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GEAR:30

Reviewer Reports: Big-Mountain Ski Showdowns, Powder-Touring Setups, & Much More

GEAR:30

BLISTER

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

4.9809 Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2025

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Luke Koppa talks with several of our reviewers about some of the latest gear they’ve been testing. Paul Forward discusses a bunch of the lightweight powder touring skis he’s been on, as well as some new models from Heritage Lab. Then, Kristin Sinnott and Sascha Anastas cover some new all-mountain skis and apparel that they’ve been using, and we round things out with a conversation with Dylan Wood about some very interesting new big-mountain skis, including the Dynastar M-Free 112, how it compares to the Rossignol Sender Free 110, the Head Kore 112 Ti, and more.

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TOPICS & TIMES:

Paul Forward’s Recent Touring (1:42)

Black Diamond Helio 115 (5:37)

La Sportiva Capo (13:27)

ON3P Billy Goat 118 Tour (16:29)

Faction La Machines (18:46)

Heritage Lab Models (22:37)

Kristin Sinnott & New Head Kores (41:44)

RMU Valhalla 97 (43:49)

New Apparel (45:13)

Sascha Anastas & DPS Wailers (48:33)

Buttnski Down Pants (51:51)

Rossignol Apres Slippers (54:04)

Dylan Wood & 190 cm Moment Wildcat (56:27)

Dynastar M-Free 112 vs. Rossignol Sender Free 110 (1:01:00)

Head Kore 112 Ti (1:09:30)

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0:00.0

Howdy, everybody. Welcome back to another episode of Gear 30 on the Blister Podcast Network.

0:10.0

As always, we are coming to you from our home base and elevation hotel in Mount Christed Beach.

0:15.7

My name is Luke Kappa. I am the managing editor at Blister, and you can check out everything we are doing and reviewing over at blisterreview.com.

0:25.0

There, you can read all of our latest reviews, listen to all of our latest podcasts, become a Blister Plus member, and a whole lot more.

0:33.0

In today's episode, I talk with several of our reviewers about some of the latest gear they've

0:37.6

been testing.

0:38.7

I sit down with Paul Forward to go over a bunch of the lightweight powder touring skis he's

0:43.4

been on up in Alaska, as well as some new models from Heritage Lab.

0:47.7

Then I chat with Kristen Sinat and Sasha Anastas about some new all-mountain skis and apparel

0:53.0

that they've been using lately, and I round things out with Dylan Wood, where weus about some new all-mountain skis and apparel that they've been using lately.

0:54.8

And I round things out with Dylan Wood, where we talk about some new big mountain skis we've both

0:59.9

been on, including the Dina Star M3 112, how it compares to the Rosignol Sender Free 110,

1:07.2

the headcore 112 Ti, and more.

1:10.7

This episode of Gear 30 is presented by all of our Blister recommended shops.

1:15.7

With locations across the globe, these are the shops that we trust to work on our boots,

1:20.4

wrench on our bikes, tune our skis, and to help us with anything else we might need.

1:24.8

They all stand out for their excellent customer service and specific

1:28.2

product offerings, and you can learn more about all of them via the link in the show notes of this

1:33.4

episode. With that, let's get to my conversations with Paul, Kristen, Sasha, and Dylan.

1:42.0

Well, cool. I am talking now with Paul Forward, coming from way up in Alaska. I'm obviously

1:50.8

back down in CB, but it's been a while since we got to catch up on skis. And I know you guys

1:57.9

have had a bit of a whirlwind of a season like many locations kind of like we have

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