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DPS Koalas, Santiago Guzman, Zack Giffin, and Piers Solomon. Girdwood, Alaska.
IN CELEBRATION OF ESCAPISM WELCOME TO THE 2017-18 SEASON Often the world is beyond our reach, beyond our control, continually morphing, moving through good and bad, light and dark. As skiers, we always have our retreat in the mountains. It’s a place of centering, where the inner and outer world are positioned relative to one another to produce harmony. The joy of snow gliding brings positive energy and warmth––it just does. Sometimes people from the lowlands cry “escapism”. Well, yes, and that’s a good thing. Some of us disappear entirely as pow-surfing recluses, and others take that energy and experience built on spines and meadows, and transmute it into strength to fight the good fight in the lowlands. Either
way, the skiing life functions all at once as an engine, a force field of protection, and a compass. We march to the beat of the dance of surfing snow. It’s an art not influenced by trend, politics or whims. Our mission as a ski company is to tap into the deepest roots of that dance, channel it, and then emerge with evolved designs. And as the world turns for better or worse, we’ll be hard at work, attempting to perfect works imbibed with the spirit of transmutation; tools that foster deeper access not just to the physical mountains, but to ourselves. – Stephan Drake is the founder of DPS.
DPS is about the myster y encountered during a slide across deep snow. It is the inspiration for ever ything we create. It fuels a reverence for mountains, stor ms, and the people who sculpt powder culture. It leads us on a search for distant ranges and on a quest for the most progressively shaped and built skis on the planet.
Piers Solomon in Engelberg
SOL MOUNTAIN MONASHEE MOUNTAINS, BC DPS Cinematic: Reflections December 6 - 13, 2015
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Drew Peterson on the outskirts of Bill Fraser Lake. DPS SKIS 2017/18
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The Cinematic Dream DPS Cinematic was built from the beginning, on dreams.
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here’s a dream that is unique to every skier: they imagine their idea of the perfect snowfall, cradled in the perfect terrain, unlocking the potential for that perfect turn. Our entire philosophy as skiers is driven towards seeking out that one perfect dream-like moment made just for you, where everything simply works, and the complexities of life fall away into the reeling powder in your wake. Filmmaking, for me, has always been a tool to unlock that world of dreams. It’s a chance to craft light and location and all the elements at your disposal towards your unique idea of perfection, to set up a scene as ideally as possible so that everything is in its right place when the dominoes fall–all to focus a viewer’s perspective on that ultimate moment when the regular hits a flashpoint and becomes magic. Skiing or filmmaking—it’s all about seeking out that singular moment that makes everything worth the effort it took to find yourself within it. In 2009, I shot a few of those moments when I shared a dream-altering trip to Haines with DPS founder Stephan Drake. Since then, DPS has evolved as a ski company, and I have evolved as a filmmaker, but the core dream we shared on that trip has remained the same. And that is what DPS Cinematic still hopes to deliver: high performance skiing, in stunning terrain, under brilliant light, sculpted from a cinematic perspective. A union of two dreams. That perfect dream-like moment is a fleeting thing, always there and gone, easily forgotten as we move into the next turn in life. But through the union of skiing and cinema, it’s our hope that capturing and sharing that ideal moment, as best we can interpret it, will not only remind skiers of their own perfect moments from powder-turns past, but inspire them to seek out even deeper dreams, in the storms to come.
- Ben Sturgulewski, Director of DPS Cinematic
Stay tuned for new releases throughout the 2017-18 season.
Watch DPS Cinematic by visiting: dpsskis.com
TURNAGAIN PASS CHUGACH MOUNTAIN RANGE, AK DPS Cinematic: Genesis Januar y 10 - 21, 2016
Santiago Guzman surveys the spiritual and physical bounties of Turnagain Pass, Alaska.
Piers Solomon chases dusk contours on Turnagain. DPS SKIS 2017/18
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Zack Giffin and Santiago Guzman booting-up for dawn patrol.
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Spine-riding with Zack Giffin in DPS Cinematic’s, Genesis. Watch the film, and the complete DPS Cinematic archive by visiting dpsskis.com.
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The Birth of Alchemist
Alchemist
is an important
In concert with material changes, we have begun to also take steps
evolutionary step in one of our main
toward refining flex patterns to the same effect. Flex patterns and the
developmental tracks: the perfection of
distribution of stiffness have a major impact on how a ski responds
the carbon ski. Ever since DPS introduced the first
to choppy and mixed snow.
carbon fiber sandwich ski construction in 2005, we have believed wholeheartedly in the promise of this amazing material. Carbon is
This is a long evolutionary path, and we now find ourselves one step
all about power to weight ratios. Superior torsional stiffness coupled
closer to the grail: a light weight, torsionally stiff ski that begs you
with a light weight build translates into powerful grip when the ski is
to drive faster and push it harder. The ski of our dreams is easy to
engaged as well as agility off-edge.
initiate, yet infinitely rewarding. It’s out there on the horizon––an idea that keeps us up at night, tinkering and testing 10 months of the
If pure carbon skis have a weakness, it’s been their bio-feedback
year.
in rough snow. The lack of mass combined with such a reactive material can at times feel like a stiff sports car-like ride.
As you read this, we are probably out there somewhere, building prototypes at the factory or analyzing graphs at the kitchen table,
We have engineered around this shortcoming before with
gliding up the skin track, or banging out laps at the resort. The story
decent success––SS strips, various damping layers, and related
is about a constant and relentless push to develop new sidecuts,
experiments. But none of these engineering adventures are as
flex patterns, and layups toward something better, smoother, more
significant as Alchemist. For 2017-2018, Alchemist arrives with
powerful, and bliss-inducing.
proprietary dampening elements in the right locations; optimized to tune out the bad vibrations while letting the good ones thrive. The focus is on carbon, but it’s the behind the scene actors, the complementary spices, that allow carbon itself to take center stage.
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CHOOSE YOUR CONSTRUCTION
CHOOSE YOUR SHAPE
Dedicated skiers have a full-build menu to choose from. Once you select your shape, you can match it with a series of cutting-edge constructions; each with their own distinctive and fine-tuned attributes. DPS reaches into every corner of a skier’s imagination when it comes to ski layup and design, spanning the spectrum from elite high-tech Pure aerospace prepreg carbon (Alchemist), damp and powerful bamboo-carbon (Foundation), a distinct metal race-room feel (Hybrid T2), or super-lightweight ascent-descent focused touring skis (Tour1).
We have always categorized ski shapes into three general families. All of the skis within a particular family, regardless of how they are shaped or designed, correlate to an intended use within a general set of terrain and snow conditions. Each family can also be recognized by a range of waist widths e.g. the frontside, firmer snow Cassiar family contains skis between 82mm-95mm underfoot. Within each family, there are often different styles of shapes, flex patterns, and sidecut designs.
LOTUS FAMILY
WAILER FAMILY Waist Width: 99mm - 115mm
Waist Width: >115mm
Next-level, vibration-tuned aerospace grade carbon ski construction melded with absolutely the finest supporting materials.
DPS’ roots are ingrained in the pursuit of deep powder. From our inception a decade ago, we have led the way in the big-mountain genre with a number of firsts, including introducing the first 120mm powder pintail (Lotus 120), transferring the word “rocker” from surfing to skiing, introducing the first rockered ski with sidecut (Lotus 138), and the arrival of the groundbreaking Spoon. The Lotus family represents the most evolved big-mountain/powder tools available.
The Wailers are the middle of your quiver: all mountain, all season—maximum versatility. The four models within, and their women’s counterparts, are among the most awarded skis in snow and outdoor media over the last five years. From the faithful daily driver in the Wailer 99; the flat-tailed Wailer 105; the new do-it-all Wailer 106, or to the revamped Wailer 112—the Wailer family has you covered for the majority of your days.
Class-leading downhill performance in the lightweight touring segment, with a prioritization on uphill ease.
CASSIAR FAMILY
WOMEN’S SKIS
Waist Width: 82mm - 95mm
For those who prefer the metal race room feel of Titanal underfoot. Classic, powerful, and stable in all conditions.
Women’s skis are traditionally diluted, watered-down versions of their standard counterparts. In the name of weight savings, ski builders typically cannibalize performance by removing glass and employing flimsy wood cores. Our constructions are already ultra-lightweight and infused with unrivaled carbon performance. For our women’s line, we shift mounting points to create a ski that is both incredibly easy to ski, and has all the reactivity and power of our bigger thoroughbred chargers—skis built for women rippers—not a market segment.
Not every day offers blower pow. The award-winning skis in the Cassiar family are the tools of choice for frontside ripping, from tight zipper lines to laying deep trenches on corduroy, to carving the slickest blue Maine ice. The Cassiar family features powerful World Cup podium performance with the added benefits of Alchemist, further reducing lost energy and chatter frequently found on the frontside.
The perfect fusion of carbon/bamboo/glass and cutting-edge chassis design.
DEEP POWDER
POWDER / CRUD
RESORT / MIXED SNOW
HARD SNOW / CARVING
LOTUS 124 WAILER 112 (AND YVETTE 112)
HEAD TO HEAD COMPARISON
WAILER 106 (AND ZELDA 106)
WAILER 99 (AND NINA 99)
WAILER 105 (HYBRID T2 ONLY)
CASSIAR 95 CASSIAR 87
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FOUNDATION
HYBRID T2
TOUR1
ALCHEMIST
FOUNDATION
HYBRID T2
TOUR1
ALCHEMIST
FOUNDATION
HYBRID T2
TOUR1
ALCHEMIST
FOUNDATION
HYBRID T2
TOUR1
ALCHEMIST
(TOUR1 ONLY)
CASSIAR 85 (AND USCHI 85)
CASSIAR F82 (AND USCHI F82)
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The world’s most advanced ski construction takes a significant evolutionary step forward. Alchemist Pure carbon skis are the ultimate expression of the craft. Next-level, vibration-tuned aerospace grade carbon ski construction melded with absolutely the finest in supporting materials. Alchemist skis retain the same historical shapes as their Pure3 predecessors, but due to the construction upgrades are notably damper and smoother in mixed and firmer conditions.
Textured polyamide top Pure prepreg carbon fiber laminate with proprietary dampening additives
UHMW sidewalls Aspen wood core
Wide profile Rockwell 48 steel edges
Fastest and hardest World Cup race bases
LIGHT WEIGHT DAMPING MADE IN THE
POWER/GRIP
U.S.A.
PRICE
Piers Solomon on Alchemist Lotus 124 Spoons in Engelberg.
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Lotus A124 Spoon
Wailer A112
Wailer A106
Wailer A99
Incorporating maximum versatility into a 120mm class powder shape was the design mandate. It’s a fresh blend of planing performance and mixed snow comfort that features a more forward mount than any previous Lotus. The architecture is mated with a flex pattern and sidecut built specifically to engage and navigate less than bottomless conditions, while still providing tremendous float and planing abilities in the truly deep.
While the legendary ski shape has remained, the arrival of Alchemist stokes the smoothness factor on this classic. The Wailer 112 legacy has dominated magazine tests and is known as the shape that truly makes people ski better. It has the versatility for complete control and g-force generation on hard pack, while cradling the rider into the world of powder planing performance. The Wailer A112 consistently and playfully delivers ultimate powder versatility and ease of use in varying conditions.
The Wailer A106 shape represents an enormous sweet spot in any skier’s quiver, and the Alchemist layup makes it that much stronger in the mixed conditions it’s designed to thrive in. It is light and ready to tour, yet also begs to be driven hard daily at the resort, or under the ropes. Reach for it regularly when conditions are decent and experience the new Chassis approach to sidecut and flex profile design. It is a ski that bends around your boot, begging you to modulate the radii of your arcs, as you carve or slarve through a diverse range of snow and terrain.
The Wailer A99 utilizes the Wailer A112’s 3-D PaddleTech Geometry™— DPS’ original blend of rocker and variable sidecut. PaddleTech allows the skier to engage the Wailer A99’s slightly cambered 18m underfoot turn radius while arcing g-loaded carves on hard snow. In soft or mixed snow, the skier draws on the gradually rockered paddle. The Wailer A99 exhibits the best on and off edge performance, and the ability to get creative on the most versatile 100mm underfoot package ever designed.
Dimensions 149/124/136 | Radius: 23m @185cm
Dimensions 141/112/128 | Radius: 15-18m @184cm
Dimensions 135/106/124 | Radius: 18m @185cm
Dimensions 125/99/111 | Radius: 16-19m @184cm
Sizes 178cm, 185cm, 191cm
Sizes 168cm, 178cm, 184cm, 189cm
Sizes 168cm, 178cm, 185cm, 189cm
Sizes 168cm, 176cm, 184cm
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Cassiar A95
Cassiar A85
The Cassiar A95 leans moderately more towards softer snow than its little brother, the Cassiar A85. The package is accomplished through a slightly higher tip, an altered flex profile, and of course, an extra centimeter of width underfoot. The Cassiar A95 is the floatiest member of the Cassiar family and an amazing flat-tailed choice for everyday frontside and resort skiing excellence. Alchemist construction amplifies the versatility factor throughout the Cassiar family.
Every skier’s quiver needs a dedicated frontside resort tool. Redesigned on a wider platform, the Cassiar A85 builds on the award-winning Cassiar family’s legacy. With an elite Alchemist carbon layup, the Cassiar A85 excels as a thoroughbred all-mountain performer with more power and edge grip than significantly narrower and heavier conventionally made skis. A 15m turn radius allows the skier to ride the sidecut for precise, powerful carves on-piste, while the newly shaped tip and tail rocker profiles facilitate easy turn entry and slip in crud, moguls, and trees.
Dimensions 129/95/116 | Radius: 18m @185cm
Dimensions 122/85/109 | Radius: 15m @178cm
Sizes 168cm, 178cm, 185cm
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Yvette A112
Zelda A106
Nina A99
Uschi A85
Powder in the morning, crud in the afternoon, and carved groomed arcs down for après. The Yvette A112 combines the loose and early planing feel of a fully rockered ski with aggressive sidecut and slight camber underfoot. Taking cues from the redesign of the Wailer 112RP2, the legend continues as the Yvette A112 features an even greater sweet spot geared for optimal high-speed and crud performance.
The soon-to-be classic Zelda A106 shape emerges in Alchemist carbon sweetness. There isn’t a more powerful, positively connected ski construction on earth. It is matched with a flex pattern and rocker line that is forgiving in the shovel—easily ushering you into turns that evolve into powerful rewarding finishes. Skiers also benefit from Alchemist’s infinite flex life. Zelda is the dream package: ideal for resort skiing, faraway trips, and tours—or whatever you throw at it in varying conditions.
Based on the award-winning Yvette 112RP2 platform, the Nina A99 exhibits similar versatility in a narrower package. The Nina A99 utilizes the Yvette’s 3-D PaddleTech Geometry™—DPS’ original blend of rocker and variable sidecut. PaddleTech allows the skier to engage the Nina’s slightly cambered 18m underfoot turn radius for arcing g-loaded carves on hard snow. In soft or mixed snow, the skier draws on the gradually rockered paddle to get creative.
The Uschi A85 builds on the award-winning Cassiar family’s legacy. She is a thoroughbred all-mountain performer that features more power and edge grip than significantly narrower and heavier conventionally made skis. The 15m radius allows the skier to truly ride the sidecut for precise, powerful carves on-piste, while newly shaped tip and tail rocker profiles facilitate easy turn entry and slip in crud, moguls, and trees.
Dimensions 141/112/128 | Radius: 15-18m @168cm
Dimensions 130/106/120 | Radius: 18m @168cm
Dimensions 125/99/111 | Radius: 16-19m @168cm
Dimensions 122/85/109 | Radius: 15m @168cm
Sizes 158cm, 168cm, 178cm
Sizes 158cm, 168cm, 178cm
Sizes 158cm, 168cm, 176cm
Sizes 148cm, 158cm, 168cm
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Tour1 is a targeted lightweight backcountry build that emphasizes fast ascents and class-leading downhill performance. It is significantly lighter than Alchemist, DPS’ flagship construction. Whereas Alchemist is the ultimate in advanced ultra-powerful carbon ski technology, Tour1 skis are comparable in weight to the lightest backcountry-specific touring skis on the market while offering competitive differentiation by exhibiting superior, class-leading torsional stiffness, unmatched edge grip and dampening via a proprietary Tour1 specific aerospace carbon laminate. Why invest energy in long tours if you are forced to ride floppy touring skis that sap the performance and fun out of the descent?
Full cap textured polyamide top
Prepreg carbon / glass Tour1 laminate
Balsa core
Lotus 124
Narrow profile Rockwell 48 edges
This ski is a special and unique beast. Lightweight touring constructions are traditionally skinny little sticks. But, what if you are putting in big days of vert in the deepness of Japan or BC? On the Tour1 Lotus 124, by 4pm your legs and spirit will give you a pat on the back for choosing the lightest pow surfer on planet earth. Plane in powder, transform the skin track into a powder escalator.
Fastest and hardest World Cup race bases
Dimensions 140/124/130 | Radius: 23m @178cm Weight 1570g @ 178cm
LIGHT WEIGHT DAMPING POWER/GRIP
MADE IN THE
U.S.A.
Sizes 178cm, 185cm
PRICE
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Wailer 112RP2
Wailer 99
Wailer 106
Zelda 106
Touring skis are traditionally 60-80mm toothpicks designed for fast ascents and regimented skin tracks. Well, the best untracked snow is worth walking for. The award-winning Wailer 112 Tour1 weighs less than most significantly narrower traditional fiberglass touring shapes, but still delivers carbon’s inherent power benefits in deeper and mixed snow. Go strong for days with this legitimately light uphill supercharger, and one of the most soft-snow versatile and easiest skiing shapes in the history of the sport.
The iconic Wailer 99 shape precedes itself with its long line of noted accomplishments across all construction types. It’s a winning design with countless best-in-class awards. Its ultralight, torsionally responsive carbon laminate construction, achieves the epitome of versatility: energy-saving, lightweight, but offering rare slarveability and nimbleness in a touring-specific 100mm underfoot package.
If you live in a consistently snowy region that usually delivers in centimeters or inches, not feet and meters, then the Wailer’s 106mm waist is an ideal central piece of your quiver. The Wailer 106 Tour1 is ultralight and polite in the skin track. Keep it broad, with one ski in your bag for a utility knife approach that delivers broad pleasure and predictable precision due to its Chassis-driven rocker and sidecut design.
The Zelda 106 Tour1 offers a seriously fun touring package. It is arguably the safe centerpiece for touring in the widest range of conditions. Mount tech bindings on the Zelda and use it from scrappy early November action to that last magical June corn day—and everything in-between. Many will argue that the Zelda’s waist-width and turn radius combination delivers the most terrain/snow range of any ski design in existence.
Dimensions 141/112/128 | Radius: 15-18m @184cm
Dimensions 125/99/111 | Radius: 16-19m @184cm
Dimensions 133/106/122 | Radius: 18m @178cm
Dimensions 130/106/120 | Radius: 18m @168cm
Weight 1550g @ 184cm
Weight 1410g @184cm
Weight 1440g @ 178cm
Weight 1340g @ 168cm
Sizes 168cm, 178cm, 184cm
Sizes 168cm, 176cm, 184cm
Sizes 168cm, 178cm, 185cm
Sizes 158cm, 168cm
SKIER'S CHOICE
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Cassiar 95
Cassiar 87
The Cassiar 95 Tour1 is a classic choice. It features a flat-tail design, which translates to full contact along the ski’s entire edge in any style of snow. Enjoy the long arcing feel of the downhill edge as it graces various turn shapes from sidecut-perfect carves, to slarved short radius windshield wipers with extra knee angulation. If it suits your skiing style, the Cassiar 95 Tour1 may be all you need.
An exciting new tool enters the lineup in the Cassiar 87. It slots into skin tracks across the Alps as a comparatively fat, but traditionally acceptable offering. Enjoy the exceptional weight savings you’d expect from DPS’ Tour1 construction, especially at 87mm underfoot. Tap into great all-snow and all-mountain performance with a footprint that screams powerful performance in a featherweight package.
Dimensions 129/95/116 | Radius: 18m @ 178cm
Dimensions 121/87/109 | Radius: 18m @178cm
Weight 1375g @178cm
Weight 1340g @178cm
Sizes 168cm, 178cm
Sizes 161cm, 168cm, 178cm
Piers Solomon, Santiago Guzman, and Zack Giffin on a January dawn summit push in Alaska. DPS SKIS 2017/18
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Hybrid T2 mates DPS’ award-winning design and shaping with a newly engineered metal laminate construction giving core skiers a classic, race room ride. Hybrid T2 construction skis will continue to expand into skis with waist widths that are 105mm and below, while composite laminate blends will remain for higher waist width shapes. Hybrid T2, like its DPS construction siblings, features the hardest and fastest carbon race bases available, and a new chamfered top-edge to reduce topsheet chipping.
Chamfered top-edge textured polyamide top
Titanal laminates
Wide profile Rockwell 48 edges
ABS sidewall
Wailer 105
Wailer 99
The Wailer 105 is an iconic workhorse in the DPS quiver. Old school in nature with a Hybrid T2 metal laminate construction and flat-tailed roots, the 105 has the shaping characteristics that many core skiers desire as their daily. It’s a big-mountain ski for alpine-oriented resorts, or alternatively a powder board for shallower snow climates where greater hard snow versatility is needed by midday. For those who prefer the solid drive of a flat-tail ski, the Wailer 105 thrives on both sides of the rope. A directional charger.
It might seem odd at first to mate Titanal construction with a heavily paddled, tail-rocker-laden shape, but the Wailer 99 in Hybrid T2 is a sweet combination. The metal settles down any external influences that might otherwise disrupt a rockered ski with shorter edge lengths. The end result is a ski that walks a sweet line between playful slarves and purposeful, charging carves.
Dimensions 136/105/119 | Radius: 24m @ 178cm
Dimensions 125/99/111 | Radius: 16-19m
Sizes 178cm, 185cm
Sizes 168cm, 176cm, 184cm
Wide profile Rockwell 48 edges
Poplar core Fastest and hardest World Cup race bases
LIGHT WEIGHT DAMPING POWER/GRIP PRICE
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Cassiar 95
Cassiar 85
Metal laminates are great for 105mm waist skis and down. Explore too much above the 100mm waist width in metal and the result becomes too heavy and cumbersome. The Cassiar 95 hits an ideal all-mountain sweet spot for Hybrid T2; the waist width and flat tail beg to be driven through crud and soft snow all over the ski area. This is a classic shape/build proposition where you can truly rail GS on the groomed, and then flip the switch and have fun in chewed-up open bowls, or a tight tree run days after the storm.Â
The Cassiar 85 shines in a traditional race room metal build, Hybrid T2. This is a dedicated frontside shape that is stable, quiet and planted at speed, yet exhibits all the torsional stiffness and power that Titanal is known for. Add in some traditional DPS shaping cues in the form of tapered tips and tails, and its all-around functionality sky rockets.
Dimensions 129/95/116 | Radius: 18m @178cm
Dimensions 122/85/109 | Radius: 15m @178cm
Sizes 168cm, 178cm
Sizes 168cm, 178cm
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Foundation is a completely reimagined and rebuilt construction category that represents a futuristic approach to ski design. Every model in the Foundation series shares DPS Chassis DNA shaping that yields design and performance consistency from shape-toshape and length-to-length. Foundation employs the absolute best-in-class components from start-to-finish, with top-notch durability. On-snow feel is a wonderful blend of power and dampness that is readily accessible to a wide range of skier profiles.
Ultra-durable textured polyamide top sheets Unidirectional carbon
Bi-phase bamboo+poplar core UHMW sidewalls
Lotus F124
Wailer F112
Welcome to an exciting new blend of everyday accessibility, and powder-planing performance. The Wailer 112 changed the design paradigm in terms of creating a new level of powder versatility. When designing the next generation 120mm+ class powder shape, we wanted to add a sprinkle of that 112 influence to truly endow the F124 with performance in mixed snow. It had to be easy to ski when the going gets tough, yet still have the DNA to charge. The F124 greatly benefits from the planted, stable, and amazing feel of the new Foundation bamboo-based construction.
Why tinker with a winning recipe that has transformed the powder and resort experience for so many? Because we are tinkerers at heart. We’ve drawn from our extensive Chassis R+D project and created a verifiable winner in the Foundation 112. It’s a brand new, ground up riff on the construction and shaping of the quiver classic Wailer 112RP2 that features a longer fore-body and new flex pattern.
Dimensions 144/124/133 | Radius: 23m @185cm
Dimensions 144/112/131 | Radius: 15m @184cm
Sizes 178cm, 185cm, 191cm
Sizes 168cm, 178cm, 184cm, 190cm
Wide profile Rockwell 48 edges Triaxial fiberglass
High graphite World Cup race bases
LIGHT WEIGHT DAMPING POWER/GRIP PRICE
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Wailer F106
Wailer F999
The Foundation 106 is a ski to get excited about. Foundation’s novel new bamboo design has taken the overall feel of damping and solidity to new levels. The F106 benefits from a refined rocker line and Chassis-inspired sidecut, which provides instant engagement and a smooth turn finish. Both attributes accent the hypnotic feel of a flex profile that bends around your boot, drawing you directly into deeper, more playful arcs across a wide range of terrain and snow.Â
In the heart of the Foundation lineup is the 99, a shape that diverts away from the traditional Pure3 and Hybrid versions that were heavily tapered in the tip and tail. The Foundation 99 has a longer sidecut length to engage evolving radii as the ski progressively gets pushed harder and at higher edge angles. The rocker profile remains virtually untouched, which means easy turn entry and exit, and substantial float for 99mm underfoot. The F99 is a little brother to the F106 and offers ultimate in go-everywhere, do-everything versatility.
Dimensions 142/106/125 | Radius: 18m @185cm
Dimensions 128/99/117 | Radius: 18m @184cm
Sizes 168cm, 178cm, 185cm, 191cm
Sizes 168cm, 176cm, 184cm
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Cassiar F95
Cassiar F82
In the Foundation line, the F95 and F82 share similar shaping characteristics: highly tapered sidecuts that draw you deeply into the turn, instantly creating big edge angles. Both are genuine on-resort skis. Enjoy the pistes everyday, or confidently play in trees, moguls or light powder with a shovel-rocker profile that mates beautifully with a new Chassis—driven flex pattern. The F95 is designed to handle a 50/50 piste-to-off-piste workload.
In the Foundation line, the F95 and F82 share similar shaping characteristics: highly tapered sidecuts that draw you deeply into the turn and create big edge angles. Enjoy piste skiing, but confidently play in trees, moguls or light powder. Easy turn initiation, great float, and suspension in a moderately narrow shape. The F82 leans 80/20 piste-to-off-piste workload.
Dimensions 131/95/114 | Radius: 18m @178cm
Dimensions 124/82/107 | Radius: 15m @178cm
Sizes 178cm, 185cm
Sizes 168cm, 178cm, 185cm
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Yvette F112
Zelda F106
Nina F99
Uschi F82
A classic quiver shape is revitalized in a special construction package. Powder in the morning, crud in the afternoon, and carved groomed arcs down for après. The Foundation Yvette 112 combines the loose and early planing feel of a fully rockered ski with aggressive sidecut and slight camber underfoot. In the new Foundation regime, the Yvette gets a dramatically more responsive construction than past Hybrids. This perennial award-winning design is now damper, more responsive, and easier to ski than ever before.
The new Chassis platform makes edge-to-edge transfers so predictable, intuitive and smooth that the Foundation Zelda 106 is a joy to ski in all conditions. Take her everywhere from soft moguls, trees, and high alpine couloirs—she’ll perform. The combination of user-friendliness coupled with a predictably stable bamboo platform underfoot has never been so strongly demonstrated in the women’s ski category.
The 99 Foundation Chassis is the new standard for mixed snow and all-mountain versatility. The Chassis design places your boot in the optimal place within both the flex profile and the sidecut, which fosters predictability and a powerful response. While the sidecut travels farther up the shovel than the previous Nina 99, a refined shovel rocker profile still lets you get creative on the most versatile 100mm underfoot package ever designed.
From Chamonix to Tahoe, the Foundation Uschi 82 is the perfect waistwidth for everyday resort use. At 82mm underfoot, your first metatarsal lines up well with the edge to create a direct transmission of power from boot to the ski. Foundation’s construction attributes intrinsically have more power than standard fiberglass builds due to the unique bamboo and carbon elements. The Uschi is a wonderful piste carver that also thrives exploring trees and moguls—delivering all-day smiles.
Dimensions 135/112/124 | Radius: 15m @178cm
Dimensions 133/106/122 | Radius: 18m @168cm
Dimensions 123/99/113 | Radius: 18m @168cm
Dimensions 120/82/104 | Radius: 15m @168cm
Sizes 158cm, 168cm, 178cm
Sizes 158cm, 168cm, 178cm
Sizes 158cm, 168cm, 176cm
Sizes 148cm, 158cm, 168cm
2017/18 DPS SKIS
DPS SKIS 2017/18
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Lotus A124 Spoon
Lotus F124 (PT)
(PT)
Wailer A112
Lotus 124
Wailer F112 (PT)
(PT)
Wailer A106
Wailer 112RP2
Wailer F106
(PT)
Wailer 106 (PT)
(PT)
(PT)
Wailer 105 (FT)
Wailer A99
Wailer F99 (PT)
(PT)
Cassiar A95
Cassiar F95
(PT)
(PT)
Cassiar 95
Cassiar 95 (FT)
(FT)
Wailer 99
Wailer 99
(FT)
(FT)
Cassiar 85
Cassiar 87
(FT)
(FT)
Cassiar A85
Cassiar F82 (FT)
(FT)
Yvette A112
Yvette F112 (PT)
(PT)
Zelda A106
Zelda 106
Zelda F106 (PT)
(PT)
Nina A99
PADDLE TECH (PT) (PT)
Paddle Tech is a tapered, flatter sidecut section that blends at the contact points. It’s the special ingredient that drives a uniquely smooth and intuitive sense of turn shape.
Nina F99 (PT)
(PT)
Uschi A85
FLAT TAIL (FT)
Uschi F82 (FT)
(FT)
Flat Tails feature traditional extended sidecut and flatter, toneddown tail rocker profiles for skiers who prefer more solid drive and less slarve capability at the end of the turn. The choice is yours. FT = Flat Tail PT = Paddle Tech
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2017/18 DPS SKIS
DPS SKIS 2017/18
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POLES
NORI POLE (Adjustable)
ZEE POLE (Alloy)
ZEE POLE (Carbon)
SANTI POLE (Alloy)
SKI BAG
ACCESSORIES
DPS SKI STRAP HOLDEN BANDITO DPS SKIS 2017/18
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HEADWEAR
APPAREL
MEN’S CLASSIC TEE
WOMEN’S CLASSIC TEE
MEN’S ORGANIC COTTON CLASSIC TEE
MEN’S CASBAH TEE
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2017/18 DPS SKIS
RODMAN BEANIE
AK POM
STEVEDORE BEANIE
TYSON’S BEANIE
CRAYONIX CAP
GARAGE PATCH TRUCKER
WOMEN’S CLASSIC TANK
MEN’S FAMILIA TEE
MEN’S AK TEE
MEN’S REFUGIO TEE
THE POWDER LEDGER I used to get my skis from the dumpster. So the idea of new
1. Write two letters. One to an elected official and one to a business leader,
skis has always been outrageous. And the idea of that new ski being a core,
saying you care about climate change; you are watching their actions; you
phat, rockered board like a DPS strikes me as luxury bordering on fantasy,
want to seem more as a constituent or customer. This sounds easy, but
like bathing in buttermilk or eating only baby strawberries. Indeed, DPS and
you’re not doing it. Part of the reason for our current predicament is that
their customers are the true believers, the non-compromisers, singularly
your voices have not been heard.
focused on a particular kind of joy: the transcendent powder turn.
2. Join the movement. Reach into your wallet and give $50 or more to any
As a climate activist, I’ve always felt a jarring duality here: our raw, unbridled,
of the great organizations currently mobilizing a social movement around
animalistic passion is countered by soul-crippling anxiety and depression
climate.* Visit that organization’s social media feeds every day and read
triggered by the latest climate science. And our action on that front pales
one article. Monthly, respond to an action request. Lobby like you ski.
when compared to our pursuit of powder. Yeah, it’s easier to live on the
ski side. But the truth is, we are happier, stronger, and better, as parents,
3. Fight. In the Trump era, all bets are off. We have to fight in new, more
citizens, and human beings, if we ski hard and actively repair the world.
aggressive ways. Join a street protest. Get arrested.
Scientists tell us we must keep total warming to 1.5 degrees Celcius. This
Sound radical? It is, because climate is a real problem. It’s unrealistic to
year we almost got there. Problem is, beyond that, snowball effects kick in.
think we’ll be able to save all skiing. Instead, we should look at this hard
Melting sea ice means less heat-reflecting whiteness; dying forests release
work as a reconciliation, a balancing of the ledgers, between pleasure and
more warming carbon; thawing methane bogs burp potent greenhouse gas.
obligation, joy and meaning. What could be more fun?
That means exceeding 1.5°C probably leads to 4°, then 9° and beyond.
*There are many. Some of the best include Protect Our Winters, Citizens
Most businesses and individuals have attacked climate through their own
Climate Lobby, 350.org, and a host of other, often new, organizations.
carbon cuts—better light bulbs, greener buildings and cleaner power. These are important, necessary, and admirable actions. They do not, however, solve a global problem that requires reinventing everything from coffee pots to power plants. The real fixes, like aggressive skiers, go big. And they aim to change societal leadership and policy. Here are three meaningful ways to act at scale:
Auden Schendler Is a climate activist, author of Getting Green Done, and Vice President of Sustainability at Aspen Skiing Company.
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