DPS Phantom Permanent Waxless Glide

What is PHANTOM Glide™ Base Treatment?

PHANTOM Glide is a permanent, high-performance base treatment for skis and snowboards that increases hydrophobicity and improves glide performance across a variety of snow conditions. PHANTOM Glide is not wax. PHANTOM Glide differs from traditional wax because wax is not permanent. Wax is a temporary glide solution that functions only by coating the top layer of your base. After just a few runs, traditional wax wears off and glide performance diminishes.

How does it work?

With its patent-pending polymer technology, PHANTOM Glide uses microscopic short chain compounds to penetrate and diffuse into the unstructured sections of your ski or snowboard base. Think of it as water filling a jar of marbles, just on a molecular level. Traditional wax is not capable of doing this because wax molecules are too large to move through the base material. After PHANTOM Glide has been absorbed into the base, UV light is used to activate the curing process, permanently bonding PHANTOM Glide to the base material. This can be accomplished using a PHANTOM Glide Cure Station or natural, outdoor sunlight. After a single finishing pass with a roto brush or PHANTOM Glide Polishing Pad, your base(s) are fully treated and ready to glide.

Why do I need it?

Simply put, PHANTOM Glide makes skiing and snowboarding more fun. Beyond that, there are three key benefits of PHANTOM Glide: Permanence: Waxing skis and snowboards is time-consuming and for optimal results, it needs to be done frequently. With just one application of PHANTOM Glide, your bases are effectively treated, and will provide you with increased glide for the life of your ski or board. Continuously buying and dripping wax onto your bases gets expensive, especially if you’re getting it done by a shop a few times a season. PHANTOM Glide is a one-time investment that pays for itself each time you go skiing or snowboarding. Performance: Increased glide allows for better control and predictability on snow, creating an overall better experience on the mountain. It’s a game changer for both skiers and snowboarders. Environment: PHANTOM Glide possesses no environmental harm, and it doesn’t wear off in the snow and end up downstream. We pride ourselves on being an industry leader with our eco-conscious base treatment.

PHANTOM Glide CAN BE APPLIED PROFESSIONALLY AT FIRST STOP BOARD BARN IN KILLINGTON, VERMONT. WE ARE KILLINGTON'S ONLY AUTHORIZED DPS PHANTOM Glide INSTALLER USING A CURE STATION. 

*If your skis or snowboard are not new, we recommend a fresh base grind, stone grind, and edge prior to the treatment to ensure your base is as smooth as can be.

PHANTOM can be applied professionally by an Authorized PHANTOM Installer using a Cure Station. This process takes approximately 20 minutes with minor preparation. Cure Station application, available at select DPS dealers, is the most precise and fastest method to apply PHANTOM to skis or snowboards, and is a reliable all-season solution during the low light winter months, especially in more extreme latitudes, and in wetter climates where sunshine isn’t as consistent.

To ensure a proper treatment this service will require you to leave your skis or snowboard for 24 hours. 

With our Cure Station application you are guaranteed the most precise and fastest method to apply PHANTOM to skis or snowboards, and is a reliable all-season solution during the low light winter months, especially in more extreme latitudes, and in wetter climates where sunshine isn’t as consistent.

Phantom Glide + Professional Cure Station Treatment = $179.95

Phantom Glide + Professional In-Store Cure Service 


Permanence breeds ultimate convenience. With PHANTOM, you apply the formula once at any point in your ski or snowboard’s life cycle, whether new or used.


It’s that simple. PHANTOM’s sophisticated, timed polymerization process permanently penetrates the entire thickness of the base material with powerful go-fast fluoro compositions designed to operate across all snow temperatures. Even when the ski or snowboard goes into a shop for stone grindings, the next fresh layer of PHANTOM is exposed –– ready to glide.


PHANTOM vs. Wax

“PHANTOM’s permanence and performance will change the game in ways that are hard to imagine now, but in a few years’ time, we’ll be scratching our heads wondering how we ever skied without it.”

Performance In Detail.


Unless you are constantly waxing with correct temperature specific waxes, PHANTOM is faster across all conditions over time because its performance is consistent: you never suffer the glide degradation that occurs when conventional wax quickly wears away.

  • PHANTOM
  • All temp wax
  • Flouro race wax
  • Waxless base

“I coach racing and ski everyday. For an entire season, my skis with PHANTOM performed perfectly in all conditions, from hard abrasive man-made snow, through wet sticky elephant snot, and all the way to cold dry powder. They glided without fault in all conditions.”

– Angus Rose, Alpine Race Coach, New Zealand


Environment in Detail.


Today’s snow is tomorrow’s water.

The innovation centers around the inclusion of glide-friendly fluorocarbon functional groups, but in a superior, new delivery method that renders them inert and harmless to humans, plants and animals. Cured PHANTOM doesn’t cause biological damage, and doesn’t present any long-term environmental risks.

“Phantom's environmentally friendly formula has the potential to upend the wax industry.”

 

"Phantom costs $100, roughly the amount of two full-tunes at a ski shop. If you’re primarily skiing the resort, it’s a no brainer"

Powder Magazine

"Since the first test in October 2017, I have skied a pair of DPS skis with Phantom almost a dozen times and it still works! The skis with Phantom consistently accelerate better than a waxed pair of skis every time. More importantly, however, is that the on-snow feel has remained the same since the first run: Fast! There has been no base burn, no gimmicks, and most importantly, no need for wax."

Ski Magazine