Andy Mink
Everyone loves spring skiing but not in January
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Or booze.I remember from Chemistry class it is not good to mix your chemicals (goes for your drugs too).
Or booze.I remember from Chemistry class it is not good to mix your chemicals (goes for your drugs too).
Would like to hear if that changes your assessment.
I'm confused, though. Was that a review of Phantom or a review of the K2 Pinnacle 95 ?
DPS went above and beyond the call of customer service. The local rep gave us skis to use for a couple of days while they got our skis ground and conventionally waxed. BTW, the DPS skis were great and my wife loved the 2018/2019 Cassier a87 in the 178cm.
FYI. Phantom will not work on your skis unless you have a Pugski sticker on the top sheet.
It permeates the base. Grinding isn't supposed to effect it.So, the Phantom is one time permanent...until the bottom is ground at a routine tuning?
Somehow I'm thinking they have industry connections. Possibly even with DPS.
I said thinking, not knowing.
If so, can we really count on an unbiased opinion.
Then again who knows who is who, but after a solid year or so, one should be able to get some idea from a place like this as more and more folks chime in with their results.
I will say that any burnt up or dried up base will run better after it has been either steel scraped back to "fresh" base or stoneground to do the same given the correct structure for the average snow conditions where they ski.
So........sure the "Juiced" ski base will run better again after the "Juiced" ski base turns grey as "they" say with a base grind to "refresh" the "juice".
You may not notice that so much with a light colored base, but it will be obvious on a black base.
So, the Phantom is one time permanent...until the bottom is ground at a routine tuning?
Phil picked up the Phantom skis after a grind today.It permeates the base. Grinding isn't supposed to effect it.
I love it that you liked the Cassiars.DPS went above and beyond the call of customer service. The local rep gave us skis to use for a couple of days while they got our skis ground and conventionally waxed. BTW, the DPS skis were great and my wife loved the 2018/2019 Cassier a87 in the 178cm. We are leaving today and our skis are in boxes to go to DPS HQ to have the Phantom reapplied. They once again were super in understanding of my only being home 1 day in the next three weeks so I would not really be able to do it myself, so we are picking them up when we land in SLC next month.
One of the things we are known for is fair and honest assessment of the things we review.
When it comes to DPS Phantom, we are merely skiing on skis with Phantom in a variety of conditions, including taking the time to grind a pair after some prolonged use and report back on how the stuff is working.
As of now, we are not noticing a difference between Phantom permanent and other waxes we're using in a variety of conditions.
We will continue to report on it as time goes on.
* @Andy Mink is another person who has been skiing it, and he has no connection to DPS in any manner.
The sun in Seattle is pretty weak this time of year so that may have been a factor. The other thing I am think may be that the ski in time needs to be greater in warmer conditions with softer/wetter snow. I used a roto brush and skied in much colder weather the second time around and I think that made a huge difference as the skis really took off after a couple runs.What was the issue again with your first Phantom application? lack of sun strength and cure time?, or bad chemicals out of the packet? or something else?