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A month already since the last episode of the podcast, and a (low) record breaking number, this being only the 4th episode published this season. I recorded this a while back over the summer, so it’s a little overdue and at the same time it’s right in time for the skiing season. My guest for this episode is Mic McCabe, one of the co-founders of Folsom Skis in Denver, Colorado. As you may know if you follow me on social media, I really got back into skiing pretty seriously two years ago. I hadn’t skied since I was a kid and relearned in the French Alps.
Last season I bought an old second pair of skis with the intention of both improving my skiing and trying a few other pairs of skis. Of course I totally geeked out, read tons about it and tried about 12 different pairs of skis from different brands, sometimes 3 in the same day! While in Telluride I found out about custom skis, then found out about Folsom, I talked to them on the phone a few times, finally tried their skis in Breckenridge on Easter weekend 2018, and loved them so much I ordered a pair! I also commissioned an awesome illustrator for the top sheet for those to become my Ice Cream for Everyone skis.
I hadn’t talked with a custom product engineer, designer, and manufacturer, I thought it might be a fun conversation for the podcast.
- Folsom Skis
- Follow Folsom on Instagram and Facebook
- Mike McCabe
- Colorado
- Loveland
- CU Boulder
- Winter Park
- Freestyle skiing
- Moguls / bumps
- Big Mountain Skiing
- Race Skiing
- Freeride Skiing
- Motocross
- Wakeboarding
- Engineering
- Blue whale > structure that it inspired in building wings?
- Evolutionary Biology
- Rossignol
- Dynastar
- Poplar
- Bamboo
- Maple
- Aspen
- Vibration dampener
- Wagner Custom Skis
- K2
- Atomic
- Trigger II Shape
- DPS Skis
- Vail Resorts / Epic Pass
- Alterra Mountains / Ikon Pass
- ManHunt
- How Google Works
