Thread: DPS Spoon 150

Maybe that's just all they showed. I mean, that's kind of what makes the ski different, right? I'd be impressed to see video showing that you can load into the ski and turn that big vague-looking smear into a clean high-g powdercarve and then back out at will.

Not that I'll be looking to buy this ski any time in the next 5 years or ever - too specialized for what I'm lucky enough to ski.

That looks fun, but too specialized for me.. I'd need a different pair of skis by mid day inbounds...

boy that clip makes those things look FUN to ski....big turns...CHECK...little turns...CHECK...slarve..CHECK...

dont think i got the coin for those though...

I don't need them but they LOOK...... SO..... FUCKING...... COOOOOOOOOL...........

I want to see the video of someone skiing them on a tracked out runout as well as a groomed blue run.

I'm sure they are a ton of fun.

However, based on the shape and the mount point it seems that there is a ton of float in front of the binding and not much going on behind it.

I also noticed that in the video Stephan is almost "wheelieing" out of some of the turn. I feel like you'd really have to focus on keeping weight forward.

For a small fee I will evaluate the ski for this trait.

I also noticed he stems a LOT. I wondered if that's his typical style, or the downhill ski slides out, (makes sense), and then the uphill ski stems or stays more straight for stability. Don't take this wrong, the guy rips, but maybe a round bottomed ski slides out so much that you need to do something with the uphill ski to give a "launching" point into the next turn.

Also, I wish I skied that much bottomless pow for this ski to make any sense for me.

my main issue here would be that they are really a specific ski for seemingly one thing. BC POW. Now me personally i dont have $1K+ sitting around for a backcountry pow ski. I also think this thing will be a tuning nightmare. Stone grind?? Out of the question.. Edge sharpening???? painstakingly by hand im sure.

Looks fun, but...tooo specific.

perhaps they could try tense form, with less reverse
camber, to keep this high level of pivoty/slarve and gain stability and float.

also if they could make the edge with the classical angle, they would need less camel bumps to cross hard pack.

I've thought about these bad boys a lot. And, I don't think the minor increase in slarvyness would justify the huge loss in versatility. I watched the video and thought, "hmmm, they don't look THAT much more surfy that my Protests".

It seems like a lot of companies are moving towards 115-120mm pow skis that are super surfy, but still ski well in pretty much any condition. I think the idea of a 135-150mm waisted ski is a bit of a novelty. Just my $0.02.

The way I see it, the Spoon is a concept ski, like the Spatula when it first came out (in fact, many of the comments here are reminiscent to reactions to reverse camber in its infancy). If successful, you will probably see this technology trickle down to more versatile models like we have seen with reverse camber. But it's really cool to see some innovation. Would I own a pair at this point? Probably not (unless I win some by being a facebook fan ). But imagine a ski with camber and sidecut underfoot, but spoon tips and tails. Or multiple cleat points that work together to give the effect of having sidecut (like the Praxis Concept). Variations are possible.

pretty rad...never seen turns quite like it:

Originally Posted by D(C)

The way I see it, the Spoon is a concept ski, like the Spatula when it first came out (in fact, many of the comments here are reminiscent to reactions to reverse camber in its infancy). If successful, you will probably see this technology trickle down to more versatile models like we have seen with reverse camber. But it's really cool to see some innovation. Would I own a pair at this point? Probably not (unless I win some by being a facebook fan ). But imagine a ski with
camber and sidecut underfoot, but spoon tips and tails. Or multiple cleat points that work together to give the effect of having sidecut (like the Praxis Concept). Variations are possible.

or no cleats at all, only classical edge angle (on the last 2mm near sidewalls).

Originally Posted by skimaxpower

^^ It sure looks like the Spoon makes smearing turns easier.

Meh. It means that mediocre dentist skiers will now ruin the pow just like the snowboarders.

I used to say this when the shaped/fat ski revolution started. I had no problem skiing powder on my 205/210 GS skis. Now, anyone can can ski powder, and boarders can ruin a whole run with a single side ways slide. Oh well, I guess that's why I want to get into the back-country.

looks Hookey, kinda like turns too easy, too fast= not good for hucking, but great for mellow pow skiing.

wonder how well skins will work with all of that shape.

Originally Posted by Skidog

my main issue here would be that they are really a specific ski for seemingly one thing. BC POW. Now me personally i dont have $1K+ sitting around for a backcountry pow ski. I also think this thing will be a tuning nightmare. Stone grind?? Out of the question.. Edge sharpening???? painstakingly by hand im sure.

Looks fun, but...tooo specific.

why would they ever need to be tuned?

I'm pretty sure that is the sickest set of turns ever. Can you say drifting? Stephan doesn't even scrub speed while fully laid out. Def WANT.

i'm with D(C).

i swore i thought that i read that these were the first prototypes, big and heavy with traditional wet lay-up, and skied on for a single day, i.e. that footage was from the first (and only?) day that drake used the boards.

sick footage. excited to see how that design will turn out in production and whether there's something to be transferred to slimmer design.

As someone said higher up, how would one stone grind these? I have a bataleon snowboard with the triple base and I've had to explain it to some shop owners how to use the grinders to deal with the multiangled base. I don't think tuning would be a problem just a little more care would be taken—

Also, on the technical side of things, what were the inspiration for the undulations/cleats on the sides? It seems like a very innovative way to maintain precise control without losing powder float—do they also assist with skittishness of convex bases at speed?

Anyway, thanks for the info—amazing looking skis!

Originally Posted by catfishjon

wonder how well skins will work with all of that shape.

My guess is terribly. But then I dont think thats there intended use anyways.

Originally Posted by Vicious

pretty rad...never seen turns quite like it:

Regardless of arguments over tuning, or versatility of this ski that video gets me sooo amped to go rip again this season.

That being said, I don't think stone grinding these bases is really an issue. How many times do you stone grind your pontoons or DPS 138's right now in the life of the ski. Never? Once? Marshall was saying earlier how the connection between the tuner and the ski is much much higher on this ski because you have to do everything by hand, so if you really need to grind your $1000 pow skis I'm sure some select techs will do it for you.

I am so stoked to see what this technology does to skis over the next 5+ years.

Amen. Tech proliferation is gonna be crazy.