Thread: Who hates their 105 Wailers?

I keep coming back to this ski for my touring set up. Anyone know what the "x-wood" part of their construction is?
However the Praxis Backcountry is also getting a look. Let's hear it

You hate this ski, but keep coming back to it?

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I have the 188 f2 Wailer pure, and think it's fantastic. I love the poppy-yet-stable feel of every DPS ski I've tried; all of them have been pures so far, no hybrids.

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Originally Posted by DAFTC

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Just make sure they don't have too much camber, and they will be fine.

I fucking love my 188 wailers. Not a single thing to hate about them, and my other skis have seen very little action since I got them.

x-wood is a lightweight wood that joins the poplar party in the tips and tails, but doesn't run through the center section of the ski or binding plate.

Originally Posted by dps

x-wood is a lightweight wood that joins the poplar party in the tips and tails, but doesn't run through the center section of the ski or binding plate.

Do you know what species it is or is that the Cadbury secret?

I have two pairs, the more I use the more I like 'em. Said that, I like more the one pair without any positive camber.

I prefer the Praxis Backcountry. I found the Flex 2 188's surprisingly stiff, too stiff for a touring ski. I expected with a turned up tail and early rise tip they would ski short. They do not. 178's may have been the ticket. In wide open spaces, when I could carry speed they were great, and I thought about putting alpine bindings on them (in lieu of Dynafits) but I seldom ride lifts. For me the Coomback was too noodly, Wailer too stiff, Praxis BC just right.

Wailer 105 Pure @ 188 was my second ever DPS ski and the ski that sold me. Best backcountry ski I've ever used. Stiff, solid, light. A subtly modified trad shape with tip rocker and a releasable tail that still requires some skill to manipulate. But if you know how to flex its "stiffness" -- which isn't really stiff per se, like dead stiff, but reactive -- the ski comes alive at all speeds and in nearly all turn shapes.



Not a great pic, without the skis in sight, which is the point -- this is deep west coast pow, and the skis are hitting it straight on, on a moderate slope (35 degrees) at moderate speed. Point being these skis float and surf, which you wouldn't otherwise expect from initial glance at their shape.

I probably got them too long. For me, 5'9 170, the 188 was alot of work in Jay Peak trees. I loved them for bombing down groomers in a foot of snow though! In the end, I sold them. Great ski, just stiffer and longer than I wanted(thats what she said!)