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Line Bindings gone?

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Al_Smith
Posts: 643 - Karma: 11
There are no line bindings in the new freeskier. So did line just stop making them? I thought merging with k2 was supposed to give line the money they needed to expand.  Whats line doing here?
Aug 27 2006 10:27AM
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steezerampage
Posts: 2171 - Karma: 214
werent those bindings really heavy
Aug 27 2006 10:31AM
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pbandj
Posts: 5610 - Karma: 28
yup they're gone for the time being, don't be surprised to see another attempt at it after some more research and development, oh and the new skis don't have the quickmount inserted holes either
Aug 27 2006 10:43AM
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t-rent
Posts: 3038 - Karma: 63
line bindins are beat shit
Aug 27 2006 10:58AM
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Jake...
Posts: 11976 - Karma: 296
you know it is about time. i just couldnt get the ball in the hole. i wanted too.. but i just couldnt do it.
Aug 27 2006 11:00AM
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SkiMN
Posts: 4005 - Karma: 38
hahahaha
Aug 27 2006 11:04AM
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ZavierV
Posts: 5077 - Karma: 100
Unfortunately, line bindings were garbage even though they were about the coolest and most adjustable/safe bindings I ever did see. The downside was the they broke and they also weighed as much as a light truck.
Thats why they stopped making them
Aug 27 2006 11:37AM
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kolekaine
Posts: 1456 - Karma: 116
those bindings sucked balls they were so heavy
Aug 27 2006 11:38AM
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-benedetto
Posts: 5238 - Karma: 1,359
not to sound nooby but k2 merged with line?
Aug 27 2006 11:53AM
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turtleman321
Posts: 192 - Karma: 7
yeah i had them and finally last season they broke. i hated them.
Aug 27 2006 11:55AM
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JazzyJ
Posts: 3233 - Karma: 18
in the issue they said line abondoned the bindings and thats why this year's skis dont have the pre-drilled screw holes meant for the reactor. Someone correct me if im wrong here.
Aug 27 2006 11:56AM
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pbandj
Posts: 5610 - Karma: 28
k2 bought line, but is keeping them as a serperate company
Aug 27 2006 12:25PM
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Luc.
Posts: 7540 - Karma: 59
for now they are gone...i bet you they are still researching them and just not wasting even more money on making more bindings that wont sell...they will most likley come out witha fresh model in like 2 seasons or so....maybe
Aug 27 2006 12:42PM
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noobskier420
Posts: 65 - Karma: 10
you are right...says the same thing on the Line site.
Aug 27 2006 12:59PM
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Tha_Grouch
Posts: 2216 - Karma: 14
I thought they were a sick binding. I liked the interchangeability and the saftey factor.. Its too bad they didn't make the track beefier. If they had.. many of the breakage problems would have never arisen.

I am one for k2 putting some money in and making something of the idea.
Aug 27 2006 1:39PM
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titsLOL
Posts: 7485 - Karma: 396
it sucks cuz now that k2 owns them they could prolly make them better startin like next season, but no one would trust them so it'd be a bitch to make it worth while for them. I hope they try though the reactors were a sweet idea. although generally i'm not a fan of the ski specific bindings, like in normal carvings skis and shit these days where a lot of them you HAVE to get them as a package. it'd be cool if someday like all twins came predrilled with a standard pattern and a bunch of companies made jib specific bindings to go with them.... some day perhaps
Aug 27 2006 2:11PM
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CMF
Posts: 1918 - Karma: 16
i ahve a pair of R10s and they work great but they are a little heavy, they are awesome o the other hand for backcountry. if nyone wants to buy them PM me
Aug 27 2006 2:39PM
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skimeehan
Posts: 181 - Karma: 21
the amount of money LINE lost on their bindings is most likely one of the biggest reasons they had to sell the brand to K2.
Aug 27 2006 2:45PM
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pbandj
Posts: 5610 - Karma: 28
that's what j lev was hoping for when they started the pre drilled binding mount but the other companies saw that as a good oppurtunity to lose $$ despite progression so they threw out the idea
Aug 27 2006 5:36PM
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poofartpee
Posts: 7436 - Karma: 1,540
and shitty
Aug 27 2006 9:21PM
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ski_cartel
Posts: 6598 - Karma: 18
its a good thing they are gone, many a injury were cause by those crapy piece's. Line had the right idea but they just didnt make the binding strong enough
Aug 27 2006 9:34PM
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Swick825
Posts: 1798 - Karma: 11
actually both- heavy and shitty
Aug 27 2006 9:38PM
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freeskier1316
Posts: 1771 - Karma: 27
i think that the concept should be praised trying to change how bindings operate but they broke.
Aug 28 2006 12:24AM
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jp_draves
Posts: 1866 - Karma: 37
those bindings looked like shit too.
Aug 28 2006 9:21AM
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CooksCorner
Posts: 3939 - Karma: 22
Some of the new K2's however do have quickmount inserts. Wierd huh?
Aug 28 2006 10:02AM
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mtbakerguy
Posts: 384 - Karma: 11
i have line bindings they arnt horrible but their not that good either. and they are damn heavy
Aug 28 2006 11:31AM
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r.w
Posts: 3489 - Karma: 18
they stopped making them like 2 years ago
Aug 28 2006 11:37AM
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Jokinarnd03
Posts: 3 - Karma: 10
if you mount them right they will not break. dont have it done by the neighborhood retard. go to someone who knows wtf they are doing and the binding is sick.
Feb 14 2007 9:36PM
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max.
Posts: 2022 - Karma: 12
My friend broke his in the 1st or 2nd week using them. It worked out well though for him because they had a waranty and since the shop was getting so many broken line bindings, they gave him some nice salomons.
Feb 14 2007 9:40PM
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MadSteezin
Posts: 4572 - Karma: 936
those bindings looked sick but were heavy i hope they try to make another jib specific binding
Feb 14 2007 9:46PM
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hartig
Posts: 8192 - Karma: 10
..No they didn't..
Feb 14 2007 10:13PM
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monkers
Posts: 145 - Karma: 10
It was a great idea, they just need to do more research and development to stop them breaking and being so heavy but I'm sure that with the finacial support from K2 that'll happen in the next few seasons. Sweet!
Feb 14 2007 10:17PM
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S2daJ
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they were kinda rediculous thou.
Feb 14 2007 11:02PM
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