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DPS Pagoda 117 LOTUS 23/24
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DPS Pagoda 117 LOTUS 23/24
- Dimensions: 140/117/127mm (185cm)
- Radius: 21m
- Rocker: Rocker-Camber-Rocker, the legendary LOTUS shape from DPS
- Weight: 1920gr (185cm)
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Expensive as hell? No: Awesome! Have you ever had a powder orgasm? Then it's high time!
The new Pagoda 117 LOTUS is THE powder ski for the #nonstopskiing winter!
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DPS Pagoda 117 LOTUS 23/24
Expensive as hell? No: Awesome! Have you ever had a powder orgasm? Then it's high time!
DPS, a freeride core brand, has been at home on the "Wall of Fame" in our Sport65 shop for many years - why?
Then read on...
The new Pagoda 117 LOTUS is THE powder ski for the #nonstopskiing winter!
Developed and designed for true freeride pros and real off-piste heroes who need to have their dream ski under their feet in any weather and the best conditions, who don't want to compromise and want to keep their ski style at the highest level.
A perfectly balanced freeride ski in the very highest quality of workmanship!
With a 21m radius, the biggest wall becomes a playground for you, you ride down your lines with incomparable smoothness and the highest speed and look at your tracks afterwards - at the latest then: you've got it, the powder orgasm!
In tough conditions, the Pagoda construction acts like a finely tuned suspension, ensuring precise responsiveness.
And due to the comparatively low weight that results from this very construction: ski on the shoulder or skins on and take another ride.... You will love it. Want to bet?
To learn more about the Pagoda construction, just read on...
Construction: DPS Pagoda Construction (see below)
+ Full Pagoda carbon laminates for high energy turns
+ Full aspen core
+ Extremely durable polyamide topsheet with roughened surface
+ Reinforcements in the binding area
+ One-piece full wrap sidewall
+ Rockwell 48 steel edges
+ World Cup Race base, sintered
+ Ski weight of 1920g at 185 cm is optimal for putting hero turns down your dream line, and touring to the top
DPS Pagoda Construction
Why is the ski so expensive? You will understand this when you know about the Pagoda construction.
After more than 15 years of continuous work and tinkering with carbon skis, the Pagoda construction has established itself as the new high-end standard at DPS.
Unlike almost all skis with a wood core, which consists of vertically laminated wood strings, the Pagoda skis have an additional layer of wood laminated horizontally over the other wood core.
The whole thing in a stacked arrangement (hence the name "Pagoda", which refers to an Asian architectural style with several stacked roofs).
So in short: Pagoda is a combination of three types of wood and two carbon layers in a horizontally mounted core - and that: no other ski brand does it in this way.
Of course, this makes ski construction much more complex, because each part has to be processed by hand during ski construction and inserted individually into the ski press, which requires the highest precision and expertise of the ski builders.
But: it results in a unique combination of pop and damping combined with low weight and terrific riding performance that cannot be found in any other ski on the market.
The build quality of the Pagoda skis from DPS: is outstanding, because the skis are completely manufactured directly in the USA, in Salt Lake City, Utah, with a view of the Wasatch Mountains.
Do you now understand the difference to a "normal" ski, and that the Pagoda is "expensive as hell", but also "good as hell"?
Technical Details
DPS Pagoda 117 LOTUS 23/24
- Dimensions: 140/117/127mm (185cm)
141/117/127 (191cm) - Radius: 21m
- Weight: 1920gr (185cm)
2070gr (191cm) - Rocker: Rocker-Camber-Rocker, the legendary RP shape from DPS (see below)
- Construction: DPS Pagoda Construction (see below)
+ Full Pagoda carbon laminates for high energy turns
+ Full aspen core
+ Extremely durable polyamide topsheet with roughened surface
+ Reinforcements in the binding area
+ One-piece full wrap sidewall
+ Rockwell 48 steel edges
+ World Cup Race base, sintered
+ Ski weight of 1920g at 185 cm is optimal for putting hero turns down your dream line, and touring to the top
DPS RP Shape:
The RP-Shape from DPS is a unique shape design, a 5-point radius that has been tried and tested and popular for many years.
The widest parts of the ski are located a little further behind the tip and tail, and the shovel and tail are longer and more rockered, so that only about 70% of the ski comes into contact with the snow.
This gives the RP skis a very small radius, making the skis feel very "short", but without sacrificing the smoothness and lift of a long ski.
The combination of the short turn radius with the rocker tips and tail makes this ski float up deep powder incredibly fast and plough through tracked snow.
But it always remains agile and easy to control, both at high speed but also at relatively low speed.
And on the piste, when you're making fast carving turns from edge to edge or need a lot of responsiveness and agility in the terrain between trees or in couloirs: The RP Shape handles almost like a slalom ski, holding the edge super stable.
By the way: The 15m radius is the same for every length - DPS makes the extreme effort to build every length in its own shape.
This way you determine the length of the ski, but always have the same radius.
It all sounds very theoretical - but at the latest when you have tried it out, you will feel and understand it.
DPS Pagoda Construction
Why is the ski so expensive? You will understand this when you know about the Pagoda construction.
After more than 15 years of continuous work and tinkering with carbon skis, the Pagoda construction has established itself as the new high-end standard at DPS.
Unlike almost all skis with a wood core, which consists of vertically laminated wood strings, the Pagoda skis have an additional layer of wood laminated horizontally over the other wood core.
The whole thing in a stacked arrangement (hence the name "Pagoda", which refers to an Asian architectural style with several stacked roofs).
So in short: Pagoda is a combination of three types of wood and two carbon layers in a horizontally mounted core - and that: no other ski brand does it in this way.
Of course, this makes ski construction much more complex, because each part has to be processed by hand during ski construction and inserted individually into the ski press, which requires the highest precision and expertise of the ski builders.
But: it results in a unique combination of pop and damping combined with low weight and terrific riding performance that cannot be found in any other ski on the market.
The build quality of the Pagoda skis from DPS: is outstanding, because the skis are completely manufactured directly in the USA, in Salt Lake City, Utah, with a view of the Wasatch Mountains.
Do you now understand the difference to a "normal" ski, and that the Pagoda is "expensive as hell", but also "good as hell"?
The Story
DPS Pagoda 117 LOTUS 23/24
About DPS...
DPS was found 2005 in Utah by Stephen Drake.
From the first days they had the goal to produce the best material for the big days of a winter - without having a big Pro-Rider team, that wastes to much money (just for their fun...).
The DPS vision is about experience, performance, and a culture dedicated to high performance charging.
Thats why we as Sport65, powderhaus.de decided to be a partner of DPS and to bring in our experience to this growing brand taht convienced us completly..
To learn more about the DPS story please click here...
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