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 Mount Crested

Butte, Colorado.

I'm Jonathan Ellsworth, and you, of course, can check out everything we're doing and

reviewing over at blisterreview.com.

Today, we've got two episodes in one for you here on Gear 30, and we're going to start

by talking about what is, without question, the biggest newsmaker in the world of snow sports

gear. And that, of course, would be the release of the new Dual Boa Ski Boot. And joining me for

that conversation are Lauren Samuels and Cesar Brooke. And a really cool part of this conversation is that you are going to get to

hear a lot more about the dual boa system in general. And then you're also going to hear some of the

very specific design decisions that Solomon made to create their S-Pro Supra boot. So point is, not all of these dual boa systems are the same, and you're going to get to hear

what Solomon was doing to try to optimize that system for their new boot.

And then after that, you are going to get to hear a conversation that I recorded with

Kontin Boutri in Switzerland late last year, and there we are going to be covering Solomon's

new QST series of skis. So yeah, we've got two really interesting conversations for you

here today.

This episode of Gear 30 is presented by a shop that is very near and dear to my heart

because it's my old neighborhood shop before I moved out west 23 years ago,

and that shop is still going strong today.

We're talking about our Blister recommended shop,

Viking Ski Shop. For over 50 years, Viking Ski Shop has been serving and supporting the ski and snowboard communities in the greater Chicago area and beyond. And to this day, when my friends in Chicago ask me where they

should be going for ski and snowboard goods and services, my answer is still always Viking,

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