Stinius & Hoji on Developing the New 4FRNT Sinister

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🗓️ 3 October 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Today we’re talking with Hoji and Stinius Skjøtskift about the creation of Stinius’ new pro model, the 4FRNT Sinister. There are lots of great stories in this one, plus you’ll find out why a number of us at BLISTER are extremely intrigued by this ski.

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TOPICS & TIMES:

New BLISTER+ Members (1:03)

When Stinius ‘Crashed’ the Blister Summit (3:13)

When Did Stinius & Hoji First Meet? (7:23)

Hoji on Stinius’ Skiing Style (11:40)

Skiing the 1st Prototype at Sentry Lodge (13:36)

Stinius Describes the Sinister (17:32)

Mount Point (21:01)

The Testing & Prototyping Process (30:20)

Skiing in Chile, Going Skiing in Austria (43:53)

Future Film Releases (46:34)

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, welcome back to Gear 30 on the Blister podcast network, where we are very
0:10.5	proudly based out of Elevation Hotel right here in beautiful Crested Butte, Colorado.
0:17.1	I'm Jonathan Ellsworth, the founder of Blister, and you can check out everything.
0:22.5	We're doing and reviewing over at blisterreview.com.
0:27.2	Today we are talking with Hoji and Stinius Shirtshift about the creation of Stinius's new
0:34.0	pro model, The Forefront Sinister.
0:37.6	Stinius and Hoji share lots of great stories in this one,
0:41.2	and one of my big takeaways from this conversation is that this truly is Stinius's ski,
0:48.3	and he does a great job detailing exactly why the ski is designed the way it is. Plus, I think you're also going to see
0:56.6	why a bunch of us at Blister are really intrigued by this ski. All right, before we get going,
1:03.8	it's time to give a shout out to a few of our newest Blister Plus members. We've got
1:07.8	Jessamine in Portland, Oregon, Lucy in Castro Valley, California,
1:13.8	Frank in Manchester, New Hampshire, Robert in Howell Township, New Jersey, Stephanie in Cottonwood
1:21.4	Heights, Utah, Alexander in Bella Vista, Arkansas, and finally for today, Christopher in Evanston, Illinois, just renewed his Blister Plus membership.
1:34.2	So folks, I've been saying this a lot recently. I think most people out there, and I'm willing to say most, don't actually know what they are covered for with their regular insurance or what
1:46.9	they're not covered for.
1:49.0	And so we want you to get clear on that.
1:52.2	And we'd also love for you to get real clear on what we're offering with Blister Plus.
1:57.8	So we will include a link in the show notes of this episode. I'm telling you,
2:02.8	folks, please take two minutes. Just get clear on what it is because I'm really getting the
2:08.4	sense lately that people aren't still totally sure on what it is. So rather than me sit here and
2:14.2	tell you all about it, I'm just going to tell you to click the link.
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