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DPS is about the mystery encountered in a slide across deep snow.

With its roots ingrained in high-performance powder skiing, DPS has pioneered the use of aerospace carbon fiber to design and build skis that are lighter, stronger, and more powerful than conventionally built fiberglass and metal skis. The fusion of cutting-edge carbon technology and ultra-progressive shaping has resulted in the most advanced and complete quiver of highperformance skis built today.

The goal is to build the perfect ski.

DPS strives to link the skier, the ski, and the ski builder in an intimately connected triangle

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Front cover: Stephan Drake in Haines, AK.

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The DPS laboratory is the world’s premier big mountain meccas.

DPS is headquartered in Utah’s Wasatch Range.

Every year we travel to and test in Switzerland, Alaska, and South America.

▸ DPS riders rest their legs

in Engelberg, Switzerland.

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▸ Jon Larsson completes a

perfect day in Pemberton, BC.

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Built from the Roots of Skiing ▸ A quick stop for PB &

DPS is an innovative design-based company and a pioneer.

Combining grassroots culture with advanced engineering, DPS has redefined the way skis are shaped and has successfully developed the world’s first pure carbon fiber sandwich ski.

J’s in the Yukon, en route from Colorado to Alaska.

Quick Facts

The company story is unique in the ski world: it has been written by a tight tribe of skiers inspired by a lifestyle dedicated to the art of riding deep snow. DPS founder Stephan Drake has spent his life dedicated to highperformance powder skiing and riding big lines around the world. A passion for the perfect turn translated into the search for the perfect ski; one that would combine innovative design with revolutionary space age technology.

Drake was the first to introduce the term “Rocker” to skiing, and has been a featured speaker at the National Design Conference. In 2005, he partnered with Peter Turner, a leading composites engineer, and the former head engineer at Volant. Peter worked with Shane McConkey to engineer the Spatula and has been instrumental in the integration of prepeg carbon and steel technology into ski design.

The DPS community is comprised of a network of skiers obsessed with the search for deep snow and the lifestyle that accompanies the quest.

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▸ Jon Larsson

surveys the landscape from all angles on Lotus 120’s in Pemberton, BC.

CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN ▸ Stephan Drake introduced Rocker to skiing’s vocabulary in 2002. ▸ DPS holds a patent pending application for the first rockered, sidecut ski. ▸ DPS makes the world’s only pure carbon/nano sandwich ski—the DPS Pure: Carbon+Nano ski line. ▸ DPS is a perennial winner in ski magazine buyer’s guides.

HISTORY AND DISTRIBUTION ▸ 2005: DPS was founded by Stephan Drake, former designer/founding partner at DB Skis, and Peter Turner, former head engineer and designer at Volant Skis. ▸ 2009: DPS launches a hybrid carbon fiberglass ski line to complement its carbon-nano-line: Hybrid: Fiberglass+Carbon+Bamboo. ▸ 2009: DPS expands from an internet only distribution model, to an internet and high-end retailer model. ▸ 2010: DPS opens its headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah.

COMMUNITY ▸ DPS hosts three annual DPS Rider’s Weekend events: in Utah, Switzerland, and Argentina. Each DPS Rider’s Weekend invites dealers and skiers from all over the world to ski together, talk shop, and immerse in ski culture. ▸ DPS regularly produces compelling content with leading filmmakers, writers and photographers. ▸ DPS actively participates with top social media web sites and media portals worldwide.

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Stephan and I make a point of returning to this zone every year.

It’s too good not to.

We call it Alexandra’s. It’s deep in the Chilkats—and not easy to get to. It’s a special feeling riding to Alexandra’s on our sleds. When you round the final corner to the amphitheater entrance, you quickly realize the area is in its own vortex with its own magical properties; it’s like you’ve entered a freezer. There are huge hanging glaciers that surround the zone, which dramatically cools the air and snow.

What this means is simple: you can ride dry, deep powder late into spring.

Five miles away it may be spring skiing, but in Alexandra’s it’s cold and the snow stays good.

Jon Larsson, a fellow Swede, came on as a DPS skier in the 09/10 season. He traveled with the DPS crew on this trip to AK late last spring.

We were all obsessed with the idea of deep glacier camping so that we could shoot sunrise and sunset shots, and then just crawl into a cozy snow cave. This was our first planned overnight at Alexandra’s. We were stoked. But sometimes things don’t go as planned, especially when it comes to glacier camping.

This shot was taken on the first night, out of four. We arrived in the morning and were busy shooting until sunset. We didn’t start building the snow cave until darkness set in. In hindsight, that was not the smartest decision considering we were collectively dead tired. After more than two hours of camp preparation, and well after sunset, we were solely motivated to eat and sleep. I was the last person into the cave and the guys had already started cooking inside.

This shot was my last frame that day, and signaled the beginning of a long, cold Alaskan night—and four days of epic skiing ahead.

— Oskar Enander

▸ New York’s Hayden Planetarium

would be jealous. DPS riders Stephan Drake and Jon Larsson cook dinner after a long day of filming and shooting in Alaska’s Chilkats.

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Pure: Carbon+Nano. Truly unique, DPS Pure construction makes for the most advanced and highest performance skis made on earth. Pure: Carbon+Nano features exclusive aerospace carbon and nanotech technology, and the absolute finest accompanying materials. Revolutionary on both paper and on snow, the Pure construction showcases years of research and refinement in a ski that is 30 percent lighter than conventional constructions, while at the same time 30 percent torsionally stiffer, stronger, and more powerful.

Hybrid: Fiberglass+Carbon+Bamboo. The Hybrid line makes the DPS quiver more accessible to more skiers and creates a point of reference for the Pure: Carbon+Nano line. While evoking all the shaping and flex pattern heritage of the Pure line, Hybrid skis represent a direct technological comparison to industry standard constructions, but with sweet upgrades like carbon fiber stringers, bamboo core laminates, and the finest, fastest bases made.

Power Durability Power andand Durability Featherweight Featherweight Dampness Dampness Carbon Carbon binding binding platesplates S.S. technology S.S. technology

Bamboo Bamboo core core Polyamide top top Polyamide

Triaxial Triaxial glass glass

The world’s only pure carbon The world’s only prepreg pure prepreg carbon and nanotech sandwich laminates and nanotech sandwich laminates

Carbon Carbon fiber stringers, fiber stringers, full full length, length, top and topbottom and bottom

UHMW UHMW sidewalls sidewalls UHMW UHMW sidewalls sidewalls 2mm edges 2mm edges

Urethane dampening system Urethane dampening system PoplarPoplar core core

2mm edges 2mm edges Austrian Austrian WorldWorld Cup Cup graphite race bases graphite race bases

Carbon is an amazing material. It allows us to significantly reduce the overall weight of a ski while simultaneously making the ski more powerful and responsive. Torsionally rigid, lightweight skis are the future of performance skiing. They move under your body with lightning quick precision, and save precious energy that results in less fatigue. A lightweight ski without dampening or pop is low performance, as is a heavy ski with average reactivity and maneuverability. Through intelligent design and proprietary construction, both Hybrid: Fiberglass+Carbon+Bamboo and Pure: Carbon+Nano are easier to ski and more reactive than their conventional counterparts.

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Urethane Urethane top edge top reinforceedge reinforcement ment and dampening and dampening system system Austrian Austrian WorldWorld Cup Cup graphite graphite race bases race bases

Quiver 11/12 The DPS mission is simple: to build the perfect ski. We search for and employ cuttingedge technology, design, and shaping with no compromises.

The resulting quiver reflects our personal dream-bag of skis. It’s not about market segments or satisfying particular demographics. It’s quite simply about building the most progressive, highest performing skis on the planet. We control our engineering and development from start to finish and evolve flex patterns and layups with a raceroom mentality. From the frontside charger, the Cassiar 80, to the versatile hardpack and powder slaying Wailer 112RP, to the spine surfing Lotus 138, each shape and flex pattern is optimized to cover the total span of snow/terrain possibilities.

▸ Stephan Drake pillow

hopping in Haines, AK.

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◂ Wailer 95 The Wailer 95 rails like a race ski on the groomed —even at 95mm in the waist. Combine a flex pattern engineered for flotation with a directional twin, and you have the everyday frontside/backside board for continental and intermountain climates. The Wailer 95 is available in Pure: Carbon + Nano construction only.

126/95/113 | R: 25m Sizes: 165cm, 175cm, 185cm Pure: Carbon+Nano

175 (tip mm)

145 (tail mm)

Wailer 105 ▸ The award-winning Wailer 105 is the big mountain choice for alpine resorts, or alternatively a powder board for shallower snow climates where greater hard snow/frontside versatility is needed by midday.

It is an ultra-lightweight and powerful everyday shape that excels on both sides of the rope.

◂ Wailer 112RP The Wailer 112RP is a true game changer. It is the most versatile ski ever built. It combines the loose and early planing feel of a fully rockered ski with aggressive sidecut and slight camber underfoot. It’s a one ski quiver for planing powder in the morning, laying trenches down to the lift on the groomers, and slaying crud in the afternoon. A 15m radius underfoot and great torsional stiffness allow for maximum versatility, while the rockered and tapered tips and tail allow the Wailer 112RP to get loose and be driven from the ball of the foot in deeper snow.

◂ Cassiar 80 The Cassiar 80 is the narrowest ski in your quiver. It’s the dedicated frontside choice for the entire mountain when there isn’t new snow. It’s a thoroughbred carbon all-mountain performer: it rips trenches, cuts crud, dices moguls, and does so with more power and edge grip than significantly narrower and heavier skis. The Cassiar 80 is available in Pure: Carbon + Nano construction only.

121/78/108 | R: 15m Sizes: 166cm,178cm Pure: Carbon+Nano

141/112/128 | R: 18m Sizes: 168cm, 178cm, 190cm 170 (tip mm)

140 (tail mm)

Pure: Carbon+Nano Hybrid: Fiberglass+Carbon+Bamboo

131/105/119 | R: 29m | Sizes: 178cm, 188cm Pure: Carbon+Nano Hybrid: Fiberglass+Carbon+Bamboo

220 (tip mm)

450 (tip mm)

400 (tail mm)

140 (tail mm)

OFFICIAL SKI TEST SELECTION

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Women Women’s skis are traditionally diluted, watered-down versions of their standard counterparts. In the name of weight savings, ski builders typically cannibalize performance by removing glass and employing flimsy wood cores. Our Pure and Hybrid Constructions are already ultra-lightweight and infused with unrivaled carbon performance. For our women’s line, we shift core profiles and mounting points to create a ski that is both incredibly easy to ski, and has all the reactivity and power of our bigger thoroughbred chargers—skis built for women rippers—not a market segment.

◂ Lotus 120 The original and often imitated 120mm class powder pintail that started it all. The Lotus 120’s shaping is highly optimized for deep snow; a 270mm tapered and rockered shovel gives the Lotus 120 early planing ability; the flex pattern and geometry have been refined over four seasons to create a ski with unequaled balance and ball-ofthe-foot-driven powder performance.

◂ Rita The Rita is a truly versatile frontside/backside performer with enough girth to make light storms floatable. It’s ideal for women wanting a go-to, everyday ski for all-mountain use. Pure Carbon Fiber Construction makes the Rita 30 percent lighter than a comparatively shaped women’s ski, yet at the same time 30 percent more powerful.

140/120/125 | R: 46m Sizes: 178cm, 190cm, 200cm* *200cm: Pure construction only

Pure: Carbon+Nano Hybrid: Fiberglass+Carbon+Bamboo

600 (tip mm)

125/95/114 | R: 21m Sizes: 165cm, 175cm

140 (tail mm)

Lotus 138 ▸ Five seasons of Alaskan R+D. Four rocker evolutions. The first rockered ski with sidecut ever built. The Lotus 138 is a freak of nature that combines unmatched reactive power and precision with featherweight lightness. The most evolved and tested powder ski on earth. Riding the Lotus 138 in deep snow is like an entirely new sport.

140/138/139 (unconventional) | R: n/a Sizes: 192cm, 202cm* *202cm: Pure construction only

Pure: Carbon+Nano Hybrid: Fiberglass+Carbon+Bamboo

1080 (tip mm)

840 (tail mm)

Pure: Carbon+Nano

175 (tip mm)

125 (tail mm)

Yvette ▸ Powder in the morning, crud in the afternoon, and carving groomed down to the lift. The Yvette combines the loose and early planing feel of a fully rockered ski with aggressive sidecut and slight camber underfoot. Borrowing the basic geometry of the award winning Wailer 112RP, the Yvette is the most versatile women’s ski ever built.

141/112/128 | R: 16m Sizes: 168cm, 178cm Pure: Carbon+Nano Hybrid: Fiberglass+Carbon+Bamboo

OFFICIAL SKI TEST SELECTION

450 (tip mm)

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400 (tail mm)

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Cassiar 80

Wailer 95 / Rita

Wailer 105

W. 112RP / Yvette

Lotus 120

Lotus 138

Ski Beta

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Construction Elements in Detail 202CM

192CM

Pure

Pure

Hybrid

Pure

Hybrid

Turning Radius (m)

135

112

112

75

75

Tip Rocker Length (mm)

1100

1080

1080

1020

1020

Tail Rocker Length (mm)

890

840

840

800

800

Running Length (mm)

1725

1645

1645

1545

1545

Weight per Ski (Kg)

2,00

2,10

2,34

2,00

2,20

Dimensions

140/138/139

140/138/139

140/138/139

140/138/139

140/138/139

Ski Length

182CM

200CM

190CM

Pure

Pure

Hybrid

Pure

Hybrid

Pure

Hybrid

Turning Radius (m)

53

46

46

43

43

39

39

Tip Rocker Length (mm)

600

600

600

600

600

500

500

Tail Rocker Length (mm)

140

140

140

140

140

140

140

Running Length (mm)

1590

1490

1490

1430

1430

1370

1370

Weight per Ski (Kg)

2,00

1,83

2,20

1,80

2,10

1,70

2,00

Dimensions

140/120/124

Ski Length

178CM

139/120/125 139/120/125 139/120/125 139/120/125 139/120/125 139/120/125

190CM

Ski Length

184CM

184CM

178CM

168CM

Pure

Hybrid

Pure

Hybrid

Pure

Hybrid

Pure

Hybrid

Turning Radius (m)

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

18

Tip Rocker Length (mm)

450

450

445

445

435

435

420

420

Tail Rocker Length (mm)

400

400

380

380

355

355

330

330

Running Length (mm)

1490

1490

1430

1430

1370

1370

1270

1270

Weight per Ski (Kg)

1,8

2,20

1,80

2,10

1,70

2,0

1,6

1,8

Dimensions

141/112/128 141/112/128 141/112/127 141/112/127 138/112/126 138/112/126 136/112/124 136/112/124

Ski Length

188CM

178CM

Pure

Hybrid

Pure

Hybrid

Turning Radius (m)

29

29

25

25

Tip Rocker Length (mm)

220

220

220

220

Tail Rocker Length (mm)

140

140

140

140

Running Length (mm)

1520

1520

1420

1420

Weight per Ski (Kg)

1,8

2,04

1,56

1,95

Dimensions

131/105/119

131/105/119

131/105/119

131/105/119

185CM

175CM

Pure

Pure

Pure

Turning Radius (m)

24

21

18

Tip Rocker Length (mm)

175

145

125

Tail Rocker Length (mm)

125

125

100

Running Length (mm)

1530

1430

1350

Weight per Ski (Kg)

1,6 Pure / 2,0 Hybrid

1,55 Pure / 1,9 Hybrid

1,4 Pure / 1,7 Hybrid

Dimensions

126/95/113

125/95/114

125/95/114

Ski Length

Ski Length

178CM

165CM

FLEX PROFILE COMPARISON Precision engineered flex patterns are at the heart of every DPS Ski. Proprietary computer programming technology allows us to generate core profiles that yield skis within 1% of their designed longitudinal flex. Constant on snow testing means constant profile evolution, and prepreg/nano resins mean perfectly matched pairs—the ultimate in longitudinal flex consistency.

Pure: Carbon+Nano skis have always been ridiculously light and powerful since their inception. Designed for hard snow and crud, S.S. is a patent pending addition that features vertical titinal ribs integrated into the core structure. S.S. endows Pure skis with superior dampening and the silky smooth feel of a metal laminate ski, while maintaining the power and energy of a pure carbon/nano build–all without adding weight. S.S. in a Pure: Carbon+Nano Construction is the best of all worlds. It’s the culmination of four years of carbon/nano ski research–a futuristic ski that combines the three most desired elements of ski design without any compromise: ultra-lightweight, silky feel, and power unrivaled by any other ski construction.

S.S.

BLACK BASES We don’t fool around with diecuts on the running surface that pose durability issues, or colored bases that run slower. On both Hybrid and Pure models, we employ only the finest Austrian high graphite content sintered bases for the best in speed and life.

INFINITE FLEX LIFE Pure: Carbon+Nano skis employ the most advanced prepreg nano resins and space age laminates which result in ultimate performance and value. Unlike conventional skis that break down over a season, DPS Pure: Carbon+Nano construction maintain the same pop, power, and life after years of hard use.

166CM

Pure

Pure

Turning Radius (m)

15

11,5

Tip Rocker Length (mm)

170

170

Tail Rocker Length (mm)

140

100

Running Length (mm)

1470

1390

Weight per Ski (Kg)

1,43 Pure / 1,7 Hybrid

1,4 Pure / 1,7 Hybrid

Dimensions

120/78/108

127/78/113

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Spotlight on DPS Director of Engineering Peter Turner A successful ski design marks the synergistic integration of carbon composites, shaping, and precision flex profiles. Peter Turner, Director of Engineering at DPS, is the face behind DPS’ technical design.

Once in awhile a ski comes along that breaks boundaries and becomes the new standard. The Wailer 112RP was launched in 10/11 and instantly received glowing media reviews—and then blitzed all sales forecasts. For many, it’s a transformational ski—and the most playful ski they’ve ever been on. It’s simply that good.

Peter started his career at Hanson boots in the 1970’s, then as a mechanical engineer at Hexcel Composites—where he built his own quiver of carbon fiber windsurfers. He then worked as the product development engineering manager at Rock Shox. Peter then settled-in as Volant’s head of research and development, where during the 1990’s, he was instrumental in developing steel ski construction and precision ski design code for a long list of award-winning skis. At Volant, Peter worked with Shane McConkey to engineer and build the groundbreaking Spatula.

The Wailer 112RP is a shape to be skied all day both at the resort and in the backcountry. It’s the centerpiece of your quiver, and the new paradigm of versatility. You don’t have to go in for a new ski once the mountain is tracked in the afternoon. The 16m radius underfoot is aggressive. The rocker profile is aggressive. The tip splay is aggressive. There is slight camber underfoot. A unique new flex profile, the 55, was designed especially for the shape.

It’s a shape that changes your approach to the mountain and questions traditional notions about what a ski quiver should consist of. It’s equally at home pulling loaded g’s on packed snow as it is slashing a wave feature or surfing powder making the Wailer 112RP an incredibly versatile all mountain tool. While dynamic on edge, the Wailer 112RP is also especially friendly off edge. In soft snow, the rockered tips and tail allow the pilot to let go and launch into controlled high-speed power slides and carves.

The Wailer 112RP does it all. It’s a game changer

“During my career I have been fortunate to work with people like Shane and now Stephan—creative skiers who have a unique understanding and passion for ski design,” says Peter.

Stephan describes his first encounter with Peter: “The first time I met Peter, the energy and synergy was instant.

It was a conversation with not only a highly accomplished engineer and ski designer, but with a passionate, core skier. That’s the magical combination that Peter possesses. It’s rare in the ski world. Within minutes, we were launching into the subtleties of how flex profiles, shaping, and mounting points work together. Peter is a genuine person who breathes skiing, and feeds off the energy for building innovative tools.”

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A Legend is Born: The Wailer 112RP

Skiing Magazine Buyer’s Guide 2010

“We tested the ultra lightweight Pure construction and were flabbergasted by its lightness and ease in powder. Designed to be a resort-use powder ski that can carve groomed run-outs, it lives up to its billing.

Radically rockered tips plane over powder and deep chop without blinking. Light, playful, and easy to steer, it will take you through last chair with leg strength to spare.”

Backcountry Magazine Buyer’s Guide 2010

“It’s impressive how this ski crushes all manners of snow conditions, and remains this light.”

Freeskier Magazine Buyer’s Guide 2010

▸ Peter resides with his wife Peggy and two children in Eden, UT. He surfs deep snow at Powder Mountain.

“One of the highest rated skis in the entire test, the DPS Wailer 112RP is a ski that everyone can enjoy. Light as a feather and the ultimate pow tool.

A surf-like feel that tears apart the entire mountain.”

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Beyond Faceshots Sometimes we are asked what we mean by ‘beyond faceshots’. People say, “Isn’t a faceshot the pinnacle powder experience—what could be better?”

It started about ten years ago when skis began to rise on a true plane in deep powder. Almost overnight, a new realm was born outside of the fall line. With the right combination of shaping, rocker, and flex patterns, the ‘bobbing up-and-down, with major un-weighting’ days of skiing were officially over. Ascendant levels of creativity were suddenly possible, and skiing became a more aesthetic art. Our souls were exposed to otherworldly sensations of levitation combined with strong g-forces. In a heartbeat, wave features, dramatic slides, and carves were magically introduced to the deep snow menu. When you feel your first authentic planing run on a Lotus 138, you experience a sensation that will stay with you your entire life.

The traditional faceshot is a function of excessive downward weighting, which is a function of excessive up weighting (i.e. bobbing up and down). Both are inefficient movements born from too much drag and too little flotation. Somehow, even in 2011, ski magazines and movies still feature photos of upright skiers with their tips plunging beneath the snow. That’s passé.

Henceforth, consider viewing powder photos and videos with a critical eye. If there isn’t a very distinct, reeling line of spray coming off the skier’s downhill ski, or if the spray ends just a few feet behind the body—you are looking at either poor skiing, or poor skis.

If a lack of snow hitting your face is discouraging, there is another way to get a faceshot while surfing powder. It’s achieved as a result of powering your downhill ski so hard while crossing the fall line that it sends a reeling, triple—overhead spray in front of you. You can then ski naturally into the hanging plume and blind yourself. Alternatively, you can have your friend throw snow on your face before walking into the bar for après. For the traditionalists, don’t fret: if you are feeling nostalgic, you can still slow down, and bob-up-and-down like the old days—even on the new shapes.

Like any major paradigm shift, it’s taken time for people to accept a realm beyond faceshots.

While there is no question that plowing through and beneath snow is more fun than 99 percent of life’s activities, it’s also a mark of inefficiency and wasted energy. ‘Beyond faceshots’ literally means surfing on top of low density snow. It means high edge angles and planing, powerful trips across the fall line, and a style of charging where your tips hover right on or above the snow’s surface.

Life is always better in deep snow. But with the continued evolution of progressively shaped skis, a new frontier has arrived. And with it comes expanded exhilaration and new possibilities.

▸ Stephan Drake

—SD

in Engelberg.

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11/12 Soft Goods and Accessories

▸ DPS Short-Sleeved Roger T-shirt This 100 percent cotton t-shirt is soft, comfortable, and stylish. What more do you want? Wear it at après, on the beach, shoveling dirt, or on the blacktop. The DPS logo appears repetitively on the left sleeve, and once near the front lower left seam.

Cotton. Made in Peru. Sizes: S-XL

▸ Silje Løvlid Sandbakk

surveying possibilities in Engelberg.

▸ DPS Pato’s Hoodie This mint zip-up hoodie moves easily through the bar, is great for a fall jog, and shines when cruising down Main Street. It¹s all black with a white DPS logo featured on the front left pocket. The inside of the hood is adorned with classy, repetitive white DPS logos. It is a versatile and faithful friend. Two hand pockets. One hood.

Cotton. Made in Peru. Sizes: S-XL

▸ The DPS Nori Pole Rubber race grips have always been the choice for dedicated skiers, but are never found on adjustable carbon poles— until now. The DPS Nori pole combines Rubber Race Grips with a Titanal upper shaft and adjustable carbon fiber lower for the best of all worlds. The Nori is a dynamic pole that is equally at home at the resort and in the backcountry—best yet, it weighs in at only 255 grams per pole. Made in Austria.

▸ Lotus 138’s spine surfing in AK.

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