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Why Do LINE Skis Suck So Much?

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PastyC
Posts: 14 - Karma: 15
Why is it that LINE skis are so bad? Cant they realize that the skis they make are garbage and only stupid people would actually pay full price for these hunks of you know what? Like Ian C and Axe Kill would be so much better if they rode on something other than the crappy LINE skis, like their signature ski the AfterWangBang.

I know a ton of people that got ripped off buy actually buying LINE skis. I don't know why they were ever popular. Stupid graphic, horrible quality, heavy, like come on people.

What are your thoughts, I know a lot of you are LINE fanboys, but I know not everyone is stupid on here!
Nov 12 2011 10:21PM
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Docz
Posts: 264 - Karma: 169
So you want them to make a high budget ski which im pretty sure they could with better quality that would be ruined in a year of park skiing anyways?...
Lines are a bang for the buck
Nov 14 2011 4:56PM
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J.M
Posts: 2854 - Karma: 254

lol thats why you made a thread asking about scott, k2, and line. after shitting on line in this thread. wow, just wow.

https://www.newschoolers.com/ns/forums/readthread/thread_id/656287/

Nov 14 2011 5:00PM
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closeyetfar11
Posts: 387 - Karma: 1,079
don't make me say it...















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Nov 14 2011 10:18PM
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Randy_Quench
Posts: 5447 - Karma: 4,343
inb4 ban...
Nov 14 2011 11:22PM
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BskiP
Posts: 1369 - Karma: 223
There are very few ski companies that suck at making skis. K2/Line is not one of them.
Nov 15 2011 2:58AM
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PastyC
Posts: 14 - Karma: 15
lolz line skis are sick! wtf is this guy is this kid talking about! he probably hasn't even ridden line skis before!
Nov 19 2011 10:39AM
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jibjunkie
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line skis are awesome. with the exception of the afterbang. bad premise/idea poor execution awful results. every pair ive seen(more than 50% gapers) looks like absolute garbage. bring back cap. invader and anthems were so much better than afterbangs.
Nov 19 2011 2:59PM
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Hughes
Posts: 1023 - Karma: 940
masterminds?
Nov 19 2011 3:12PM
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skitheWest.
Posts: 2304 - Karma: 1,276
ok so im about to drop $500 on line chronics but not im a bit sketchy about it... are they really that bad quality?
Nov 19 2011 3:18PM
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Hughes
Posts: 1023 - Karma: 940
Yes. Don't listen to this nobhead.
Nov 19 2011 3:24PM
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skitheWest.
Posts: 2304 - Karma: 1,276
yes i should buy them or yes they are shitty?
Nov 19 2011 3:26PM
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joshua
Posts: 5046 - Karma: 1,280
This thread should really be titled "why to afterbangs suck so much?" Their other stuff is pretty decent.
Nov 19 2011 3:32PM
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rudager
Posts: 11335 - Karma: 4,624
Buy them. Line has been in the game since before some of these kids were born. They make great skis. I've loved every pair I've been on. And I was riding my anthems last night. So so so much fun
Nov 19 2011 3:41PM
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Heart
Posts: 6156 - Karma: 3,462
Chronics are a great ski, and they take a beating like none other. My 09/10 model chronics still have zero edge cracks, and ski like the day I bought them. There is nothing "bad quality" about them.
Nov 19 2011 9:56PM
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parkskierjb
Posts: 72 - Karma: 11

Bro get a life I can't throw on any good park ski pretty sure if todays pros thought they could throw better shit with other skis they would saitch

Nov 19 2011 10:50PM
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rareison
Posts: 10263 - Karma: 219
Obvious retard is obvious.
Nov 19 2011 11:02PM
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Mr_Hyde
Posts: 337 - Karma: 121
That's cuz bacon was a grest painter!
Nov 20 2011 12:39AM
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Mr_Hyde
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And the afterbangs look like some Rat Fink d
Nov 20 2011 12:42AM
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Mr_Hyde
Posts: 337 - Karma: 121
And the afterbangs look like some Rat Fink painting.
Nov 20 2011 12:43AM
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Montana_Hoodrat
Posts: 1953 - Karma: 1,481
I though he was a lawyer.

Nov 20 2011 12:50AM
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Crocodile
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Nov 20 2011 1:44AM
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Lemuel
Posts: 14489 - Karma: 10,641
Line's don't suck...... I skied my chronics for 3 years and lost like 1 cm of edge and that's it. I had invaders before that and those have 1 edge crack, I abused the shit out of them and still do. I have stomped down on shark fin rocks with my lizzies and don't even have a scratch on the bases. And my cryptonites take a beating like none other. LOL @ op, that was a nice try.
Nov 20 2011 9:43AM
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canterbury
Posts: 2382 - Karma: 55
lol wut

and op's a fool
Nov 20 2011 9:45AM
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Hughes
Posts: 1023 - Karma: 940
Yes as in buy them, OP is a nobhead.
Nov 20 2011 4:10PM
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ForeverYung
Posts: 8385 - Karma: 2,060
Line is a sick company, I have a pair of afterbangs and I love them, there a super fun/buttery ski an there not all that heavy, you just hbe weak legs. Inb4 a shit storm on how I am stupid
Nov 20 2011 5:51PM
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Thelaminater
Posts: 42 - Karma: 39
I'm sure their other skis are great (with the exception of the Afterbangs), but I'm lighting my Masterminds on fire when I get new skis.
Nov 20 2011 9:05PM
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Montana_Hoodrat
Posts: 1953 - Karma: 1,481
Afterbangs are fuckin sick. Don't listen to all the haters who say "but the topsheets get all chipped up and look like shit" That's how they are supposed to look. Like a well used skateboard deck!
Nov 20 2011 9:46PM
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ForeverYung
Posts: 8385 - Karma: 2,060
Yah, I love the way the top sheets look
Nov 20 2011 10:01PM
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NotGhood
Posts: 2809 - Karma: 1,255
easy answer - THEY DONT.
Nov 20 2011 10:01PM
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Montana_Hoodrat
Posts: 1953 - Karma: 1,481
what's bad about the masterminds? i've never skied them...
Nov 20 2011 10:05PM
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penguin_steeze
Posts: 2311 - Karma: 241
i also love my invaders
Nov 20 2011 10:06PM
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Nov 20 2011 10:06PM
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Montana_Hoodrat
Posts: 1953 - Karma: 1,481
it's inevitable. Trolls always get what they want. But isn't that what NS is about? heated discussions/ arguments?
Nov 20 2011 10:09PM
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joshua
Posts: 5046 - Karma: 1,280
Go soak a "well-used skateboard" in a puddle for while, then get back to me on how it rides afterwards.

That is why a-bangs suck.
Nov 21 2011 8:19AM
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Newschool_Pope
Posts: 2473 - Karma: 267
why does your mom suck so much?

line makes good price point park skis and dope BC skis like the EP/Mr. P and awesome charging skis like the prophet series.
in addition skis like the invader were new to the industry at the time and with the butter zones, symmetrical sidecut and carbon ollie bands it pushed other companies skis in this direction. they sponsor dope athletes that arent in it for the money but just love to ski.

stfu hater!
Nov 21 2011 10:36AM
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uhrel
Posts: 164 - Karma: 64

My first pair of skis were Line Invaders, and they were fantastic, they took all the beatings i could give them, i trashed the hell out of them and they still held up. Now i have last years chronics, and they are absolutely fantastic, i love these. Line in my opinion are pretty good skis. I'm not a fan for the most part of the 2012 graphics, but it's whatever. I would love to try a pair of Armada skis tho

Nov 21 2011 12:16PM
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B-runge
Posts: 16558 - Karma: 361
and everyone knows it
i dont get why line wont listen and say fuck you to that skateboard shit
Nov 21 2011 12:29PM
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GayWolf420
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Nov 21 2011 1:37PM
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skithesprings
Posts: 9086 - Karma: 1,349
the only thing going against line skis is that they use absolute shit bases on their park skis. They don't hold wax for more than three runs then you might as well just give up at being fast.
Nov 21 2011 1:56PM
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garrets
Posts: 1447 - Karma: 60
Anthems FTW
Nov 21 2011 10:03PM
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pat_in_the_hat
Posts: 3019 - Karma: 2,695
Eeehhhhhhh... I've always had terrible luck with them.. I wish I could post pictures from my iPod. I've had three pairs and they all have just self destructed. My bacons are a disgusting excuse for a ski. They have even been back to the factory for a repress and they just fell apart again. Never buying line again
Nov 21 2011 10:57PM
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Nov 21 2011 11:26PM
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pat_in_the_hat
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Nov 21 2011 11:29PM
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CatDaddy
Posts: 591 - Karma: 18
anthems are SEX
Nov 21 2011 11:37PM
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RoofDaRoofieDogg
Posts: 3090 - Karma: 1,989
this
Nov 21 2011 11:50PM
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Montana_Hoodrat
Posts: 1953 - Karma: 1,481
I've heard that in the past they have had lemons. Just a bad ski or two that delam because of a problem with the epoxy mix. Hopefully they are past that. It's pretty embarrassing for a ski company that big. Apparently they have good warranty service though!
Nov 22 2011 12:15AM
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123+ski
Posts: 2832 - Karma: 581
I love the tree designs from eric pollard, I'm a fan, and personally think the tree designs are the best graphics out there. I also like last years blends, among many others, and I'm not a huge fan of every things they do, for instance afterbangs and this years blends graphics, but again art is subjective and i think everyone is entitled to their own opinion, and everyone has their own opinion on skis. Some of us like loud graphics, some like more subtle, some like soft skis, some like stiff. also, to the op, i'm sure you would have more support if you were a little more specific. What is it you don't like about line, and i mean from riding them, not from the spec sheet, and how do they compare to skis you have ridden from other companies. You are entitled to your own opinion, but it helps if you can back it up with specifics.
Nov 22 2011 1:06AM
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rudager
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^ OP hasn't skied Line before, he just doesn't like the Afterbangs. I've posted different stuff in this thread, but I'll say two things they need to improve on. 1: no more graffiti graphics for the Blend. You had it perfect with the blue and orange ones, then graffiti made me not want them. 2: make a powder or big mountain ski longer than 186, many riders out there find that much too short for a big mountain ski.
Nov 22 2011 2:33AM
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iffe
Posts: 984 - Karma: 120
Of course Line's entry-level (Afterbang, Mastermind) skis aren't the best, but then again you shouldn't compare $300 skis to other companies' $500 skis. That's just stupid. I don't think there's anything wrong with Line's higher-end stuff. I've owned several pairs of Pollard's pro models and always been really happy with them. Basically you get what you pay for.
Nov 22 2011 4:55AM
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effehz
Posts: 193 - Karma: 10
People who enjoy Line skis: - has never skied a good pair of skis
                                              - doesn't know how to ski at all and therefor can't feel the difference.
Nov 22 2011 6:32AM
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