachie's talk into the mix here, too. Anyway, I pushed
1:23.1	Christian pretty hard on some of the details here. And honestly, as you are about to hear, this dude did real well for his first Gear 30 podcast ever.
1:35.0	And I can't imagine that you are going to hear any more specifics about some of the construction details and some of the changes in some of the new
1:46.8	blizzard skis.
1:48.9	This episode of Gear 30 is presented by our Blister recommended shop, Willys, which is the
1:55.5	premier ski and board shop in western Pennsylvania.
1:59.9	Willis features a robust junior buyback program, including
2:03.8	a hard-to-believe free gear program for kids ages five and under. And with two locations in
2:12.8	Pittsburgh and another location that's 50 yards from the lifts at Seven Springs Mountain Resort,
2:20.1	Willys is going to take great care of you, whether you are a first-timer or season veteran.
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