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Thread: DPS boots?
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02-02-2014, 11:45 AM #51
I got all excited and them my wallet came out and punched me right in the balls.
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02-02-2014, 01:49 PM #52
future thread title
DPS boots/ my wallet is in for a beating.watch out for snakes
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02-04-2014, 07:40 PM #53
Second that
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01-05-2015, 05:10 AM #54
"a year out" should be just about now, with the "dps tour" in that other gear whore thread it's time to shed some light on this project. @dps
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11-08-2015, 12:55 PM #55Registered User
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The years are passing, and still nothing?
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11-11-2015, 12:59 PM #56
I've heard figures from some BD folks that it's costs about $1mil per mold when it's all said and done = make-or-break gamble for such a small company
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11-11-2015, 01:34 PM #57
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11-11-2015, 01:41 PM #58Registered User
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11-11-2015, 04:17 PM #59
Working on it! Definitely a huge project, and even more so with the boundaries and concepts being explored. Hoping for a 2017 inaugural launch, but we shall see.
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11-11-2015, 04:28 PM #60
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11-11-2015, 07:38 PM #61
A size run of boots is about $250k in mold costs nowadays. That does not include any R&D or development dollars nor does it include anything relating to liners. Cost is one thing, having the knowledge, know how and experience to actually craft the molds is a whole different story. I'm sure 3D printers will take a little of the artistry out of it as you can probably cut a boot in half, scan it, and reprint something or other.
Making ski boots is serious business. It makes producing skis look like with building with Legos. Most of the large ski boot manufacturers have guys that have been doing it for 20+ years. They learned it from their father who's father was doing something similar before that. There's a reason 90% of the ski boots are designed in a 20 mile radius in Italy.
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11-11-2015, 07:50 PM #62
Cool facts! Love the idea of that kind of artistry
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11-12-2015, 11:01 AM #63
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11-12-2015, 11:02 AM #64
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09-13-2016, 03:19 PM #65Registered User
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2016/17 catalog mentions they've "advanced our ski boot project". Not much to go on, but at least they're still working on it.
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04-17-2017, 01:21 PM #66Registered User
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Reviving an old thread... talked about on the Blister podcast. They sound "different" http://blistergearreview.com/feature...-stephan-drake
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04-17-2017, 01:53 PM #67
Not that the guy doesn't make some sweet stuff, but if you asked Stephan to describe his morning shit he would likely use superlatives such as "game changing" and "outside the box".
I'll believe it when I see it, personally. Game changing kinda sucks when the game already works spectacularly as-is.
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04-17-2017, 02:46 PM #68
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04-18-2017, 06:18 AM #70
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04-18-2017, 07:22 AM #71Registered User
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We don't have anything but this teaser to go on, but considering that all current boots are just repackaging of conceptual design work done in the early 70s, I'm very interested in seeing where a fundamental reassessment of biomechnical principles (if that's what they've actually done) gets them. Sven et al. did great work, but there's certainly lots of room for improvement, for example, squeezing your forefoot into a shape that doesn't really resemble a foot (certainly not my foot) may have been necessary to minimize drag on 65mm waisted skis, but not on today's fatties.
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04-18-2017, 08:47 AM #72
It's also DPS so I imagine any they will end up being built almost exactly the same as every other boot but use some buzzwords to imply otherwise all while costing an additional 60-100% more for a very marginal improvement if any over the competition.
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04-18-2017, 09:07 AM #73Registered User
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04-18-2017, 12:25 PM #74
They're also playing with fire in terms of "game changing boot technology"- too crazy and nobody will trust or be able to afford them. Too similar and now they're talking out their ass about "changing the game".
It's a fine line to walk in an actual marketplace with inherent trust issues.
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04-18-2017, 01:53 PM #75
Game changing boot!!!! Even if it's basically a Tecnica the dentists are gonna eat this shit up.
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