Hey everybody, it's Friday, so that means this is Gear 30, and I'm still Jonathan Ellsworth,

the founder of Blister, where we are proudly based out of Elevation Hotel in Mount Crested

Butte, Colorado. Today we've got a fantastic episode for you.

Shane Mconkey's former college roommate is back on the show.

Okay, let's just pause there.

That's got to be up there with one of the coolest claims of all time, I think.

But it's also true.

Greg Klein, Shane McConkey's former college roommate, is back on Gear 30.

And in addition to being roomies with Shane, Greg was part of the CU Boulder

1991 NCAA championship ski team, not too shabby either.

And these days, Greg is president of Willie Ski and Snowboard Shops, which is family-owned

and operated with several locations in the Greater Pittsburgh area of Pennsylvania.

And in other claims to fame, Greg might be responsible for the now global phenomenon of the shop pizza.

You'll hear more about that in a minute.

And then finally, I don't know, this might be the single most interesting Gear 30 episode title we've ever had. and that's because we are going to talk about

all of the things in the title and a number of other really interesting topics. One of the

things I really like about this conversation is it kind of picks up and touches on a couple

of other recent conversations that we've had here on Gear 30, and I like the kind of picks up and touches on a couple of other recent conversations that we've had here on Gear 30,

and I like the kind of point, counterpoint, bigger conversation that we've got going in this episode today.

So lots going on, lots of fun, and it's Greg Klein.

So there's a lot of good information in this one, too.

Let's see.

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