Jump, Jib, Street, Freeride, Powder. Line, which has continued to walk the royal road of free skiing, has created a new direction of skiing that has never existed before.
When LINE specializes in turning, it becomes such a ski <BLADE COLLECTION>
Anyway, check the image video first.
This may be the first time that "LINE" has created a PR video in which skis never leave the snow.
Deep carving turns at high speed, rolling up snow smoke, edge-to-edge pleasure. That is the ski "BLADE" that specializes in the fun of carving and slashing. <BLADE COLLECTION> was developed in the wake of the birth of famous machines such as “PESCADO” and “SAKANA” with characteristic swallow tails.
It is a model that has a premonition that the fun of turning will become a wide movement involving not only freestyle skiers but also the entire ski world. Edge grip and torsion stability are essential for drawing these turns.
The hollow titanium metal “GAS PEDAL METAL”, which looks like a fish bone that can be seen through the transparent top sheet, plays that role, and the titanium metal placed on both ends of the ski creates sharp power in the latter half of the turn. The voluminous nose shape provides a sense of stability and is effective not only on compacted snow slopes but also on powder. The waist width is available in two models, 95mm and 92mm.
The 92mm "BLADE W" is treated as a women's model, but if you like short sizes, this is also recommended. The fact that the radius display for both is "Tight" is also a sign of "LINE".
This season's attention BLADE is also introduced in detail in the following article.
LINE has been in the middle of free skiing
"LINE" was born by 21-year-old Jason Levinthal, who started making twin-tip skis in his garage in 1995.
At first it was a ski board company, but by continuing to come up with eccentric ideas for each era, it has continued to attract attention as a hip and cutting-edge brand. The history of "LINE" is also the history of free skiing.
A 193cm real twin-tip ski "Ostness Dragon" developed in the late 1990s.
Eric Pollard joined the company in 2001 for the iconic skis of brands like Prophet, Magnum Opus and Pescado. By the way, Eric is also opening up a new path where the rider himself is in charge of the artwork. In 2014, "Sickday", which pursued the fun of directional skiing, was born and won the "Ski of the year" award at that time. For more than 20 years, "LINE" has been making skis that defy conventional wisdom, and we are proud of that.
Eric Pollard, the whole series <POLLARD COLLECTION>
Eric Pollard has been leading the entire product development process for LINE.
This series is divided into two types: <Fish Shapes>, which features a swallowtail shape, and <Surf Shapes>, which has a convex sole on the nose and tail. <Fish Shapes> "PESCADO" and "SAKANA" are the only models in which the contact point of the nose and tail is close to the center, and adopts "EARLY RISE" that provides buoyancy due to the large warp of the rocker. The point is to be there. In addition, the maximum width of the sidecut is set near the nose and tail, so it is less likely to get caught in powder. Combined with the voluminous waist width, the operability in deep snow is excellent.
Two Surf Shapes models, OUTLINE and SIR FRANCIS BACON, are perfect for freestyle tricks in powder. Ship-bottom soles on the nose and tail release snow pressure, making it easier to tilt and float when making turns. In addition, the uniform flex of the nose and tail with the center as the fulcrum is also a perfect function for freestylers who assume switch riding.
Heart of LINE <All-Terrain Freestyle>
It can be said that the freestyle twin tip ski that covers scenes such as parks and streets is the heart of "LINE".
Representative models are "BLEND" and "TOM WALLISCH PRO". Will Wesson and Tom Wallisch supervised each, and partially updated in detail. "BLEND" does not change the flex and feel, but widens the nose by 1mm for easier butter tricks. Furthermore, by rounding both ends of the skis, not only is it easier to enter tricks, but it is also possible to perform butter tricks with deep rotation arcs.
"TOM WALLISCH PRO" widens the nose by 1mm and the tail by 4mm to adjust the shape. This improves stability and spin performance. All-Terrain Freestyle skis have 2mm wide x 2.5mm high edges and a 1.7mm thick running surface for maximum durability.
Directional Freeride Ski <Lightweight Freeride> <Freeride>
There are two types of “LINE” freeride models.
One of them is the model "SICK DAY", which has the meaning of wanting to go skiing on a day when fresh snow falls, even if it means pretending to be sick.
The name with a sense of “LINE” has become a standard model in the lineup since 2014 as a freeride model. The all-around model with a sense of stability also supports slipping in any situation. The secret is its lightness. An ultra-lightweight 100% poplar core with carbon fiber embedded from nose to tail to provide stability without adding weight. There are three models with waist widths of 104, 94, and 88.
The “VISION” series pursues even lighter weight. The lighter it is, the easier it is to pick up vibrations from the snow surface, but a technology called "THC CONSTRUCTION" solved that problem. By laminating and combining materials such as carbon, aramid, and glass fiber on the core material, it is a mechanism that absorbs various vibrations and stabilizes the ski. Here are wide shapes with waist widths of 118, 108, and 98.
See this link for the full lineup of LINE