Gear Testing Tips & Tricks w/ Hoji, Ted Ligety, Anne Wangler, & Jess Tennyson
GEAR:30 · BLISTER
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Show Notes
Today we are sharing the first of our Blister Summit 2025 panel sessions, and we’ve got a great one to kick things off. We’re asking the pros — Hoji, Ted, Anne, and Jess — how they go about assessing and testing ski and snowboard gear, and what advice they have for the rest of us? Plus you’ll hear Ted share one of his favorite (but questionable??) ways of testing skis.
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TOPICS & TIMES:
BLISTER+ Updates (00:00)
Intros (5:34)
Evaluating Prototypes (8:21)
Assessing Gear for Yourself (11:35)
Going in Blind vs Getting Info First (18:05)
Gear You Liked but Didn’t Expect to? (23:29)
Advice on How to Evaluate (28:41)
Trickiest Variables when Testing? (34:10)
Ted’s Favorite Testing Method (38:55)
Audience Q&A:
Evaluating Pow Skis Outside of Pow? (46:26)
Intuitive Products vs. Adapting to Them (49:27)
Personal Preference vs. Objective Performance (54:00)
How to Rule Out a Bad Tune? (55:29)
How Many Runs Should You Take? (56:48)
What Notes Do You Take? (1:00:16)
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