Parlor Skis 18/19 Lineup & 'Build Your Own Skis' Class

GEAR:30

BLISTER

Arts, Design, Skiing, Snow, Snowboarding, Sports, Outdoors, Bike, Technology, Gear

4.9 • 809 Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2018

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

We talk to Boston-based Parlor Custom Skis co-founder, Mark Wallace, about the origins story of Parlor; the very successful “Build Your Own Skis” class they offer; the new models in their 18/19 lineup — including Parlor snowboards and splitboards; and several trends on the East Coast ski scene.

And if you’d like to hear Mark talk more about custom ski building, check out our Round Table on Custom Skis, which is episode #33 of the Blister Podcast.

TOPICS & TIMES:

Brief history of Parlor Skis (2:50)
On Parlor's "Build Your Own Skis" class (8:21)
18/19 Parlor Skis Lineup (19:58)
"Project Warbird" (21:20)
Naming skis (22:53)
Working with titanal (24:47)
The Cardinal Pro (26:59)
The "Dad Skinner"?? (29:24)
Parlor's New Snowboards (31:39)
Trends in East Coast Skiing: backcountry skiing (34:15)
East Coast Ski Width (36:54)
EC Snowmaking (43:55)
What's the best question I haven't asked you? (48:38)

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0:00.0	Welcome to another episode of Gear 30 on the Blister Podcast Network.
0:08.8	I'm Jonathan Ellsworth, the founder of Blister, and you can check out all the other stuff we're doing and reviewing over at blisterreview.com,
0:17.5	including the recent conversation we had with the one and only Alex Honnold on our All Things Climbing podcast.
0:24.7	That is a fantastic conversation we had with Alex.
0:27.9	And if you haven't heard it or yet checked out All Things Climbing, you should because it's great.
0:34.4	But you want to know what else is great?
0:36.9	Gear and Skis. So let's go ahead and talk about
0:40.4	that now, shall we? I recently talked to Parlor Custom Ski's co-founder Mark Wallace about a whole
0:47.4	bunch of things happening at Parlor. Parlor Skies is based in Boston, Massachusetts, and Mark
0:53.2	and I talk about the origin story of
0:55.3	Parlor, their very successful, Build Your Own Skies classes that they offer, the new models
1:01.5	that Parlor is adding to their 1819 lineup, including Parlor snowboards and splitboards,
1:08.1	and we talk about several trends that Mark is seeing on the East Coast ski scene.
1:13.2	And just in case all of that sounds a little too straightforward for your liking, Mark and I also
1:17.7	talk about lasagna, burritos, and Camaros, and I may or may not get Mark to answer the question
1:24.1	of which of the Parlor founders is the best skier. But I do get Mark to reveal
1:29.4	who the coolest person at Parlor is, and, as all of those clickbaity websites like to say,
1:35.4	the answer may surprise you. Finally, if you'd like to hear Mark talk more about Custom Ski Building,
1:42.1	you can hear him do that on the roundtable discussion we had
1:45.4	on Custom Skies, which is episode number 33 over on the Blister podcast.
1:54.1	This episode of Gear 30 is brought to you by the 750 plus miles of trail in the Gunnison
2:00.4	and Crested Butte Trail Network. I was in Crested
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