DPS Wailer 105 (2015)
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Rating: 2.99 / 5
Price: $0.00
Year: 2015
Level: 3
Gender: Male
Waist Width: 105
Tip/Tail/Waist: 136-105-119
Lengths: 178, 185
Stability at speed: 3.26 / 5
Hard snow performance: 3.01 / 5
Crud performance: 2.93 / 5
Flotation: 3.44 / 5
Forgiveness: 2.34 / 5
Overall: 2.99 / 5
The Wailer 105 returns to the DPS collection after a one-year absence and featuring a new, damper construction. It’s a midfat, resort-oriented ski built for everyday conditions inbounds. The new Hybrid T2 construction features a combination of glass laminates with vibration-dampening, torsionally rigid metal laminates-the better to handle high speeds on firmer snow between storms. (There’s also a version available in DPS’s more expensive Pure3 carbon-rich construction.) DPS describes it as “the big-mountain ski for alpin oriented resorts, or alternatively a powder board for shallower snow climates where great hard-snow/frontside versatility is needed.” â
