Mountain Gazette’s Mike Rogge on the Natural Selection Ski Comp; Old Gear; “Outdoor” Movies; & More
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4.8 • 560 Ratings
🗓️ 21 April 2025
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Mountain Gazette owner & editor, Mike Rogge, is back to talk about Travis Rice’s Natural Selection SKI comp and the importance of being “stewards of the culture.” We also talk about the virtues of crappy old gear; Jim Morrison’s excellent trip report in the new issue of Mountain Gazette; Mike’s unorthodox picks for movies to cover on Blister Cinematic; and more.
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New BLISTER+ Members (1:21)
MG’s Ski Portillo Giveaway (3:54)
Travis Rice’s NST Ski Comp (10:46)
Jim Morrison’s Trip Report in MG #203 (19:13)
The Jaded Local on Old Gear (27:06)
Other Stories from the Issue (40:58)
Mike’s Movie Picks for Blister Cinematic (47:55)
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, welcome back to the Blister podcast on the Blister Podcast on the Blister Podcast Network. |
| 0:07.4 | I'm Jonathan Ellsworth, and you can check out everything. |
| 0:11.4 | We're doing and reviewing over at blisterreview.com. |
| 0:16.3 | Today we are catching up with Mike Rogie, the owner and editor of everyone's favorite oversized magazine, Mountain Gazette. |
| 0:25.6 | And listen up here, folks, because Mountain Gazette is giving away an incredible ski trip to Portillo, Chile this summer. |
| 0:33.3 | And you should definitely enter to win, and if you do win, you can take me with you if you want, |
| 0:41.6 | and we'll even throw in a bunch of additional gear for you. |
| 0:45.9 | But, you know, that would mean that you would have to put up with me, so, you know, |
| 0:50.8 | pros and cons. |
| 0:52.4 | And one more thing here at the end of our conversation, Mike and I discuss some potential |
| 0:57.3 | movies to cover on Blister Cinematic, and we want to hear your thoughts about this. |
| 1:03.5 | So check out what Mike is proposing here, and then let us know in the comments section |
| 1:08.2 | to this episode on our website, what you think, and we'll |
| 1:12.1 | also try to get a poll up on Instagram to collect some of your thoughts on this there as well. |
| 1:18.4 | Maybe we'll even sneak a poll into our newsletter. |
| 1:21.8 | Okay, now I want to give a shout out to a few of our recent Blister Plus members. |
| 1:25.7 | That includes Nathan from Winachi, Washington, |
| 1:29.7 | Gregory from New York, New York, |
| 1:31.9 | Ryan from Dylan, Colorado, |
| 1:34.4 | Stephen from Vale, Colorado, |
| 1:36.4 | Scott from Clovis, California, |
| 1:39.0 | Ken from Flint, Texas, |
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