Blister Summit ‘26 Preview, Big Announcements, & Reviewer Reports

About this episode

The episode previews the Blister Summit '26 with big announcements and current snow conditions.

Monoskis! Snowblades! Price Drops! Jonathan talks with Luke Koppa and Kristin Sinnott about some big announcements about our upcoming Blister Summit , and Otto Solberg joins us to give an up-to-date conditions report from the Bird. We also talk about the great-looking forecast, and we go through some of the gear we’re most excited to get on — and get you on. Note: We Want to Hear From You! Please share with us the questions, topics, or stories you’d like us to cover on GEAR:30. You can email those to us here . RELATED LINKS: Get Yourself Covered with BLISTER+ Join Us! Blister Summit 2026 BLISTER+ Members: Blister Summit Discount Enter Our Weekly Gear Giveaway See Our Blister Recommended Shops CHECK OUT OUR YOUTUBE CHANNELS: Blister Studios (our new channel) Blister Review (our original channel) TOPICS & TIMES: Current Conditions at Snowbird (4:58) The Forecast! (11:18) Important Info (16:05) New Discounted Price (21:51) Companies Attending (24:31) Another Dan Abrams Story (35:58) Salomon QST (41:03) Salomon and Kastle (42:20) Faction (46:34) HEAD and DPS (48:33) Nordica and Scarpa (54:18) ZipFit and Product Purchasing (55:35) Elan (56:57) Zirkel (57:31) Snowboard Brands…

People in this episode

Host: Jonathan

Guests: Luke Koppa, Kristin Sinnott, Otto Solberg

Topics covered

• Blister Summit preview
• gear announcements
• snow conditions
• forecast discussion
• product reviews

Keywords

• Blister Summit
• snow conditions
• gear announcements
• forecast
• product reviews

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BLISTER, Blister Summit, Salomon, Kastle, Faction, HEAD, DPS, Nordica, Scarpa, ZipFit

Places: Snowbird

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