The Slacker "RAM" Dustin Van Wechel x J Collab

The Slacker "RAM" Dustin Van Wechel x J Collab

176cm
$869.00
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The Slacker "RAM" Dustin Van Wechel x J Collab

The Slacker

Ram
Dustin Van Wechel x J Collab
$869.00
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Waist Width: 110mm

J Says Best For: Light Powder / Deep Powder / Soft Groomers / Freeride / Off-Piste / Backcountry / Touring

Personality

Soft & Playful Happy Medium Stiff & Aggressive

Conditions

20% All Mountain 80% Powder

THE ARTWORK

Dustin Van Wechel x J Collab

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!

See more of Dustin's incredible wildlife artwork at dustinvanwechel.com and follow him @vanwechelart

The Slacker

136 – 110 – 128

"The Slacker" is a powder-focused ski designed with uphill efficiency in mind, while maintaining the reliable downhill performance that J skis are known for. This ski is as happy spending 100% of its time riding lifts as it is venturing off into the unknown, a unique characteristic that leaves traditional, nerdy, uphill-specific skis behind. "The Slacker's" weight-conscious Aspen core and twin-tip shape make it light and ultra-maneuverable to whip around through tight trees or chutes. A subtle tail notch provides reliable skin clip retention for fast transitions. Add our pre-cut skins that perfectly fit the skis, and you're ready to go touring right out of the box! Charge, surf, slash, play, and have more fun adventuring off the beaten path. Go get fresh tracks!

#JSlackerSki

Full Height Sidewalls

Maximum impact resistant & vibration dampening
We’re using super durable, high impact absorbing Ultra High Molecular Weight (UHMW) polyethylene for our sidewalls. This is the same material we use on our ski's bases. It’s very impact resistant and since it’s full height, it also absorbs more vibration like using a longer spring in your car’s suspension. Take a metal pipe and hit it against a rock, then do the same with a piece of plastic. The metal vibrates through to your bones & the plastic absorbs the vibration for you. That’s the difference of having full height plastic shock absorbing sidewalls over your edges or not. We’re cutting the sides of the sidewalls to a 10* angle, with a nice step at the bottom for easy tuning like race skis.

SPECS

Length169cm176cm182cm188cm
Dimensions 136 – 110 – 128 136 – 110 – 128 136 – 110 – 128 136 – 110 – 128
Sidecut Radius16.9m18.1m19.5m21.2m
Weight Per Ski1765g1835g1910g2020g
Camber4.0mm4.0mm4.0mm4.0mm
Effective Edge1370mm1440mm1500mm1560mm
Tip / Tail Height72.5 / 35mm72.5 / 35mm72.5 / 35mm72.5 / 35mm
Tip / Tail Length430 / 220mm430 / 220mm430 / 220mm430 / 220mm
Running Length1040mm1110mm1170mm1230mm
Boot From Center-7.5cm-8.0cm-8.0cm-8.0cm
Boot From Tail760mm800mm830mm860mm
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