Hey everybody, welcome to Gear 30 on the Blister Podcast Network. I'm Jonathan Ellsworth, the founder of

Blister, and you can check out everything we're doing and reviewing over at blisterreview.com.

So on today's show, I'm talking with blister reviewers Sam Shaheen, Kristen Sinat, and Luke Kappa.

We just spent last weekend together still testing more ski gear.

And I don't really know how or why, but on this episode, things get pretty loose.

There are some gems in here, including our group review of the O'N3P Woodsman 1018, Luke

Kappa's smart take on the new Technica heat moldable hiking shoe, the Plasma S, Kristen

Sinnats and my conversation about two new ski boots that we are both excited about.

And Sam, well, actually I don't recall a moment where Sam actually said anything smart,

so it's probably just safe to assume that he didn't.

But though there are some gems in here, if you are feeling particularly uptight right

now, then just please don't even listen.

Or if you happen to be offended by belching, you also probably shouldn't listen.

As for the rest of you, you've now been warned, so you've really only got yourself to blame

if you continue to go any further here.

Anyway, here it is, maybe our best, but actually and almost definitely our worst Gear 30 episode ever.

Next week, we will go ahead and get back to our regularly scheduled more professional programming.

Okay, here we go.

I'm here with Luke Kappa, Sam Shaheen, and Kristen Sinat.

I think we're all a little cranky.

This has been kind of a contentious day. And, you know, we're probably going to get into some

arguments in this episode. And that's how this episode is going to be. It's going to be fairly

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