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GEAR:30

Shop Talk: Tyson Stellrecht, Boise Gear Collective

GEAR:30

BLISTER

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

4.9844 Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2020

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Today we’re talking with one of our Blister Recommended Shops to get their perspective on a mix of topics that range from broadly applicable to all of us, to topics that help us better understand what’s going on in the specific local community that each particular shop serves.


Earlier this week I sat down in Blister headquarters with Tyson Stellrecht, the founder of Boise Gear Collective, to talk about the selling of both used gear and brand new gear; how it’s going with backcountry.com one year later; why Tyson isn’t moving into e-commerce; gear snobs; predictions for the upcoming season; and more.


TOPICS & TIMES

  • The outdoor scene around Boise (5:12)
  • backcountry.com - one year later (8:09)
  • Tyson’s backstory & starting a used gear shop (14:16)
  • The value of offering used gear & new & service (21:45)
  • Why Tyson isn’t moving into e-commerce (24:40)
  • Starting to sell new gear alongside used (33:17)
  • Gear snobs (42:00)
  • Predictions for the upcoming winter (50:34)
  • What We’re Celebrating (59:40)


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0:00.0

Hey everybody, welcome back to Gear 30 on the Blister Podcast Network.

0:11.2

I'm Jonathan Ellsworth, and you can head over to blisterreview.com to see everything we're doing and reviewing, including our most recent Off-the-Couch podcast with

0:23.8

Jean-Luc D'Ard. Now, every single listener of Gear 30, I mean this, you all need to go

0:32.0

check out this off-the-couch podcast conversation with Jean-Luc. It is fascinating. It is this sort of masterclass on

0:42.6

product design and product innovation. And the whole time that we were recording that

0:49.3

conversation together, I was just thinking, this just is the like quintessential gear 30 episode. So go please

0:57.4

check that out. And also, Jean-Luc is just a fascinating person. So don't miss that one.

1:03.9

And you know, while you're there, go ahead and subscribe to off the couch. So you don't miss

1:09.0

all these other really good conversations we have over there.

1:12.1

Okay. Now, speaking of good conversations, today we've got another edition of Shop Talk,

1:18.7

where we talk with one of our various Blister recommended shops to get their perspective on a

1:24.4

mix of topics that range from broadly applicable to all of us around the world

1:29.4

to topics that help us better understand what's going on in the specific local communities

1:36.2

where each of these shops serve.

1:39.5

Earlier this week, I had a chance to sit down in Blister headquarters with Tyson Stellrect, who is the

1:46.7

founder of Boise Gear Collective in Boise, Idaho. Tyson and I talked about a whole range of topics,

1:54.7

including one very interesting topic that I think a lot of shop folks around the world will want to consider, and that is the

2:03.3

selling of both used and brand new gear. Now, I imagine that some shops have considered that

2:11.2

and maybe already come to their own conclusion, but still, I think even if that is the case,

2:16.8

you ought to hear Tyson out, and I think he makes that is the case, you ought to hear Tyson out.

2:19.1

And I think he makes a really compelling case for the selling of both brand new gear and

2:24.4

used gear.

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