The Pro's Gear: Nikolai Schirmer
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BLISTER
4.9 • 809 Ratings
🗓️ 16 August 2024
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
Nikolai Schirmer has made quite a name for himself by sometimes sailing to — and then, almost always climbing up — very technical lines, then often flashing those lines at ridiculous speeds on relatively lightweight gear. Today, Niko and Jonathan have the great debate about pin bindings; talk about Niko’s approach to selecting gear; discuss the specific gear he’s currently using the most; when & why he prefers lightweight ski gear, and we end with Niko announcing for the first time in public the name of his new film, which is his biggest project ever.
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Pin Bindings (7:49)
Light vs Heavy Gear (21:08)
Ski Boots (38:29)
Boot Quivers (46:09)
Ski Quivers (48:23)
Niko’s New Film (1:06:16)
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, welcome back to Gear 30 on the Blister Podcast Network, where we are very proudly based out of Elevation Hotel right here in Mount Crested Butte, Colorado. |
| 0:16.1 | I'm Jonathan Ellsworth, the founder of Blister, and you can check out everything. We're doing and |
| 0:22.3 | reviewing over at BlisterReview.com. Today, we are firing back up our series on Gear 30 called |
| 0:31.3 | the Proz Gear, where we talk to various professionals about their gear preferences and the specific gear they are |
| 0:39.1 | currently using. And today, we have got a terrific conversation for you with the one and only |
| 0:46.5 | Nikolai Shermer. Nico has made quite a name for himself by sometimes sailing to and almost always climbing up very spicy lines, |
| 0:58.1 | then often flashing those lines at impressive or maybe ridiculous is the word we want to use, |
| 1:05.4 | impressive or ridiculous speeds on relatively lightweight gear. So in this conversation, Nico and I have the great debate |
| 1:14.6 | about pin bindings. You'll learn about his approach to selecting gear and the specific gear |
| 1:20.8 | he's currently using the most. We'll talk about when and why he prefers lightweight ski gear, |
| 1:27.0 | and we end this conversation with Nico |
| 1:30.3 | announcing for the first time in public the name of his new film project, which he says |
| 1:36.6 | is the biggest project he's ever taken on. Before we get started, I want to give a shout |
| 1:41.9 | out to some of our new Blister Plus members, and that includes Gregory from Ronsome, New Jersey, Cyril from Switzerland, welcome aboard Cyril, Sasha from Leavenworth, Washington. She just renewed her Blister Plus membership. So thanks for that, Sasha. We've got Jake from Eden, Utah, Wyatt from Vermont, |
| 2:03.9 | just renewed his membership, Cole from Great Falls, Montana, Herb from New York, and we've got |
| 2:11.4 | Sava from Kyrgyzstan. So if you are wondering why people from literally all around the world are signing up each day |
| 2:19.9 | to become a Blister Plus member, then head over to our website or click the link in the show |
| 2:24.8 | notes of this episode to find out why we think that Blister Plus represents a new step forward |
| 2:31.6 | in what it means to recreate responsibly. |
| 2:35.6 | And now, let's talk to the 1.87 meters tall, Nico Shermer. |
| 2:41.4 | Here we go. |
| 2:43.8 | Well, Nico, it's finally happening. |
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