Ski: 2024-2025 DPS Carbon Wailer 107, 184 cm
Available Lengths: 153, 163, 171, 179, 184, 189 cm
Blister’s Measured Tip-to-Tail Length (straight-tape pull): 182.1 cm
Stated Weight per Ski (184 cm): 2040 grams
Blister’s Measured Weight per Ski (184 cm): 2055 & 2056 grams
Stated Dimensions (184 cm): 139-107-124 mm
Blister’s Measured Dimensions: 139.5-107-125 mm
Stated Sidecut Radius (184 cm): 15 meters
Measured Tip & Tail Splay (ski decambered): 88.5 mm / 30 mm
Measured Traditional Camber Underfoot: 6.5 mm
Core Materials: poplar + carbon stringers + fiberglass laminate
Base Material: sintered World Cup race base
Factory Recommended Mount Point: –9.6 cm from center / 81.4 cm from tail
[Editor’s Note: Our “First Looks” are our way of getting you information sooner on some of the products we’re reviewing, including our measured specs and the details from the manufacturer. Once we’ve started testing a given product, we detail our on-snow impressions in our Flash Reviews and our annual Winter Buyer’s Guide. When we’re able to spend extensive time testing a given product, we publish our in-depth Full Reviews and Deep Dive comparisons.]
What DPS says about the Carbon Wailer 107
“The Carbon Wailer 107 is the pinnacle of mid-fat skis, combining our award-winning 15m turn radius with a brand new shape. Perfect for powder, it excels at slalom turns on piste and nimble tree skiing, while also handling open faces with ease. Its width and shape provide excellent floatation in powder and quick maneuverability in technical areas. On hard snow, it offers great edge hold and can tackle choppy conditions. This ski inspires confidence with its stability, allowing you to charge hard or take it easy whenever you like.
The new Carbon Wailer line is our homage to the skiers who have shaped DPS as a brand. These skis exist to make skiing a simpler and more enjoyable pursuit, with a focus on nimble wiggles through the trees, and planing through the deepest snow. They share a common shaping identity; a 15m turning radius for great maneuverability and carving energetic turns, tapered shovels for optimal flotation in powder, and a combo of rocker and camber that is versatile in all snow conditions.”
For more on the backstory of the new Carbon Wailer skis, plus more details on all of DPS’s new products for the 2024-2025 season, check out our video with DPS from the Blister Summit 2024:
Flex Pattern
Here’s how we’d characterize the flex pattern of the Carbon Wailer 107:
Tips: 6.5
Shovels: 6.5-8
In Front of Toe Piece: 8.5-10
Underfoot: 10
Behind the Heel Piece: 10-9
Tails: 8.5
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Flash Review: 24/25 DPS Wailer 107
DPS is bringing the Wailer name back to their lineup for the 24/25 season — here are our initial thoughts on the widest ski in the new collection, the Wailer 107.
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