We talk to DPS Skis founder, Stephan Drake, about the early days of DPS, ski design, and the new DPS ski boot that aims to change skiing as we know it.TOPICS & TIMES:Where did you grow up, and when did you get into skiing? (2:25)Being a “gringo ski bum” down in Las Lenas, Argentina (7:40)Were you interested in product design in general? / Early days of DPS? (13:35)Carbon fiber & the history of DPS (18:50)The first rockered ski -- the 2002 Tabula Rasa (23:40)Low weight and the “race to zero” in ski design (26:37)DPS’s new Alchemist construction vs. their Pure3 construction (29:30)Tip Taper (where I was expecting to get into a fight with Stephan) (40:39)The new paradigm-shifting DPS ski boot (54:15) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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