{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5a305be5d97c54ea788d100b/5ae1f2559da29d4b23f0c456?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Sego Skis Founders: Tim & Peter Wells","description":"<p>We have been receiving more and more questions about <a href=\"http://www.segoskis.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sego Skis</a> and requests to review them, so today, you’re going to get the backstory. Sego&nbsp;was founded by two brothers, Tim and Peter Wells, and Sego is headquartered in the small mountain town of Victor, Idaho. So we talked to Tim and Peter about starting a ski company (actually, how they started&nbsp;<em>two</em>&nbsp;ski companies) and why they decided to set up shop in Victor to build skis.</p><p>Then we go over some particular Sego skis, working with Lynsey Dyer, the snowblades they’re producing, and why they have a ski called the Condor that has nothing on it other than … an avocado.</p><p>You can check out now our&nbsp;<a href=\"http://blistergearreview.com/gear-reviews/ski-reviews/2018-2019-sego-condor-ti\" target=\"_blank\">First Look at the Condor</a>, and, if you become a Blister member, you can also read our&nbsp;<a href=\"http://blistergearreview.com/flash-reviews/1819-sego-condor-ti\" target=\"_blank\">Flash Review of the Condor</a>&nbsp;and get our initial on-snow impressions of the ski.</p><p><strong>TOPICS &amp; TIMES:</strong></p><ul><li>Introducing Sego's founders, Tim &amp; Peter Wells (1:33)</li><li>Starting their 1st ski company + lessons learned (4:08)</li><li>Starting their 2nd ski company, Sego (13:19)</li><li>Why the name Sego? (16:49)</li><li>Exactly what are you building in Victor, Idaho? (17:35)</li><li>Advantages and challenges of manufacturing in Victor (21:30)</li><li>Demo days &amp; the Sego school bus (29:19)</li><li>Becoming a \"premier North American manufacturer\" (33:08)</li><li>Sego's best selling skis: the Cleaver 102 &amp; Lynsey Dyer's pro models, the UP Pro 110 &amp; UP Pro 92 (34:35)</li><li>Sego's women's lineup &amp; working with Lynsey Dyer 36:15)</li><li>The ski Peter's most proud of - Tim's personal ski (39:17)</li><li>Sego's 18/19 lineup - including the Condor (aka, the Avocado) (42:40)</li><li>Sego snowblades! (51:30)</li></ul>","author_name":"BLISTER"}