The Mt. Rushmore of Ski Suspension
GEAR:30
BLISTER
4.9 • 844 Ratings
🗓️ 16 April 2021
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Today we’re talking about one of the most important concepts in ski design: suspension. So what do we mean by “suspension”? Are terms like “plush” or “damp” synonyms, or are there important differences? And what are some of the best skis of all-time when it comes to suspension? Let the debate begin.
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- Updates & fake IG accounts (0:00)
- Suspension: concepts, terms, & questions (6:29)
- Our Mt. Rushmore selections (20:26)
- What We’re Celebrating (53:18)
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| 0:00.0 | Well, hello everybody and welcome back to Gear 30 on the Blister Podcast Network. |
| 0:10.9 | I'm Jonathan Ellsworth, and once again, two weeks in a row, I'm actually here with Luke Kappa, |
| 0:17.5 | sitting in Blister HQ, and you can check out everything we're doing and reviewing over at |
| 0:22.6 | blisterreview.com. |
| 0:25.9 | Okay, so yep, I am back here in Blister HQ with Luke Kappa, and we weren't intending to do this |
| 0:33.6 | this week, but then I wrote this flash review of the Rosignol Sender Squad and it got me, |
| 0:40.5 | well, one, it got me all like hyper excited and two, it got me thinking again a whole lot about |
| 0:48.1 | suspension. And then I was like, all right, Luke, we just have to record a different episode than was planned |
| 0:55.7 | to talk about ski suspension. |
| 0:58.2 | We talk about it kind of all the time and sort of pepper it in here and there, but this kind |
| 1:02.9 | of warrants its own episode. |
| 1:04.7 | Now, before we get to that, just a couple of things we need to tell you about. |
| 1:08.6 | One, you guys need to be sure to be checking out |
| 1:11.7 | our Blister Summit videos. You can go to the navigation bar on our website and hit the drop-down |
| 1:19.7 | menu and you will find all the videos we've published so far. And by the time you are listening |
| 1:25.7 | to this, we will have dropped another panel session that's on the topic of next generation materials. |
| 1:33.4 | And you are going to want to catch that one. |
| 1:35.9 | It's really interesting. |
| 1:37.5 | In other news, we're just doing a whole bunch of stuff on the mountain bike side of things. |
| 1:43.0 | We just published a enuro slash Trail Fork, |
| 1:49.2 | very in-depth comparison guide. What else, Luke? We've got a review coming up of the |
| 1:56.0 | Banshee Titan and Pivot Switchblade. We are getting a few bikes in. Actually, there's supposed to be a |
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