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BLISTER Podcast

J Skis founder, Jason Levinthal

BLISTER Podcast

BLISTER

Wilderness, Bike, Gear, Snowboard, Outdoor, Sports, Ski, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 560 Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2019

⏱️ 82 minutes

🔗️ Recording | Apple Podcasts | RSS

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Summary

We’ve got J Skis founder, Jason Levinthal, back on the show, and we’re going to be doing things a bit differently than we normally do. Last week we invited you to submit any questions that you might have for J, and turns out … you had a lot of them.

So this episode is made up almost entirely of your questions, and in his trademark style, Jason answers each of them with extreme candor.

We cover why Jason started J Skis and how you can get a job there; J’s favorite ski graphics; which skis are his personal favorites, and which skis he’s most proud of; we get into some ski design questions — including whether we will ever see a 193 cm J Ski; and J tells an Eric Pollard story and answers the pressing question, “What’s your favorite way to eat or cook an oyster.”

Finally, we are also going to be dropping soon a video of this conversation with J, so you’ll be able to check that out and see some of the graphics and the skis that Jason and I discuss.

TOPICS & TIMES:

  • Starting J Skis / How to get a job at J Skis? (3:08)
  • What’s up with “Roll with a Pro”? (12:53)
  • Favorite Ski Graphics & Bob Ross (15:20)
  • Branching out: J goggles? Snowboards? Etc.? (21:11)
  • 19/20 J Skis lineup (25:15)
  • J’s personal favorite skis (35:56)
  • Which of your skis are you most proud of? (37:35)
  • What ski design do you still want to make? (43:55)
  • Tell an Eric Pollard story (47:40)
  • How do I get free J Skis? (53:33)
  • When will we see a touring-oriented J Ski? (1:01:25)
  • Will we ever see a 193 cm J Ski? (1:06:15)
  • Does Steve Stepp even troll anymore? (1:09:06)
  • Favorite way to eat or cook an oystá? (1:10:00)
  • Advice you would give your 20-yr-old self? (1:16:55)

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Blister podcast, a program dedicated to interesting people, the great outdoors,

0:06.4

and a bunch of other stuff we like. I'm Jonathan Ellsworth, the founder of Blister, and as always,

0:12.1

you can check out everything we're doing and reviewing over at blisterreview.com.

0:19.6

Today we've got Jay Ski's founder, Jason Leaventhal on the show and we're going to be doing things a bit

0:26.0

different than we normally do because last week we invited you all to submit any questions that

0:31.7

you might have for jay and turns out you had a lot of them so this episode is made up almost entirely of your questions, though I did sneak in one or two of my own.

0:42.9

And in his trademark style, Jason answers each of them with extreme candor.

0:48.7

So we cover here why Jason started Jay Skies and how you can get a job there. We talk about Jay's favorite

0:56.4

ski graphics, which skis are his personal favorites, and which skis he's most proud of. We also

1:03.3

get into some ski design questions, including whether we'll ever see something like a 193

1:09.1

centimeter long J's ski. Jason tells an Eric Pollard's story and even

1:14.7

answers the pressing question, what's your favorite way to eat or cook an oyster? So yes, we cover a

1:22.1

whole lot of territory here, and I'm going to go ahead and ask in advance for your forgiveness

1:26.7

for butchering some of your names and Instagram handles.

1:30.3

Some of those were really tricky.

1:32.6

Finally, we're also going to be dropping soon a video of this conversation with Jay,

1:37.5

so you'll be able to check that out and see some of the graphics and the skis that

1:41.8

Jason and I discuss.

1:44.0

And so with that, let's go ahead and get to

1:46.5

your questions and Jay Lev's answers. All right, here we are talking with Jay Ski's founder,

1:56.2

Jay Lev, this time around. It's going to be a little different than our normal conversations,

2:00.5

because today,

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