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BLISTER Podcast

Marcus Caston on the Return of the Turn

BLISTER Podcast

BLISTER

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

4.8560 Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

When it comes to true ‘all-mountain’ skiing, Marcus Caston probably has the nicest turn in the game. He’s also got one of our favorite video series, Return of the Turn, which if you call yourself a skier, you need to watch. A new episode just dropped today, so in honor of the occasion, Marcus and I talked about the latest episode; the series itself; coaching; why people think he is from the East Coast; and we go over some Best / Worst ideas for Return of the Turn episodes. (Paging Glen Plake…)

TOPICS & TIMES:

  • Your most memorable Thanksgiving? (6:37)
  • Return of the Turn, Episode 10 (8:12)
  • How did the idea originate? (9:10)
  • Marcus & the East Coast (14:21)
  • Latest episode: Mid-Gad (15:23)
  • Skiing steeps on race skis (18:02)
  • Moguls: WHY? (22:37)
  • Best / Worst episode ideas (30:13)
  • Coaching (35:39)
  • Party Beach (41:03)
  • Where to learn more about Party Beach (44:38)

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0:00.0

Hey everybody, welcome back to the Blister podcast on the Blister Podcast on the Blister Podcast Network.

0:07.8

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

0:16.8

Now, when it comes to truly all mountainmountain skiing, Marcus Kasten probably has the nicest turn in the game.

0:26.7

He's also one of our favorite marginal conditions, aka everyday conditions skier, and he's also got one of our favorite video series called Return of the Turn, which if you fancy yourself to be a real skier, then you need to have watched all of the very short but very sweet episodes.

0:48.0

And I have good news for you.

0:50.2

Episode number 10 just dropped a few hours ago, and we have links to it in the show notes of this episode.

0:58.3

And in honor of the occasion, Marcus and I talked on Thanksgiving Day about this latest episode and about the return of the turn series itself.

1:09.4

We also talk about coaching and about why it is that people

1:13.4

seem to think that Marcus is from the East Coast. Also in this conversation, I proposed some

1:19.8

best slash worst ideas for upcoming episodes in the Return of the Turn series. But spoiler alert, even my worst ideas

1:30.2

really seem to just be great ideas. And so, Paging Glenn Plake. Oh, and Marcus and I also

1:38.2

talk a little bit about Crested Butte. And if you would like to come check out our Little

1:42.9

Mountain or come to the upcoming Blister Summit in February,

1:47.9

then check out the guide we've put together called Getting Here, Gunnison and Crested Butte.

1:53.7

It is a really helpful resource for figuring out how to get here, and it has a lot of other useful information in there.

2:04.6

So check out our Getting Here guide in the show notes of this episode, and you can also learn more about the Blister Summit via a link in the show notes of this episode.

2:11.7

How helpful.

2:13.0

Furthermore, this episode of the Blister podcast is presented by Avocado.

2:18.2

You can see all of Avocados products and learn more about their extremely impressive

2:23.9

sustainability efforts at avocadogreenmatress.com.

2:29.1

And you can also check out my evolving article, which we titled Jonathan's Sleep Experiment, where I talk about some of the things I'm currently reading and doing to try to get better at this whole sleep thing, including some of the avocado products I've been using to try to get better at this. And again, I'm still doing pretty good here. I'm on a good

2:52.3

streak. So anyway, check those things out via the links and the show notes. And now, let's get to my

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