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PTO Verdict
“Same published geometry as our own 25/26 record. Different ski underneath.”
Best for: Deep days you ride a lift to. The Lotus 112 is shaped to come around fast in soft snow — a short sidecut under a wide platform, with deep tip rocker and taper doing the float work. It also answers a specific question well: you liked the 112 shape but found the Kaizen version had drifted too far toward all-mountain duty. That is the exact change DPS says it made.
Not for: Skinning. This is a resort build whose construction list names neither flax nor paulownia, and DPS sells the Pagoda Tour CFL 112 at the same width and radius for people who climb. It is also not a firm-snow ski: the construction list DPS publishes has no metal layer in it, 112mm is a lot of ski to tip over, and neither official source claims on-piste ability. Skip it if you want to point it down open terrain at speed — 15m is a short sidecut, and the 21m Lotus 117 is built for that instead. And skip it if you are buying specifically because DPS says the tip shape and flex are new: our own 25/26 record holds just one tip width to compare, 141mm at 189cm, and it is unchanged, while neither official source publishes a flex figure.
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Description
The DPS Lotus 112 is a 112mm powder ski with a 15m radius — short for the width, and that is the whole idea. DPS moved this shape out of the Kaizen family for 26/27 and rebuilt it, saying the 112 had drifted toward all-mountain versatility and needed bringing back home. What you get is a deep-snow ski that comes around quickly instead of committing to a long arc.
The layup is the Lotus one: a textured topsheet, a high-modulus full carbon laminate over a poplar core, Rockwell 48 edges, a World Cup race base with the Phantom Glide treatment. That five-item list names no metal layer. Shape-wise, deep tip rocker and taper do the float work, published as a 45% rocker to 55% effective edge split.
Buy it for lift-served deep days where you want to pivot and slash. At 1,698 to 2,103 grams a ski it is a resort build, not something to carry uphill; DPS answers that question with the Pagoda Tour CFL 112, same width and same radius on a touring layup. It is also not a groomer ski — 112mm underfoot, and neither official source makes an on-piste claim. If you want long high-speed arcs in open terrain instead, the 21m Lotus 117 is the shape for that.
Five lengths — 158, 168, 178, 184 and 189cm — at $1,795. The radius is 15m at every one of them, so size is a float and swing-weight decision, not a turn-shape decision. Sold flat: bindings are a separate purchase, and we mount them and help settle the length in the shop.
Specs
- Waist: 112mm
- Turn radius: 15m
- Profile: Tip/tail rocker 45% / effective edge 55% (deep tip rocker + taper)
- Shape: Powder, deep tip rocker + taper
- Core: Poplar wood core
- Construction: High-modulus full carbon laminate; Rockwell 48 steel edges; World Cup race base with Phantom Glide
- Weight: ~1,867g per ski (178cm)
- Lengths: 158 / 168 / 178 / 184 / 189
Details
- Type
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- DPS
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- S-L112-158YE
- UPC / GTIN
- 810182503295
158
DPS Lotus 112
By PTO Team, Based on official 26/27 DPS specs and construction data from the DPS 26/27 Workbook and dpsskis.com, plus our own catalog record for the 25/26 predecessor · Spec and construction analysis
The take
“Same published geometry as our own 25/26 record. Different ski underneath.”
Anyone who owned the Kaizen 112 will want to know what actually changed, and the honest answer has two halves. On paper, nothing: waist, sidecut and the rocker split are the same as PTO's 25/26 record for that ski, and the one weight that record publishes, 1,867 grams at 178, is this year's figure too. Underneath, quite a lot. DPS's 26/27 Kaizen construction list carries a Carbon Power Plate and a patented poplar-and-ash dual-layer core; the Lotus list carries neither, running a single poplar core. Note what that comparison is and is not: it is between this year's two lists. Nothing in DPS's 26/27 material describes the 25/26 build, we did not obtain its 25/26 material, and our own catalog record of that ski notes only the split poplar-over-ash core.
DPS also claims a new tip shape and a new flex profile. We cannot check either. DPS publishes no flex figure for this ski, and none on the four sibling pages or in the printed Workbook; our own 25/26 record for the Kaizen 112 names exactly one tip width, 141mm at 189cm, and this year's 189cm is 141mm too — so the single point we can compare shows no change at the longest size, and the other four lengths have nothing to compare against. Take those two claims as the brand's, not as verified facts, and buy on the construction change and the positioning instead.
The positioning is the clearest part. DPS's own account is that the shape lost its way over the Kaizen years, picking up all-round duties it was never drawn for, and that the move into Lotus is a correction. That is consistent with the two 26/27 lists set side by side: the Lotus layup omits both the power plate and the dual-species core the Kaizen one carries, which points toward a softer, looser ski than the Kaizen build rather than a more locked-down one. That is inference from two construction lists — our reading, not a ride report and not a DPS claim.
Within the 26/27 line the Lotus 112 sits at the quick end. Its 15m sidecut is shared with the Kaizen 100, the Pagoda Tour CFL 100 and the Pagoda Tour CFL 112; the Koalas and Kaizen 105 sit at 18m, both 117s at 21m, the 124 at 23m, and the 138 at 32m online against 18m in the printed workbook. Sidecut tells you more here than width does. And this is unambiguously a resort build. DPS's own touring line reaches the same width and the same 15m on a carbon-flax layup that saves 270 to 387 grams a ski, length for length, which is the whole argument for buying that one instead.
On sizing, DPS's own chart never recommends the 158 in any height band, which tells you where it thinks this ski's range starts.
Bindings we'd pair with it
Mount point: Flat ski — sold without bindings. DPS offers a recommended mount point in its own order flow but does not publish the distance from center or tail, so no figure is quoted here. Our pick: Look Pivot 15 GW B115 Forza 3.0.
- Look Pivot 15 GW B115 Forza 3.0Hard-charging skiers on a wide ski
Our shop pick for a ski this width. Brake-width match and release settings are handled by a technician at fitting.
- MARKER Griffon 13 Bindings 2026All-mountain everyday
A shop all-mountain option. Our techs match the brake width to the ski at mounting.
- MARKER Squire 11 Bindings 26/27Lighter skiers and value builds
A shop option for lighter or less aggressive skiers. The release setting is determined by a technician at fitting.
DPS badges a Look Pivot 15 as the recommended pairing on its own product page; the options above are our shop suggestions rather than official pairings. Mounting, brake-width match and release settings are handled by a technician at fitting.
Common Questions
- What is the difference between the DPS Lotus 112 and the Kaizen 112?
- They are the same shape on paper — same waist, same 15m radius, and the one weight our 25/26 record publishes, 1,867 grams at 178, is unchanged. The build is not: the 26/27 Kaizen construction list carries a Carbon Power Plate and a poplar-and-ash dual-layer core; the 26/27 Lotus list carries neither, using a single poplar core. That is this year against this year — DPS's 26/27 material never describes the 25/26 build, and we did not obtain its 25/26 material; it also says the tip shape and flex are new, without numbers for either.
- Is the DPS Lotus 112 good on groomers?
- Not its job. The construction list carries no metal layer, the waist is 112mm and the effective edge is short for the length. Neither the workbook nor the product page claims on-piste performance for it; treat firm snow as a way home, not a reason to buy.
- What is the difference between the Lotus 112 and the Lotus 117?
- Turn shape, more than width. The 112 has a 15m sidecut and comes around quickly; the 117 has a 21m sidecut built for long arcs in open terrain. Both use the same Lotus construction; pick on the kind of turn you want, not on the width gap.
- Is there a touring version of the DPS Lotus 112?
- Not under that name, but the Pagoda Tour CFL 112 is the same 112mm width with the same 15m radius on the touring layup — carbon and flax over a paulownia core, at 1,420 to 1,716 grams a ski. That is the one to buy if you are climbing.
- What length DPS Lotus 112 should I get?
- The radius is 15m at all five lengths, so length changes surface area and swing weight, not turn shape. DPS publishes a chart by height and ability, and one thing stands out in it: the 158 is never recommended in any band. From the 160-170cm band upward, the advanced column sits a size above the beginner one; we help settle it at the shop.
- Does the DPS Lotus 112 have metal in it?
- DPS's five-item Lotus construction list is a textured topsheet, high-modulus full carbon in laminate form, a poplar core, Rockwell 48 steel edges, and a World Cup race base carrying Phantom Glide. There is steel in the edges, but no metal layer appears in that list, and DPS does not say what does the stiffening beyond naming the carbon.
