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

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

I'm Jonathan Ellsworth, the founder of Blister, and you can check out everything we're doing and reviewing over

at BlisterReview.com.

Today's big topic.

What are the most significant developments in snow sports gear of the 21st century?

Now, of course, we've already covered the best skis of the century here on Gear 30,

and now we are going to be discussing and ranking the most important gear and or technological

developments in skiing and snowboarding.

So kicking things off with me today are Luke Kappa and Paul Forward, and then stay tuned

for part two.

All right, few things before we get going.

First of all, this week's gear giveaway, you can win any ski of your choosing from J-skis

this week. So we will-Skies this week.

So we will include a link to this week's gear giveaway, but that's a good one.

And I know most of you are familiar with the J-Skies lineup.

There's something for everybody in that lineup.

Check it out.

Okay, another thing.

Over on our Blister podcast, we talked last

episode about some big changes that are coming to Blister Plus. They go into effect on January 1st.

So starting January 1st, there's going to be a new underwriter of our Blister Plus policy,

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