Howdy, everybody?

Welcome back to another episode of Gear 30 on the Blister podcast network.

My name is Luke Kappa.

I am the managing editor here at Blister,

and I'm coming to you from our home base in Elevation Hotel in Prestaute, Colorado.

As always, you can check out everything we are doing and

reviewing over at blisterreview.com. Now, in today's episode, we are talking ski technique, how it

relates to the gear that we test, and how the folks at Carve have been continuing to analyze,

interpret, and utilize quantifiable data to help skiers of all skill

levels improve and just have a better time on the hill, as well as improve the reviews that we

publish here at Blister. Joining me are Alex Jackson, one of Carves co-founders and VPs, and one of

their product designers, Jack Mecklenburg.

Together, we dive into what they learned over the past year, now that more and more and more

people are using their Carve 2 system.

The intricate ways they go about turning raw skiing data into actionable takeaways, as well

as their overall ski IQ score as well as which athletes

across the world have logged the top ski IQ scores spoiler alert there's a lot of

Olympians in that list then we dive into how they've made the system more useful in

all types of terrain and conditions not not just on-peased,

the challenges they had to overcome to do so, given the ridiculous number of variables they

have to deal with, especially with off-piece skiing. The most interesting ways that they think

we can utilize Carves data to supplement our own ski reviews, as well as the most common difficulties

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