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Thread: DPS Spoon 150
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10-03-2013, 03:40 PM #301Registered User
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Anyone else not directly DPS related skied the Spoon?
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10-03-2013, 04:48 PM #302
In variable density 3d, I agree. Talking only off-groomer usage here, this was my first and lasting observation about the ski: below tree line + powder = incredibly easy skiing in the trees and tight places. I do not favour them for skiing in the alpine or on wind/sun effected snow, never have. But continue to do so since it is the only appropriate width/weight ski I have for longer trips.
Life is not lift served.
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10-03-2013, 06:23 PM #303Registered User
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another review and comparison of the RP/RPC from last spring
http://coldthistle.blogspot.com/2013...lotus-115.html
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10-04-2013, 12:16 PM #304
Marshal, do you have weights on the 120 spoons in both the 179 and 189 length?
I see 189 weight on the website, but not the 179.
Interested to demo both this season.Aggressive in my own mind
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10-04-2013, 12:29 PM #305Merde De Glace On the Freak When Ski
>>>200 cm Black Bamboo Sidewalled DPS Lotus 120 : Best Skis Ever <<<
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10-10-2013, 11:20 PM #306
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10-11-2013, 07:52 AM #307
put it this way: the lotus 138 was totally redesigned from the ground up for 2014 (aka: out dec 1st) to get more "mini-spoon-y". new flex pattern, sidecut profile, rocker profile, literally everything.
the lotus 138 is the inbounds/variable/partially tracked out version (aka everyday inbounds pow ski), where the 148mm spoon is for untracked low density snow. i would compare the 138/spoons with the opposite end of the spectrum: consider a consumer race ski that can be skied all-mountain vs. a WC race ski solely tuned for injected race courses.
the new lotus 138 will carve cleaner than the spoon, flex-optimized for wind/sun effected snow, in a narrower width better suited for tracked out snow. relative to the "old" 138, the new shape will actually carve, and be much more friendly in non-pow conditions.
the spoon 148 makes no compromises for tracked out snow, and is tuned solely for surfing untracked snow.
my personal quiver will be:
99 & spoon: tech
105 & 138: alpine
i look forward to many more people here getting the chance to get their spoons on-snow early this season, since there was a limited amount built last season when they debuted mid-season.Last edited by marshalolson; 10-11-2013 at 08:03 AM.
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10-11-2013, 08:20 AM #308
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10-11-2013, 02:57 PM #309Registered User
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Marshal, much impressed with the production qualities of the Spoon compared to the current 138.
Will this new 138 be lighter and a thinner profile like the current Spoon is now? Some cool technology happening in the Spoon that has got to be fun in a narrower ski as well I'd bet.
Did I read that right? Available at retail Dec 1st 2013 for the new 138?
"my personal quiver will be:
99 & spoon: tech
105 & 138: alpine"
Last we talked it was the new RPC and the newest Spoon version. That was a quick change in well less than a year.Last edited by Dane1; 10-11-2013 at 10:22 PM.
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10-11-2013, 07:33 PM #310
I recall when we talked this summer regarding weights of the RPC, you were all about the 120 SP. Interesting to see it not in your quiver above.
Owning more pairs of the 138 shape than i care to admit, it will be interesting to see if P3 + new design can dethrone the 120 for those semi tracked out/non-pristine conditions. Cant say the iterations of the 138 I own are more than tolerable there.
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10-11-2013, 07:39 PM #311
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10-12-2013, 08:16 AM #312
I know this will sound silly, but I am really trying to only own 2 skis each for inbound and skinning. Trying to simplify my life. To compound that, I have gotten addicted to narrower and narrower skis (I had forgotten how fun firm bumped up snow is on 85mm, and even ~100mm), super efficient bc travel (stupid trail running), as well as the stability and surf of ultra wide skis (spoon).
Having design influence does not help, in that basically the whole dps quiver are skis I really like. There is not a ski I would change that is not getting that change.
So if I wanted 1 pair of inbounds or bc skis, it would be the new 120. a total of 2 skis would be rpc (inbounds) and l120 (bc). 3 pair of inbounds or bc skis, the center would be the l120.
Maybe I just need 6 skis - but i am trying to be disciplined over here!
Originally Posted by Dane1;Last edited by marshalolson; 10-12-2013 at 08:30 AM.
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10-12-2013, 08:50 AM #313
Last night we were watching video we shot eleven years ago, the "storm of thr century" we made it to Winter Park on Monday night after spending the previous week in Jackson. The fattest ski was an Explosive. My current fattest is the Wailer.
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10-12-2013, 09:28 AM #314
Ha! Different strokes for different folks i guess.
11 years ago, my daily driver was a 110mm waist pow+, and rocked spatulas when it snowed.Last edited by marshalolson; 10-12-2013 at 03:20 PM.
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10-12-2013, 06:04 PM #315
Good on you for streamlining things. And, abiding by the live simply moniker.
Maybe its our heavy snow and a recent interest with S/M but there are still four spots in the Dynafitted lineup in the basement: 88 UF, 99 UF, 115 UF & 138 UF. But, I am a bit obsessive;-)
Just please PLEASE don't change the 138 too much. The most confidence inspiring pair of boards that have been strapped to my feet. What is a thread without some goddam pictures anyway? Kudos to Shasti for leaving some decent sloppy-seconds on this one.
Last edited by foreal; 10-12-2013 at 08:31 PM.
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11-06-2013, 02:33 PM #316
The Asshole! Can't wait to get that thing again. It's exotic
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11-07-2013, 03:52 AM #317Registered User
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12-07-2013, 01:16 AM #318glocal
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12-07-2013, 04:50 PM #319Putting the "core" in corporate, one turn at a time.
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12-08-2013, 11:08 AM #320glocal
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You'll need to ask someone else in the Ask TGR forum to check on that, hop. Nothing shows up on my limited mod powers view. The posts were permanently deleted, leaving no trace I can detect. If it's all that important to you, pursue it there with a certified web geek.
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02-25-2014, 05:23 PM #321
I have 4 days on the Spoon last week in the Monashees and liked them a lot. My first DPS so really impressed by the quality. The ski does what no other ski can do in pow. It's not a ski I'll ever use a ton but if I'm going to Canada in winter it comes with.
Lucky Thirteen!
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11-05-2014, 11:53 AM #322
Sooooo...what to use for skins when your ride is 148 underfoot? I see that BD is making 140mm skins. Any other companies make 'em in that range? I can hack a solution but I would prefer not to.
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11-05-2014, 11:59 AM #323
BD sells the split skins at 160mm. I haven't used these, but I would say they are probably a good bet for something 148 underfoot
http://www.backcountry.com/black-dia...-climbing-skin
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11-05-2014, 12:09 PM #324
nice, spendy too. they sure are proud of their stuff.
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11-07-2014, 04:17 PM #325
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