About this episode

Cody and Jonathan discuss various topics including Olympic skiing events, a ski jumping scandal, and recent studies on ski wax and PFAS.

Cody & Jonathan discuss this weekend’s Olympic women’s downhill and Vonn’s comeback; ski jumping and a crazy scandal; Patagonia vs Pattie Gonia; new studies on the effects of ski wax and PFAS; what we’re reading & watching; and more. Note: We Want to Hear From You! We’d love for you to share with us the stories or topics you’d like us to cover next month on Reviewing the News; ask your most pressing mountain town advice questions, or offer your hot takes for us to rate. You can email those to us here . RELATED LINKS:   BLISTER+ Get Yourself Covered Get Our 25/26 Winter Buyer’s Guide Discounted Summit Registration for BLISTER+ Members Non-Member Registration: Blister Summit 2026 Get Our Newsletter & Weekly Gear Giveaways CHECK OUT OUR YOUTUBE CHANNELS: Blister Studios (our new channel) Blister Review (our original channel) TOPICS & TIMES: Palisades Tahoe (3:00) Carv (3:52) Note from Emergency Medicine Doctor (4:30) Cody’s New Team (10:20) Lindsey Vonn (15:24) Alex Honnold’s Live Free Solo (19:42) Penis Enhancements & Ski Jumping?? (26:27) Eileen Gu & Female Athlete Salaries (34:00) Eddie Bauer's Pending Bankruptcy (40:17) Patagonia vs. Pattie Gonia…

People in this episode

Guest: Cody Townsend

Topics covered

• Olympic women's downhill
• Lindsey Vonn's comeback
• ski jumping scandal
• Patagonia vs Pattie Gonia
• effects of ski wax
• PFAS
• reading recommendations
• watching recommendations

Keywords

• Olympics
• skiing
• scandal
• environment
• media

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