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09-07-2018, 12:10 PM #126
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09-07-2018, 12:10 PM #127
Different strokes same old strokes.
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09-07-2018, 12:11 PM #128
BC JONG and Good Skier aren't mutually exclusive. Just figured it was a good opportunity to post the link.
And yeah, shiny gear often conceals gapertude.
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09-07-2018, 12:12 PM #129
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09-07-2018, 12:28 PM #130Banned
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DPS are the reason you are da best?
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09-07-2018, 12:36 PM #131
Ode to the DPS Lotus 138 (and Volant Spatula)
Hear ya, appreciate it, I was just trying to make the point that some doods should ski more in the resort before gettin out there for the Instagram shots. At least betel doesn’t have that problem!
For example, if the chutes at Jay Peak would eat you up, do you really belong at Tuckerman’s?
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09-07-2018, 12:49 PM #132Merde De Glace On the Freak When Ski
>>>200 cm Black Bamboo Sidewalled DPS Lotus 120 : Best Skis Ever <<<
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09-07-2018, 12:50 PM #133Banned
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Ode to the DPS Lotus 138 (and Volant Spatula)
I have heard mofro rips. Cant wait get to BBI and get put into place (probably middle of the pack among TGR xpert skiers)
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09-07-2018, 12:52 PM #134
I only have one pair of touring skis, kusala mounted w dynafits. Not really a RR ski but kind of. I like them, give up a bit on the skin track in tight kick turns but that may be my technique.
Thinking when the Lhasa/praxis fats roll in I may mount them up to tour...or remount my GPO. Just to get a more flat tail.
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09-07-2018, 12:52 PM #135
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09-07-2018, 12:54 PM #136
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09-07-2018, 01:00 PM #137Banned
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I’m really going there for the stoke, and to have fun.
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09-07-2018, 01:55 PM #138Registered User
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I'm with bodywhomper - L138 is a killer touring ski to have in your quiver if you can justify it. It's not for massive vert days, not for skimo, not for steep skintracks on ice, but for so many other days it's so damn good
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09-07-2018, 04:59 PM #139
Jezus fuck this went sideways for a bit (to be expected on TGR, but still...) Moar R/R stoke, please and thank you.
Palate cleanser
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09-07-2018, 10:12 PM #140
That's a lot to read...
Anyway, adimmen has been touring on 138s for over a decade. Still his go to touring ski.
My 138s are mounted with Tectons and I love to tour in them if I don't need the lightness or edge of something more traditional.
138s grip extremely well on the uphill and sidehill well. Rarely is track width a concern. Skin drag is a concern for some.Originally Posted by blurred
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09-08-2018, 12:34 AM #141
You can tour on big ski, no problems. It makes you strong! My good day touring ski and avarage day touring ski.
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09-08-2018, 08:42 AM #142
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09-08-2018, 09:24 AM #143Banned
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Ode to the DPS Lotus 138 (and Volant Spatula)
Ya there are some opposing views on touring on super fat and powder specific skis. Which is to be expected. I’ll have to find out which camp I fall into.
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09-08-2018, 09:36 AM #144
It's entirely possible the 138 won't be the widest ski on the track, if someone preceeded you with a ski with a tip wider than ~140 (which many modern pow touring skis are). The Helio 116 is actually 5mm wider than an R1 L138, which is kind of ironic.
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09-08-2018, 10:12 AM #145Registered User
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^ It seems to many on here focus on the dimension under foot and forget about the giant shovel on most skis when discussing the issue of R/R skis on the skin track.
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09-08-2018, 10:15 AM #146
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09-08-2018, 10:25 AM #147
I can see problems with ready skintracks. Where I live, it's quite rare to get to use ready skintrack on powder days. Opening track on big r/r skis is actually nice and easy. And you don't want to use big skis when it's not powder day.
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09-08-2018, 10:49 AM #148Registered User
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Ode to the DPS Lotus 138 (and Volant Spatula)
Talking about skin track width and if a lotus 138 would have fitment issues in a skin track where a ski with a shovel well over the lotus set the track. I was just going by basic math but maybe real world use is different.
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09-08-2018, 10:52 AM #149Banned
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Whos holding? I WTB
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09-08-2018, 10:57 AM #150
Andy's purple L138 spoons were damn sexy and didnt seem to hold him back on the skin tracks either. Too bad he got the croup and couldn't ski after day 3. I was tempted to pick up some L138s to play on after that, but internally I cant justify having 120 and 138 touring skis. Yet.
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