 Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| BobinCH wrote: |
| Look forward to a review of the new 138’s! A bit easier on the skate outs at that lighter weight I imagine! |
Just a quick update on the Lotus 138's for @BobinCH, as this is quite a niche comparison for those who have skied either the DPS Lotus 138 or the DPS Spoon, which isn't a large number of people 
I have only managed 3 days on the 138's so far this season due to the extreme lack of new snow. As shown below I spent one morning lapping the Plattjen lift in Saas-Fee, but at no point did I use the piste  The off-piste area starts with open faces at around 30 degrees, and ends in much steeper 40 degree+ closely spaced trees with some open glades. There was around 23-30cm of new soft but not powder snow to play with, with more in the woods.
As expected the Lotus 138's excel on wide faces, allowing you to really open up and adjust the radius at will (they were designed for Alaskan spines after all), so they are more stable than the Spoon's at speed, but the downside of that is that they suffer in the trees taking more effort to turn than the Spoon's which can be flicked with your ankles. They do traverse better than the Spoon's, but pretty much everything traverses better than the Spoon's.
If skiing the two back to back in 30cm or more powder then the Spoon's win hands down, the same again for tree skiing, but introduce wider faces and slightly more variable snow then the 138's gain ground. It's now a question of having too many toys, if I only had either one, then I'd be a happy with either, but having skied both...............first world problems
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@PowderAdict, my daughter was scolding me for not having ridden the Spoons this season... the original A124’s are too good... Although mine are on their last legs and apparently the new version is a lot stiffer 
When are you bringing your 138’s to Verbier for a Faceoff!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@PowderAdict, I must have put close to 150 days on the A124 and several base grinds from big rock holes has not left much base left! They still ski great. When do you get to Hokkaido? May be there next week
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I’m in Furano from 6th to 10th, then Niseko from 11th to 15th, then Otaru from the 16th etc.
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@BobinCH, & @PowderAdict, another Spoon track - two fab days last week in Spoon conditions. Retired them for the mo although they make good ski nautiques... https://vimeo.com/389598113
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