New Salomon Dual BOA Ski Boot & New Salomon QST Skis

New Salomon Dual BOA Ski Boot & New Salomon QST Skis

Author: BLISTER January 24, 2025 Duration: 2:05:40

Today we’ve got 2 episodes in 1 for you. We first talk about the biggest development in the world of snowsports gear: dual BOA ski boots. Joining Jonathan for that conversation are Salomon’s Lauren Samuels and Cesar Brouck, and you’re going to learn a lot more about the Dual BOA system in general, and also some of the very specific design decisions that Salomon made to implement this system into their new S/Pro Supra dual BOA ski boot. Then, we dive deep into the weeds with Quentin Boutry, the man behind Salomon’s new 4th generation of QST skis.

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TOPICS & TIMES:

Jonathan’s Neighborhood Ski Shop (1:45)

Blister Summit News & Updates (3:50)

Did You Know? PT (4:38)

Part 1: New S/Pro Dual BOA Ski Boot (8:20)

Who’s this Boot For? (11:20) 

Benefits of Dual BOA? (12:15)

The R&D Process (27:27)

Cable Routing of the Dual BOA (36:44)

The ‘Step In’ Experience (39:13)

Part 2: New Salomon QST Skis (44:17)

Get to Know Quentin Boutry (44:25)

From Gen 2 to Gen 3 QST Skis (55:09)

Salomon Rocker 122 vs QST X (1:04:53)

Why Go Unisex w/ 4th Gen QST? (1:06:33)

More on Changes from Gen 3 to Gen 4 (1:14:00)

‘Double Metal’ & ‘Non Double Metal’ Skis (1:29:59)

Salomon QST 94 (1:31:59)

Salomon QST 100 (1:37:19)

Salomon QST 106 (1:41:17)

New Materials: Fruit Roll-Ups? (1:45:45)

Salomon QST Echo 160 (1:50:4)

Salomon QST X vs QST Blank (1:59:42)


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