BLISTER Podcast29 Sep 2025

20 Years of Flylow w/ Dan Abrams, Flylow President & Co-Founder

Flylow turns 20 this year, so Jonathan talked to Flylow president & co-founder, Dan Abrams, about the big victories, scary setbacks, and endless challenges he’s seen. Then, have you ever wondered why some jackets cost $700 and others only $200? They walk through the Flylow lineup as an exercise to lay out exactly what you get and what you don’t at all these different price points.

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Homegrown: The Flylow Story

TOPICS & TIMES:

New BLISTER+ Members (1:44)

20 Years of Flylow (3:53)

Homegrown (12:57)

The Current Tariff Situation (17:18)

Does This Feel Like an Unprecedented Time? (20:53)

What is Your Least Favorite Flylow Product? (38:30)

What Product Did You Love that the Market Didn’t? (46:29)

25/26 Flylow Jacket Lineup (50:20)

Lab / Domino (54:11)

Kane (58:41)

Deeper Line & The Dante 2L (1:01:26)

Quantum Pro (1:09:45)

Lucy (1:12:18)

Vector (1:14:42)

Knight & Puma (1:17:25)

Rosswell & Sarah (1:21:32)

Patrol (1:24:26)

The future of Flylow (1:30:28)

Dan is the newest Blister+ Member (1:33:24)

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