Episode 189
McKenna Peterson & Jed Yeiser on Developing Skis; the Blister Alpine Binding Test; & More
GEAR:30 · BLISTER
March 25, 20221h 9m
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Show Notes
Jonathan Ellsworth was in the Cascade mountains of Washington this week with K2 skier, McKenna Peterson, and K2 ski designer, Jed Yeiser, and after a great day of skiing, we sat down to talk about ski developing and prototyping; ski testing; our ski-binding shootout; biathlons; flip flips; & books.
TOPICS & TIMES:
- Skiing the Cascades (6:05)
- Arc — K2's R&D Center (9:42)
- Testing conditions / the snow (20:50)
- K2 Dispatch 120 (29:39)
- The testing process (31:29)
- Our alpine ski binding shootout (38:40)
- Flip flops (50:14)
- Biathlon (54:35)
- Books & WiFi passwords (59:30)
- What We’re Celebrating (1:06:28)
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