New DPS Skis & Products with Stephan Drake

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BLISTER

Arts, Design, Skiing, Snow, Snowboarding, Sports, Outdoors, Bike, Technology, Gear

4.9 • 809 Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2018

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

We talk with DPS Skis founder, Stephan Drake, about DPS Dreamtime; the new DPS Wailer 110; the DPS Spoon, Lotus 138, and 124; and some very big news about DPS Phantom, the ski and snowboard base treatment that DPS introduced this past season.

(If you’d like to learn more about Stephan’s own background and the history of DPS skis, you should check out Episode #38 of the Blister Podcast. And if you’d like to hear the conversation I had with Stephan about the introduction of DPS Phantom, check out Episode #59 of the Blister podcast.)

Presenting Sponsor: The 750 Miles of Trail in the Gunnison Valley — Check out Outerbike in Crested Butte

TOPICS & TIMES:

Stephan's current ski testing (2:45)
What is DPS Dreamtime? (3:22)
DPS "Powderworks" - and the new DPS Wailer 110 (5:18)
Clarifying the DPS framework: constructions & shapes (9:49)
The DPS Lotus 138 (13:47)
DPS Spoon (17:53)
Lotus 138 vs. DPS Spoon (19:10)
Lotus 124 vs. Lotus 138 (22:40)
Cassiar 94 and Cassiar 79 (24:54)
Big News about DPS Phantom (27:52)

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0:00.0	Welcome to another episode of Gear 30 on the Blister Podcast Network.
0:09.4	I'm Jonathan Ellsworth, the founder of Blister, and you can check out all the stuff we've got going on over at blisterreview.com.
0:17.3	Today I'm talking with Stefan Trake, the founder of DPS Skies, mostly because I had a number of questions about some new DPS skis and some updated products, and I really wanted Stefan to set me straight.
0:30.2	So this is that conversation, and Stefan and I cover a lot of really interesting ground here, including what products Stefan is testing right now
0:39.2	at Mount Hood, the details about DPS Dreamtime, which is also going on right now, the story behind
0:46.0	the brand new DPS Whaler 110, a rundown of the fattest powderboards DPS is making, and
0:52.9	some very big news about DPS Phantom, which
0:56.7	is the ski and snowboard base treatment that DPS introduced this past season.
1:01.8	And if you'd like to learn more about Stefan's own background and the history of DPS skis,
1:07.1	you should go check out episode number 38 over on the Blister podcast.
1:12.2	And if you'd also like to hear the conversation I had with Stefan about the introduction of DPS Phantom,
1:19.0	then go check out episode number 59 of the Blister podcast.
1:23.6	This episode of Gear 30 is brought to you by the 750 plus miles of trail in the Gunnison
1:30.1	and Crested Butte Trails Network.
1:32.2	That's more than 750 miles of the best riding in the United States.
1:37.7	And starting on August 17th, Crested Butte is hosting Outer Bike, from August 17 to August
1:43.8	19, where you will be able to
1:46.3	experience the CB trails and demo bikes from a bunch of the companies that we discussed
1:51.5	on the last Gear 30 podcast, which was our Bikes versus Skies podcast.
1:57.2	And by the way, all the comments and suggestions rolling in from you guys have been awesome.
2:01.6	And next week on Gear 30, we're going to be doing part two of Bikes versus Skies and incorporating a bunch of your comments and questions.
2:09.7	So check that out next week.
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