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Biggest Ski Industry Flops and Fails?

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EASTIE21
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Just curious what all of NS thinks were some pretty sweet industry product flops and fails?

For myself I believe the Giro Bad Lieutenant is a certain flop. Ugly as hell and heavy as shit. I of course owned a black one...
Mar 30 2011 6:24PM
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@skiinmitch
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page 2?
Mar 30 2011 10:02PM
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danbrown
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nawwww they still had dash longe
Mar 30 2011 10:02PM
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Skithedeep
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^^ this. s7s are everywhere in Utah, i see tons of them every day, although that is about the only rossi ski i see, but for a good reason
Mar 30 2011 10:06PM
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Davy.Crockett
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i was in whistler over winter break and and i saw at least 8 to 10 pairs of S7s a day. it was ridiculous. like of all the skis i saw in liftlines and stuff, like 25% were rossis
Mar 30 2011 10:20PM
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no_steeze
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hands down
Mar 30 2011 10:22PM
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skichicky3
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realllllyyy????


How about one of their freestyle athletes who has been consistently winning gold medals this year in pipe, including both X games and the Dew Tour...












You might have heard of him- Kevin Rolland
Mar 30 2011 10:31PM
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Arabian.
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Him and Pollard are what held it together.
Mar 30 2011 11:06PM
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KellyK
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except yeah.. they lost nearly everything from how much they spent on those bindings.. they had to drop nearly their entire team.

oh, and the atomic triplets. those were a great idea actually haha
Mar 30 2011 11:11PM
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PJS.
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lolwut



Mar 30 2011 11:12PM
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Lemuel
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Except you didn't read what I quoted. Line has never been in the shitter. Yea they lost alot of money with the Reactor, but they still made quality skis.
Mar 30 2011 11:13PM
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Skithedeep
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and how can the Bad Lieutenant be a flop? any freeskier or snowboarder you saw the first few years they came out wore one. sure they might be a little ridiculous, but definitely not a flop.

i'm also amazed i spelled lieutenant correctly the first try.
Mar 30 2011 11:15PM
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PJS.
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yes, but now everyone thinks they look ridiculous. so delayed flop
Mar 30 2011 11:18PM
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midwestpowhunter
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u sir are correct
Mar 30 2011 11:21PM
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KellyK
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after k2 took over tho..? pretty sure for awhlie they had some serious delamming issues. there was at least two years of the invader where nearly every ski came apart.
Mar 30 2011 11:22PM
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Jahrassicpark
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werd, glad someone mentioned it
Mar 31 2011 1:25AM
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MagSeven
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The Head Madtrix with the bindings that pivoted for big mountain and big air!

Although potential for skiing equivalent of a bar spin right there!

Mar 31 2011 1:34AM
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hoodratz47
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still have a pair... fucking heavy but ski like they first did.... fast as fuck.
Mar 31 2011 5:21AM
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theabortionator
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Eqyption helmets
Mar 31 2011 5:34AM
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ThaLorax
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capix helmets
Mar 31 2011 6:10AM
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CrotchKiller
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lold at stupidity
Mar 31 2011 6:32AM
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Dr.Barq
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defi skis
Mar 31 2011 7:48AM
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alexg1687
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k2's flexible carbon fibre poles in about 2006.


Mar 31 2011 9:06AM
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EASTIE21
Posts: 278 - Karma: 21
Well yes they did get money from all us but looking back on it they were just terrible helmets.
Mar 31 2011 9:09AM
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RubberSoul
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1)saying facepalm is so gay
2) people say stupid shit all the time on here, how should i know if youre joking or not?
Mar 31 2011 10:25AM
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petrov
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How is that the Biggest flop? I guess you weren't around for it but Snowblading was fucking huge.

It even held a spot in the X-games for I believe 2 years? Might of only been one, but I remember my boy Nicky Adams barely even knew how to ride them, went and won the X-games 1999. As much as people hate on it, it actually was huge at one point, and it did have an influence on today's skiing.
Mar 31 2011 10:34AM
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pigglywiggly
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i loved my suspects. i usually prefer a softer ski too, but that ski was so sick.
Mar 31 2011 10:39AM
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skichicky3
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Tanner's ankles....
Mar 31 2011 10:47AM
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PASKIINGSUCKS
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Click for larger image
Mar 31 2011 10:54AM
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Bumblesteeze
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Line's first generation of invaders "The Delaminators", they would literally disintegrate under your feet.
Mar 31 2011 10:59AM
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PASKIINGSUCKS
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a lot of them before cap construction. My 1260s delamed in less than a season, but they were warrantied with next years capped so that was cool.
Mar 31 2011 11:16AM
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skituner
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johnny mosleys mad tricks
Mar 31 2011 11:22AM
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fujarome
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haha I forgot about the triplets...

I'd love to know what the meeting was like when the idea for those was thrown out there.
Mar 31 2011 11:24AM
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Bumblesteeze
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Line has improved so much since that time, although I am not a fan of the "skate deck" construction.
Mar 31 2011 11:26AM
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Billups
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That game is awesome, I dunno what you're talking about.
Mar 31 2011 12:25PM
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danbrown
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he might be talking about the binding that could swivel around depending on if you wanted to ride park or bc. i was always interested in it but i remember it being far too expensive for my (parents) liking

instead i bought "blemished" orange 1260s from the line site for 115 bucks. those things weigh about 3 lbs each. awesome.
Mar 31 2011 1:41PM
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PASKIINGSUCKS
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and if you had the reactors on them they weighed like 45 pounds each.
Mar 31 2011 1:53PM
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Billups
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True, I didn't think about them. I was a tech when those came out and remember getting a pair in the shop and thinking how heavy they were. I was rocking my line skogens then anyway.
Mar 31 2011 1:58PM
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alexg1687
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the "dinner roll"
Mar 31 2011 5:42PM
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Deezy
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Actually, he has skied every single weekend (and more) for the whole 3 years and they are still perfectly fine.
he does not road-ski, he does not throw them around, he takes care of them and they have lasted.
if anyone thinks they suck and break a lot, sure they do, but its all about how much you care for them

Mar 31 2011 5:56PM
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LAME.
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Flop of 2011- Line afterbangs/ Step ups...

Mar 31 2011 6:02PM
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SteveStepp
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X-Games announcers/ X-Games Created athlete drama
Mar 31 2011 6:15PM
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EAST~COAST
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Sal is a champion
Mar 31 2011 6:18PM
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Lemuel
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The 1st year invader (06) was the only ski with delam issues. I have 07's and they are still held together. And the other skis that had delam issues were before the reactors.
Mar 31 2011 6:58PM
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EASTIE21
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This past years Step-Ups yes but the Bangs are such a fun ski to dick around on. I wouldn't be hitting a main jump line on them anytime soon but for jibbin stuff you can't get much better.
Apr 1 2011 7:28AM
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ThaLorax
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No. But Luke Van Valin is awesome.
Apr 2 2011 12:25AM
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andreweckels
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would somebody explain what happened with the line bindings?
Apr 2 2011 12:43AM
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Sean.Mc
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Apr 2 2011 1:05AM
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Travapple.
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they simply exploded. heavy as fuck.

they used sometimg called a freedom plate, so you could mount one binding to multiple pairs of skis, also a flop.
Apr 2 2011 1:22AM
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RubberSoul
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like was said, they were a good idea cause it had a universal 4 hole screw in pattern so you could have one set of bindings for your whole quiver. they also claimed something about the toe piece being safer for backward twisting falls, but i dont remember what the details there were (and anyway, i'll stick with my turntable Pivots thank you very much)

anyway they were just a surprising combination of heavy as fuck and fragile. i skied like 5 times that winter and saw multiple pairs blow up on ~20 foot jumps. total joke, so glad i didnt get suckered into buying a pair
Apr 4 2011 5:12PM
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