Safeback SBX: A New Avalanche Survival System

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BLISTER

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🗓️ 5 May 2023

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

If you spend any time — inbounds or in the backcountry — skiing or riding in avalanche terrain or near tree wells, then you need to listen to this episode. Because we’re talking about a new system designed to increase your chances of survival if buried in an avalanche or tree well: the Safeback SBX. Our guest is Tor Berge, the CEO of the Norwegian company, Safeback, and Tor and I have a wide ranging conversation about avy gear in general, while also diving deep into the development process of their SBX system and exactly how it works. There’s lots of good food for thought in this one.

TOPICS & TIMES:

What sparked the idea? (2:49)
Buying More Time while Buried (6:40)
Defining the Problem: Trauma & Asphyxia (9:52)
Activating the System (15:41)
Integration: Backpacks, Vests, & Airbags (17:33)
Difficulty of Development (28:55)
Which snow type is best for O2 Circulation? (34:45)
JE’s Experience in Argentina (38:17)
Surprising Findings in Development? (41:31)
Certification Process (43:38)
Tree Wells (49:19)
Price (55:16)
Crashes & Close Calls (57:19)
What We’re Celebrating (1:02:54)

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0:00.0	What's up everybody and welcome back to Gear 30 on the Blister Podcast Network.
0:11.0	I'm Jonathan Ellsworth and you can check out everything.
0:15.3	We're doing and reviewing over at blister review.com.
0:20.9	Today we are talking about a very interesting new product from a young company,
0:27.2	and I think for any of us who spend time either in the backcountry or skiing or riding anywhere near tree wells,
0:37.1	well, this is a conversation that I think you really
0:39.7	need to pay attention to. And this is a product, the Safeback SBX, that you will then be in a
0:47.4	good position to consider whether this is something that should be part of your gear when
0:52.7	skiing or riding in bounds around tree wells
0:55.6	or in the backcountry or anywhere, where there could be risk of an avalanche burial.
1:03.5	Joining me today for this wide-ranging discussion is the CEO of Safeback, Torberga.
1:11.4	And before we dive in here, let me just say a little bit about this product, the Safeback SBX.
1:18.6	The Safeback SBX is an avalanche survival system designed to keep the user breathing during burial
1:26.4	in an avalanche or tree well without needing a mouthpiece.
1:31.3	The air supply from the SBX will extend your survival window under the snow from 15 minutes to over 90 minutes.
1:42.3	And in short, that is a massive, massive deal.
1:47.0	So in this conversation with Tor, we really do have a wide-ranging conversation about
1:53.8	avalanche safety equipment in general and where this safeback SBX could slot in among the range of safety gear out there.
2:04.7	And so let's dive right in to my conversation with Tor Berger.
2:10.1	Here we go.
2:13.2	Well, Tor, how are you today and where are you today?
2:22.3	I'm pretty good. I'm in Bergen, in Norway, so that's on the west coast. West coast of Norway. That sounds pretty exotic right now. It sounds good.
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