Hey everybody, welcome back to the Blister podcast on the Blister Podcast Network.

I'm Jonathan Ellsworth, and you, of course, can check out everything we're doing and reviewing over at blisterreview.com.

Today, after a bit of a delay, Cody Townsend and I are back to review the news, including

the ongoing tariffs zaniness, what this means for outdoor-focused companies, and this goal

of manufacturing more in America.

We also talk about the state of outdoor sports comps,

including our thoughts on the free ride world tour season, the podium changes that have been

declared for mountain bike World Cup events, the cancellation of the downhill event at the World Cup finals in Sun Valley.

I've got some very strong opinions about that.

We also talk about the inaugural ski competition of natural selection and more.

Now, we also talk about this broader question of whether it's a good thing or a bad thing

when big companies move into outdoor sports.

We discuss whether social media is exerting more pressure on people these days to do crazier

and crazier things.

And then beyond that, we also talk about Cody's trips to Norway and Utah.

We rate your takes, and we share what we have been reading and watching.

And now, of course, I want to give a shout out to a few of our new Blister Plus members.

Andrew from Reno, Nevada, just renewed his blister plus membership.

Grant from San Clemente, California is a new blister plus member, as is Christopher from San Diego,

California, Mark from Ocala, Florida, Cobain from Bend, Oregon, Jeffrey from Portland, Oregon, and just a few seconds ago, we have Kristen.

Now, not our Blister Summit director, Kristen, she's already a Blister Plus member, but we've got another Kristen who lives right here in Cresta Butte, actually just up the street from me,

Kristen just became a blister plus member. So if you want to know why people from California

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