Welcome to the Blister podcast on the Blister Podcast Network. I'm your host, Dylan Wood, senior editor at Blister, and you can check out everything we're doing and reviewing at blisterreview.com.

I feel very fortunate to have had this conversation and I'm very excited to share with you all today.

I sat down with Nick Gepper, one of the most accomplished freestyle ski competitors of all time.

Nick has had a Hall of Fame career in Slope Style and Big Air, gaining many X-Games and Olympic medals.

But a couple of years ago, he decided to retire from competing and skiing.

That retirement did not last long, though, as he decided to come back and try his hand

at Half-Pipe.

Turns out he's a pretty good Half-Pipe skier as well, claiming gold in X-Games Aspen this past year,

and he has his sights set on the 26 Olympic Games in Italy.

I sat down with Nick to talk about his career, what brought him out of slope style in big air,

and into half-pipe.

I got his thoughts on the Olympics and their place in freestyle

skiing. And we talk about what he's been up to this summer as he's preparing for the Olympic

winter ahead. Now before we get into this conversation, I want to share some good news with you all.

The 2025-20206 winter buyer's guide is being printed and shipped across the globe as we speak.

So if you pre-ordered the 2025-26 print blister winter buyer's guide,

or if you're a blister plus member who requested your complimentary print buyers guide, keep an eye out on your mailbox as it'll be

showing up this week or the next if you're in the U.S. and a couple more weeks after if you are

outside of the U.S. If you missed your chance at the pre-order window, don't worry, we still

have it for sale on our site, but this won't last long,

as we are expecting to sell out of the print buyer's guide this winter. So head to the link in our

show notes to buy the 2025-26 print winter buyer's guide if you haven't already. We believe it's

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