The city that God forgot when handing out grace and virtue.

Still completely handmade, in house, right here in Reno, Nevada. It’s a little louder and a little more crowded, but it’s more efficient than ever before. We’re also excited to say we’ve welcomed a few new faces to the factory crew and re-calibrated the whole enchilada. This year we’re hitting the ground running, with more new models than ever before, more size options, and even some new bindings. Exactly what you have come to expect from the biggest little ski company in the world. Straight from the science lab into the oven, where it all gets our proprietary infusion of radioactive black magic. We’ve already been hard at work for months, building what’s next. More prototypes, more weird ideas, and a whole lot more time testing, refining and indulging off-the-wall designs and pet projects. Despite it all, we managed to do more R&D than ever before. The traditional sidecut and responsive flex make it capable of shredding the front side on days when the snorkel is left home. It was definitely a year of learning to drink from the firehose in the midst of adapting our operation to the ‘new normal’ of a global pandemic. With its 116-millimeter waist, tip/tail rocker and flat camber, this pow-monger is most comfortable smearing turns and delivering face shots. We look forward to sharing more stories and innovations from the DPS Factory for years to come.We love a good challenge. Since repatriation, our Utah factories have nurtured the birth of the iconic Spoon, the advent of DPS' Alchemist construction, PHANTOM – a paradigm-shifting permanent, one-time application base treatment that provides increased glide across all snow conditions for skis and snowboards, and most recently the ground-up design of our award-winning Pagoda constructions. Some notable highlights include the employment of over 35 locally-based production workers, expanded and refined research and development capabilities, and in-house core construction. As we deepen our roots and heritage in Utah, the benefits are profound. The current facility, which is located in the Granary district of Salt Lake City, Utah, is the leading domestic producer of skis. It was a move that opened the door for two successive factory buildouts. Its products are sold on five continents, and it is the trusted brand of choice for serious skiers worldwide.ĭPS opened its first state-of-the-art factory in Utah in 2013, after eight years of overseas manufacturing. Within its adjoining state-of-the-art ski factory, space age carbon technology is fused with groundbreaking shapes to create the world’s most advanced skis. Moment’s Frankenski is one of the latest attempts to prevent blown-out edges. Both were inspired by the idea of fusing Design + Roots + Engineering to make perfect skis worthy of those who live and breathe the sport.ĭPS is responsible for the world’s first and only pure pre-pregnated carbon fiber sandwich ski, the first 120mm-waisted powder pintail, the first rockered ski with sidecut, the Spoon – a convex three-dimensional shoveled ski with radical edge bevel, and PHANTOM, a paradigm-shifting permanent, one-time application base treatment that provides increased glide across all snow conditions for skis and snowboards.ĭPS’ global headquarters is located at the base of the Wasatch Mountains in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. Ninthward will use replaceable edge technology in their 2013-2014 lineup, and ON3P has started putting 2.5mm thick edges on their skis. In 2005, DPS was founded by partners Stephan Drake, a forward-thinking ski visionary, and veteran ski engineer Peter Turner.

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