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PTO Verdict
“All the carving DNA of the 79, but it doesn't panic when the snow gets soft.”
Best for: Strong skiers who want one ski that carves groomers with authority but can handle mixed conditions when they wander off-piste. The all-mountain carver.
Not for: Deep powder, park, or anyone looking for a forgiving all-mountain cruiser. This is a performance tool.
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Description
The DPS Pisteworks 94 is the widest of DPS's three 26/27 frontside carvers — 94mm underfoot, five lengths from 165 to 189cm, $1,995. One column of its spec sheet is unusual: the turn radius is not one figure but a ladder, 18m in the shortest ski and 20m in the longest, with three steps between. The Pisteworks 79 and the Pisteworks 89 each get a single figure for their whole size run.
The build is DPS's seven-item Pisteworks list — a textured topsheet, a Carbon Power Plate, a high-modulus full carbon laminate, a patented dual-layer wood core of poplar and red oak, Rockwell 48 steel edges, and a World Cup race base with the Phantom Glide treatment applied at the factory. Nothing in that list is a metal layer, and the plate that sits under the boot is carbon rather than a sheet of metal. The profile is 27% rocker and 73% effective edge, published once for the model, and weight runs 1,510g per ski at 165cm to 1,890g at 189cm.
DPS files the family under frontside carving and is careful about how far it takes this one: designed, it says, for skiers who spend most of their time on-piste, but want the freedom to explore beyond the groomers when the conditions call for it. Read that as permission to leave the corduroy, not as a claim about deep snow. Made in the USA, with a lifetime warranty from DPS.
Sold flat, so bindings are a separate purchase. We settle the length question and the mount in the shop. Listed here as a pre-order in one colorway.
Specs
- Waist: 94mm
- Turn radius: 18m
- Profile: 27% tip rocker / 73% effective edge
- Shape: Performance carver, all-mountain capable
- Core: Split core — Red Oak + Poplar wood, full carbon laminate wrap
- Construction: Carbon laminate, Carbon Power Plate, Phantom-treated 4000 Series race base
- Weight: ~1,660g per ski (178cm)
- Lengths: 165 / 171 / 178 / 184 / 189
Details
- Type
- SKI
- Vendor
- DPS
- SKU
- S-PX94-178BK-PH
- UPC / GTIN
- 850061409867
178 / None
DPS Pisteworks 94
By PTO Team, Based on DPS's official product page and published specs · Spec analysis
The take
“All the carving DNA of the 79, but it doesn't panic when the snow gets soft.”
If the Pisteworks 79 is a scalpel, the 94 is a chef's knife. Same carbon construction, same Phantom base, same hand-built Salt Lake quality — but 15mm wider and with more rocker in the tip (27% vs 20%). That changes the personality completely.
On groomers, it carves. Really well. The carbon construction keeps it light at ~1,660g in the 178, so you don't feel like you're muscling a big ski through turns. Edge engagement is sharp and fast, though not as instant as the 79 — the extra rocker gives you a half-beat of float before the edge bites. On hardpack, that's actually nice. Takes some aggression out of the entry.
Where the 94 earns its wider waist is off-piste. Light chop, scraped-off powder, variable spring conditions — it handles all of it without washing out. You can venture off the groomers for a few turns and come back without feeling like you changed skis. The 79 can't do that.
Turn radius runs 18m at 165cm up to 20m at 189cm. Medium-to-long turns feel natural. Short turns are possible but you have to work for them — this isn't a slalom ski.
Same trade-off as the 79: it wants technique. The carbon construction is responsive, which means sloppy input gets sloppy output. But if you can drive it, it rewards you with precision that heavier all-mountain skis just can't match.
Bindings we'd pair with it
Mount point: DPS recommended mounting line. Our pick: Marker Griffon 13 ID.
- DPS XVST Binding + Plate SystemMax performance
DPS's own plate system, optimized for the Pisteworks platform. Best power transfer, but adds cost.
Marker Griffon 13 IDRecommendedBest all-around pairing. Mid-DIN, GripWalk compatible, works for the widest range of skiers on a 94mm waist.
Look Pivot 15Aggressive / chargerFor skiers who push the 94 hard on groomers. Long elastic travel, bomber retention.
- Marker Squire 11Lighter / women
Lower DIN, lighter weight. Good fit for skiers around 150 lbs and below.
Standard flat mount — any alpine binding works. DPS recommends their XVST plate system for maximum performance.
