From World-Cup Race Skis to Recreational Skis & Everything In Between with Rossignol’s Jake Stevens

GEAR:30

BLISTER

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

4.9 • 809 Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

After a great day of skiing together, Jonathan talked with Jake Stevens (Rossignol’s Winter Sports Equipment Director for North America) about world-cup race skis vs. recreational skis: what do they have in common; how do they incorporate technological advances; and what are the available options between skis designed to win gold medals and those designed to have fun on the weekends with your family and friends? It’s a conversation that is guaranteed to get you thinking about various approaches to the mountain — and your own approach to sliding around on snow.

RELATED LINKS:

OpenSnow.com/buy - code: blister50

Our Blister Rec Shop: Spokane Alpine Haus

5850 Fest, Ketchum, Idaho

BLISTER+ Get Yourself Covered

Join Us! Blister Summit 2025

TOPICS & TIMES:

Jake’s Background in Racing (8:47)

Ski Gear at the World Cup Level (12:13)

Line Control Technology (27:46)

The Direction of Tech Developments (30:31)

Understanding the Options via Rossignol’s Hero Line (33:13)

Rossignol Arcade 88 (45:51)

Surprising Products & World Cup Finals in Sun Valley (51:43)

CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCASTS:

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hey everybody, welcome back to Gear 30 on the Blister Podcast Network,
0:09.1	where we are proudly based out of Elevation Hotel right here in Crested Butte, Colorado.
0:16.7	I'm Jonathan Ellsworth, the founder of Blister, and you can check out everything we're doing
0:22.6	and reviewing over at BlisterReview.com.
0:26.9	Today, we've got a really cool conversation for you here on Gear 30.
0:31.6	We are taking a look at the differences between full-blown World Cup race skis, on the one hand, and then the range of
0:40.9	recreational skis on the other hand. What, if anything, do these skis have in common? Do
0:49.6	developments and breakthroughs always happen first with race skis, then trickle down to the
0:56.0	recreational level, or does it sometimes go the other direction? To answer questions like these
1:03.1	and a whole lot more, we are talking with Jake Stevens, who is the Rosignol Group's
1:09.0	North American Winter Sports Product Director.
1:12.4	Plus, this conversation becomes something of an ode to the art of carving,
1:18.7	and Jake and I got to record this conversation this past Tuesday after we got to spend the
1:25.5	day ripping around Copper Mountain.
1:29.0	Now, speaking of ripping up the mountain, I'm happy to announce that Ted Ligody is going to be
1:35.9	attending Blister Summit 2025.
1:39.3	So that is your chance to ride some chairlifts and get on the mountain with Ted.
1:45.8	Certainly you'll get a chance to meet him at Opry and hear him on at least one panel
1:51.2	session, probably two panel sessions.
1:54.3	One of them I'm really excited about.
1:56.3	We're going to put Ted and Hoji on a panel session together where we're going to get to hear them talking about
2:03.3	how they approach developing skis. So yeah, we are really excited to have Ted at the summit. And of course,
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from BLISTER, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of BLISTER and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.