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LINE for sale?

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NWFlow
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Ignore this thread if its old news (i did try the search bar), but a guy at a shop that says LINE told me the company is up for sale? is this true?
Jan 16 2006 12:47AM
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eheath
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I bet it is, they are broke as shit.
Jan 16 2006 12:47AM
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NWFlow
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^Yeah thats exactly what the guy said. He also said lib tech was looking at buying them.
Jan 16 2006 12:48AM
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eheath
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That would be nice, they need to make there skis in a different place than china.
Jan 16 2006 12:50AM
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garrett.
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i want zacks ar5's i fell in love today during my 2nd run
Jan 16 2006 12:51AM
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Download-My-Apps
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I'll buy them
Jan 16 2006 1:05AM
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CooksCorner
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i guess its possible
Jan 16 2006 8:34AM
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beep
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they're already owned by another company...
Jan 16 2006 11:30AM
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SIX
Posts: 4595 - Karma: 506
no.
Jan 16 2006 11:39AM
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stylishskier
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depending how you look at it, every company is for sale. I am thinking Line hasn't been owned soley by Levanthal (thats him right?) for a while...
Jan 16 2006 11:40AM
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zammo
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LINE sold a controlling stake in the company to TRAK Sports Inc in 1999. TRAK SPorts Inc, are, I believe, owned by Karhu.
Jan 16 2006 12:17PM
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nickmcnutt
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wtf?
Jan 16 2006 12:20PM
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sampsihoyos
Posts: 1939 - Karma: 910
why would they be broke? people buy their skis and i hear a lot of good feed back about them. theyre a relatively old company in freeskiing so now that our sport is kinda bigger than ever why would they be having less business?
Jan 16 2006 12:27PM
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KeegLove
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i highly doubt that will happen.
Jan 16 2006 12:28PM
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pbandj
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most of their skis are sold out now, the only bindings left are the ones remaining in their warehouses that they'll use to warantee the one's that break..they're already partially owned by karhu, and they've been in buisness for so long it'd be hard to imagine them selling to lib tech...which is owned by quiksilver
Jan 16 2006 12:34PM
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KapitolPhoto
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I doubt there is any truth to this rumor.

The deal with LINE being owned by Trak sports is that it is a company consisting of both Line and Karhu. Levinthal is the president and marketing director of Line.
Jan 16 2006 12:42PM
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JLev
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You're right about being sold but not to a snowboard company. We just sold Line to Coke! I hope you're all looking forward to a free six pack of soda with every purchase of Line skis next year.
Jan 16 2006 3:22PM
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lizziebeth
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haha. can you get me one of those penguins in the commercial instead? i totally want a penguin.
Jan 16 2006 3:24PM
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Ryno
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penguins and line skis...an unbeatable combination
Jan 16 2006 3:26PM
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twix_182
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those are gone too, my friends reactors broke and they have no more
Jan 16 2006 3:46PM
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twix_182
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but before you guys dis the reactors, my friend also broke another different kind of bindings the same way as he did with the reactors a day later.
Jan 16 2006 3:48PM
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Jib_This
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Starbucks woulda been better, imagine a free latte with every pair of skis.
Jan 16 2006 5:33PM
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timmi
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i sure hope not. they are a good company. they just need to get there act together
Jan 16 2006 5:36PM
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strode
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does this mean we're going to have to start referring to pollard's zero spins as "coke zero's"??
Jan 16 2006 6:10PM
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NWFlow
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Thank you for clearing this up. I was really hoping that wasn't true.
Jan 16 2006 7:33PM
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