Standout Backcountry Gear: Past, Present, & Future (ft. Vertical Playground)

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🗓️ 15 March 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Luke Koppa and Kara Williard talk with Trygve Sande, one of the founders of Vertical Playground (VPG), which is our Blister Recommended Shop in Oppdal, Norway, to get a read on the past, present, and future of backcountry gear. We discuss current trends; all-time pivotal pieces of gear; the most durable products; the easiest ones to use; gear that helps break down the barriers to entry; skiing in Norway; and last but not least, Trygve’s involvement and collaboration with Hoji and 4FRNT’s new concept ski.

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GEAR:30 Ep.169: Vertical Playground, Oppdal Norway

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TOPICS & TIMES

VPG background (2:19)

Current Backcountry Trends (5:20)

All-Time Pivotal Gear (11:01)

Frame & Tech Bindings (13:09)

Most Durable Products? (20:46)

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0:00.0	Howdy, everybody. Welcome back to another episode of Gear 30 on the Blister podcast network.
0:10.5	As always, we are coming to you from our home base and elevation hotel in Mount Prestedview, Colorado.
0:16.6	My name is Luke Kappa. I am the managing editor at Blister, and you can check out everything we're
0:21.2	doing and reviewing over at blisterreview.com. There, you can find all of our latest podcast, read
0:28.8	all of our latest reviews, learn about, and get yourself signed up for our Blister Plus membership,
0:34.7	watch all of our latest videos, and much more.
0:43.5	Now, on that last note, for any fans of Gear 30, if you haven't been already, be sure to keep an eye on our Blister YouTube channel. Back at Blister Summit 2024 this year, we not only filmed a ton
0:50.5	of excellent panel sessions with athletes, designers, founders, and other industry pros.
0:56.0	We also filmed a bunch of videos behind the scenes, where we covered a ton of the most interesting products getting released for the 24-25 season.
1:05.0	And we often did so with the very people who actually designed those products.
1:10.0	We've already published several videos from the summit,
1:12.8	so to catch those and all the other summit and non-summit-related videos we have coming down the line,
1:19.1	be sure to subscribe to the Blister YouTube channel.
1:23.1	For today's episode, Kara Williard and I sat down with Trigvisande,
1:27.4	who is one of the founders of
1:29.1	our Blister Recommended shop in Opdal, Norway, Vertical Playground, aka VPG.
1:35.3	Now, Trigvey and the folks at VPG have been very involved in all sorts of mountain sports
1:40.6	for quite some time, so we wanted to get his thoughts on some of the defining gear
1:45.7	of the past, some of the most interesting gear that's out right now, and some of the products and
1:51.5	trends he's excited about in the future. And be sure to stick around for that last topic because
1:56.5	Trigvitt talks about some very interesting work he's been doing with Hoji and the folks at
2:02.6	forefront this season. As always, you can find links in the show notes of this episode to learn
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