Hey everybody, welcome back to Gear 30 on the Blister Podcast Network. I'm Jonathan Ellsworth,

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

Today, Matt Manzer is back on Gear 30, and it seems pretty fitting. I mean, our very first

Gear 30 episode of this year, 2022, was with Matt Manzer when I was in Austria. And so now that we are

in the last few weeks of 2022, it seemed like this would be a fitting time to get Matt back on Gear 30.

And in this conversation, what I really wanted to do was go through the current lineup of Atomic Boots.

And as you'll hear me say, largely, because I started off with

a particular question about the atomic backland, and that led me to just think, like, let's

just do the line. And of course, as it tends to happen when Matt and I get together on Gear 30,

we talk about a few other things like Tom Cruise and sprinting through

airports with ski boots, you know, the important stuff. And we also talk a good bit about the

compromises that always, always are going to exist among any two products that you're considering. And so we work hard to

try to help you understand why you might want to accept a compromise over here, why you might not

want to accept a compromise this way. And so in addition to getting clear on the 2223 Atomic Boot lineup, I think we're

going to be able to help you figure out your own priorities when it comes to ski boots.

This episode of Gear 30 is presented by our Blister recommended shop, Powder 7.

Powder 7 carries more than 100 brands of skis, bindings, boots, apparel, touring gear,

accessories, et cetera, and they also carry atomic ski boots. Interesting.

So that probably makes Matt happy.

And one of the things that makes us particularly happy here at Blister is that Powder 7 offers a ski trade-in program that allows you to trade in your skis to save money on new gear.

How cool is that?

They also carry a wide selection of used demo skis, which helps

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