The Slacker
Ram
Dustin Van Wechel x J Collab

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Waist Width: 110mm
Personality
Conditions
The Slacker Awards
The Artwork
Dustin Van Wechel x J Collab
200 Made
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Released August 1, 2025
The first time I saw this painting of Dustin's, I was blown away!
The lighting is absolutely amazing! I like how it's all focused in one spot around the main bighorn sheep head, then you start to pick up the other sheep in the foreground mixed in with the rocks and the massive glacier. The depth of the snow and clouds in the background is super cool too!
Working with Dustin was great—he sent me the high-res art and we just had to make some minor tweaks to make it fit the vertical format of the ski. The end result is a badass ski with big mountain attitude. I mean, there's no more powerful beast in the mountains than the ram. It's got the strongest footing on the craziest, most treacherous terrain, and that's exactly what this ski is going to be doing for you.
Dustin Van Wechel is an award-winning wildlife artist who ditched his successful 8-year advertising career in 2002 to chase his passion for fine art full-time. This dude spends countless hours camping for days in remote wilderness areas, soaking up the scenery that inspires his works of art. Every brushstroke, color mix, and texture is carefully considered to create dramatic light, bold value contrasts, and surface textures that make his paintings come alive and capture the essence of the Rocky Mountain West.
I'm only building 200 pairs of this Limited Edition graphic on "The Slacker" ski and hand-signing and numbering each pair. These are going to sell out fast, so grab a pair by the horns before they charge off into the sunset!

Also in the Ram collection
The Slacker™
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The second-widest ski in our Explore Collection is a true powder ski that handles far easier than a traditional "fat" ski, surfing powder like a dream while staying nimble on your feet.
The Slacker is a lightweight pow ski that also charges hard, equally comfortable hot lapping in bounds stashes as it is touring into the backcountry to get first tracks. Built with freshies in mind, its long rockered tips keep you floating effortlessly while the light build makes it easy to whip around and more playful in deep snow. We included plenty of tail rocker for backing up, skiing switch, and buttering without getting caught up. The 110mm width is quicker than most pow skis so you can also have fun ripping all over the mountain when the pow is gone. Although it's light, its reliable flex and carbon fiber stringers deliver lots of energy and power for high speed charging through chop and variable snow. We also included a subtle tail notch that provides reliable skin clip retention on long tours to find the goods. Add our pre-cut skins that perfectly fit the skis, and you're ready to go touring right out of the box. Slash, surf, play and have way more fun adventuring off the beaten path on this insanely versatile pow ski!"
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The Slacker does a great job of maintaining much of the predictability, versatility and playfulness of J's other skis, in a lighter package.
- Blister Gear Review
Anyone can hop aboard and drive, bend, and edge and just have a good day skiing. I could hand this to anyone who wants to ski powder without working too hard.
- SKI Magazine
This is the perfect crossover ski; light, playful and stable. It has great edge-to-edge feel that makes turning feel like buttering bread with a warm knife.
- Freeskier Magazine
While lightweight, you won't sacrifice performance coming back down. If your goal is to play on bigger lines and sidecountry powder, The Slacker will help you achieve it.
- Powder Magazine
Confidence-inspiring edge hold; The Slacker is a stable ski to throw hard into turns.
- Backcountry Magazine

SPECS
Length | 169cm | 176cm | 182cm | 188cm |
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Dimensions | 136 - 110 - 128 | 136 - 110 - 128 | 136 - 110 - 128 | 136 - 110 - 128 |
Sidecut Radius | 16.9m | 18.1m | 19.5m | 21.2m |
Weight Per Ski | 1765g | 1835g | 1910g | 2020g |
