Reviewer Reports: Luke & Jonathan on Frontside Carvers, Comp Mogul Skis, & Metal Freestyle Skis
GEAR:30
BLISTER
4.9 • 844 Ratings
🗓️ 20 March 2026
⏱️ 44 minutes
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In this episode that we’re dedicating to JBobb, Luke Koppa and Jonathan Ellsworth talk frontside carvers; metal freestyle skis; and for the first time in Blister history, we’re reviewing a competition mogul ski.
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| 0:00.0 | What's up everybody and welcome back to Gear 30 on the Blister podcast network where we are very proudly based out of Elevation Hotel right here in Crested Butte, Colorado. |
| 0:16.6 | I'm Jonathan Ellsworth, the founder of Blister, and you can check out everything we're doing and |
| 0:22.6 | reviewing over at blisterreview.com and over on our YouTube channels, Blister Review and |
| 0:30.4 | Blister Studios. |
| 0:32.9 | Today, Luke Kappa and I are back to talk a bit about some of the gear that we have been reviewing, |
| 0:39.0 | and that includes a number of front-side carvers, some metal freestyle skis, |
| 0:46.7 | and for the very first time in the history of blister, |
| 0:51.7 | we're going to be talking about a dedicated mogul ski, a true comp mogul ski. |
| 0:59.2 | It's taken us a while, but we got one, and we're skiing it. |
| 1:04.8 | And it's interesting. |
| 1:06.6 | And you're going to hear about it today. |
| 1:08.0 | And then you're going to hear about it again Monday over on our Blister podcast. |
| 1:14.6 | That's all I'm going to say for now. |
| 1:16.1 | But I say more about that in the body of our conversation. |
| 1:20.0 | We're very excited about Monday's Blister podcast. |
| 1:24.1 | But for you, gearheads, you are exactly where you want to be because we are going to dork out |
| 1:31.4 | hard about a number of skis here today. This episode is presented by Palisades Tahoe, |
| 1:38.8 | which has a very long spring skiing and riding season. |
| 1:44.7 | And folks, if you weren't among us on this one, |
| 1:48.5 | if you are yet to be a convert to the wonders of spring skiing, |
| 1:53.9 | well, are you just, were you always a slow learner? |
| 1:57.7 | Always kind of, you know, always kind of the kid they put at the back of the |
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