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SkiTalk Live: SkiTalk Live with Dan Egan, Episode 12: Bode Miller (Jan 13, 2021, 50 min).

This article is in the series "SkiTalk Live with Dan Egan"
In this episode host and extreme skiing pioneer Dan Egan is joined by:
  • Bode Miller, Olympic Champion and Chief Innovation Officer Crosson Skis
  • Phil Pugliese, cofounder/owner of SkiTalk.com
This episode is all about Bode Miller, the most successful male American alpine ski racer of all time. It features a video clip of Bode Miller testing Crosson skis at Big Sky, MT. The episode starts with Dan quizzing Phil Pugliese on his recent opportunity to ski with Bode at Big Sky. Bode is quickly brought into the conversation and describes how he's loving life in Montana. Bode is excited to discuss his new partnership with Crosson Skis.

Phil shares a video of his day testing Crosson skis with Bode Miller. Phil enjoyed skiing the flexible and forgiving Dissenter Seventy-Eight frontside ski, but is especially amazed at Bode's ability to carve trenches with the Crosson Dissenter One Eighteen powder ski. Bode agrees that for a powder ski it performs surprisingly well on groomers. Bode details his relationship with Crosson, the new skis he is developing, and his ski design philosophy.

Bode has strong ideas on ski design from his lengthy racing career and feels he's got a good match to realize them with the innovative team at Crosson. It's about pursuing the perfect tweaking of early rise, tip radius, and side cut. He's aiming for consistent, fundamentally sound skis that cut cleanly through snow and inspire confidence by pulling all level of skiers forward. Phil announces two SkiTalk.com contest giveaways for a Kulkea Thermal Trekker heated ski bag and for a pair of Crosson Dissenter Seventy Eight skis.

Dan and Phil pepper Bode with a variety of questions on rear entry boots, trends in ski design, his support for adaptive skiing, life after racing, and US Ski Team prospects for this season. Bode concludes this episode with a description of SKEO, a set of smart sensors exclusively distributed in North America by Crosson. SKEO sensors are bolted onto skis and support technique analysis by recreational and competitive skiers by providing accurate, objective information about edge angles, speed, intensity, and position.
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I started skiing in the mid-70s in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania; from then on, I found myself entrenched in the industry. I have worked in various ski shops from suburban to ski town to resort, giving me a well-rounded perspective on what skiers want from their gear. That experience was parlayed into my time as a Gear Review Editor and also consulting with manufacturers as a product tester. Along with being a Masterfit-trained bootfitter I am a fully certified self proclaimed Gear Guru. Not only do I keep up with the cutting edge of ski gear technology, but I am an avid gear collector and have an extensive array of bindings as well as many vintage skis.

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