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Skier_75
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I've skied my line blends with fks bindings for 4 days now. 2 days of rails. My brakes are bent like crazy and I have 2 edge cracks in my skis. I'm super bummed. I love how they ride but if I got another pair I wouldn't take them on rails.
Jan 13 2016 10:04PM
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270on420out
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Why do park skiers have such high standards for their skis? I'm stoked if mine go a season without snapping
Jan 13 2016 10:09PM
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purplepants420
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That sucks dude. Line has a 1 year warranty on all of there skis so you could ask them for a new pair OR depending on where you got them you could use the warranty there and get in-store credit for the skis worth. I do that just about every season to be honest even if the biggest flaw is a topsheet chip.
Jan 13 2016 10:10PM
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KravtZ
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Sounds like you rode 2 days of solid rail riding...you expect your skis to hold up if you slam them into metal and slide down metal all day? Be real man....no ski, park specific or not, is made to do that.
Jan 13 2016 10:17PM
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snowmosexual
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These people talking about how you shouldn't expect your skis to hold up are trippin. Park skis should be able to hold up for AT LEAST 2 seasons of hard riding
Jan 13 2016 10:19PM
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freestyler540
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ski-hippieThese people talking about how you shouldn't expect your skis to hold up are trippin. Park skis should be able to hold up for AT LEAST 2 seasons of hard riding

Not really. For 3 straight seasons, I went through 4 brand new pairs. 1 broke in half, 1 delamination and 2 edges yanked out of the ski.

It depends on quality control, weather and style of riding. Cold weather takes a beating on the epoxy and doing rails on a very cold day will crack the edge. A cracked edge is cause by the quenching of the hot edge to the cold snow. With repetition, the steel wears and shears. It is considered normal wear.

Sucks for OP, I know the feeling
Jan 13 2016 10:28PM
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Poikenz
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1. Bend your brakes back into place and next time don't get FKS if you plan on falling down switch.

2. Detune and deburr your edges every time you go skiing, it will help.

I'm not sure what you expected to happen when you started bashing your skis into metal, but clearly your expectations were set a little too high.
Jan 13 2016 10:30PM
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marrows
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Aha, line skis
Jan 13 2016 10:34PM
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Mr.noodle
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Alright, here's some common sense, brakes easily bend, they are thin pieces of metal and there's no one to blame for that because there's not really any way to make durable brakes and that in no way is not the ski company's fault. Also as many other people have said if you constantly slam a thin piece of metal on more metal, you can assume what's going to happen. Line skis definitely aren't the most durable but you're saying that for all the wrong reasons
Jan 13 2016 10:41PM
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snowmosexual
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freestyler540Not really. For 3 straight seasons, I went through 4 brand new pairs. 1 broke in half, 1 delamination and 2 edges yanked out of the ski.

It depends on quality control, weather and style of riding. Cold weather takes a beating on the epoxy and doing rails on a very cold day will crack the edge. A cracked edge is cause by the quenching of the hot edge to the cold snow. With repetition, the steel wears and shears. It is considered normal wear.

Sucks for OP, I know the feeling


I don't ski that much park, but I feel like this is the manufacturers fault
Jan 13 2016 10:52PM
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270on420out
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ski-hippieI don't ski that much park, but I feel like this is the manufacturers fault


It's not. Hitting rails, slamming into wall rides, catching your tips on backies, it all adds up and destroys your ski. How well the ski is intact is a matter of luck.
Jan 13 2016 11:10PM
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Ski_The_East.
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Dude I don't know what you did you your blends but I got a pair last year and I absolutely love them. they put up with all my abuse ( as an east coast skier that entails skiing over gravel... a lot) They are not seriously damaged at all in fact they are in almost new condition in terms of their edges.
Jan 13 2016 11:16PM
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JJ.
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Poikenz1. Bend your brakes back into place and next time don't get FKS if you plan on falling down switch.

2. Detune and deburr your edges every time you go skiing, it will help.

I'm not sure what you expected to happen when you started bashing your skis into metal, but clearly your expectations were set a little too high.


I agree. Get those edges detuned.
Jan 13 2016 11:17PM
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Peter.
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ski-hippieThese people talking about how you shouldn't expect your skis to hold up are trippin. Park skis should be able to hold up for AT LEAST 2 seasons of hard riding


freestyler540Not really. For 3 straight seasons, I went through 4 brand new pairs. 1 broke in half, 1 delamination and 2 edges yanked out of the ski.

It depends on quality control, weather and style of riding. Cold weather takes a beating on the epoxy and doing rails on a very cold day will crack the edge. A cracked edge is cause by the quenching of the hot edge to the cold snow. With repetition, the steel wears and shears. It is considered normal wear.

Sucks for OP, I know the feeling


the hell are you doing that you are wrecking your skis that much?
Jan 14 2016 12:05AM
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DominatorJacques
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Skier_75I've skied my line blends with fks bindings for 4 days now. 2 days of rails. My brakes are bent like crazy and I have 2 edge cracks in my skis. I'm super bummed. I love how they ride but if I got another pair I wouldn't take them on rails.


Smooth is smooth. Banging is banging. Those skis are as good as any.
You need to work on your smooth!
Jan 14 2016 12:19AM
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DominatorJacques
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ski-hippieThese people talking about how you shouldn't expect your skis to hold up are trippin. Park skis should be able to hold up for AT LEAST 2 seasons of hard riding


Not true in any form or fashion. Only the smoothest rider may make that possible.
You are lost is some weird dream.
Jan 14 2016 12:22AM
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shin-bang
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DominatorJacquesSmooth is smooth. Banging is banging. Those skis are as good as any.
You need to work on your smooth!


Tru that. I try to be especially smooth and not slam down on rails excessively, and I don't even have an edge crack. However I detune everyday of rails with my gummy stone
Jan 14 2016 12:56AM
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Hoodliving
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shin-bangTru that. I try to be especially smooth and not slam down on rails excessively, and I don't even have an edge crack. However I detune everyday of rails with my gummy stone


That's what I need to do as well! Currently ripped 5 inches of edge out of my revisions 20 days in. So I agree with everyone saying that skis won't make it a season if you're consistently hitting rails. Lets say 10 laps 10 rail hits a lap, 1000 rail slides a day. No shit your thin metal is going to crack. As said before its a crap shoot if you're skis gonna hold up. Ive gone through 5 pairs in 2 seasons although I slammed rails. Have been smooth landing as of late but once you have cracks its bound to rip eventually.
Jan 14 2016 1:04AM
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DominatorJacques
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shin-bangTru that. I try to be especially smooth and not slam down on rails excessively, and I don't even have an edge crack. However I detune everyday of rails with my gummy stone


Yea, It's really important to "Park Tune" a ski before you hit rail one with it. Really helps to do a long base bevel right up into the base plastic a bit. Then extra work under foot to smooth and round the edge.
That said the edges are going to crack at some point down the road unless you be smooth as glass with Crisco on it!
Take care.
Jan 14 2016 1:18AM
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Line_Skis
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Sorry to hear that! No way around edge cracks if you're sliding rails (big steel vs small steetl of edge, the big rail will win after a while every time) but as long as it's not bent out and still in line they're certainly still skiable.
Jan 14 2016 1:22AM
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M3TRO
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Line_SkisSorry to hear that! No way around edge cracks if you're sliding rails (big steel vs small steetl of edge, the big rail will win after a while every time) but as long as it's not bent out and still in line they're certainly still skiable.


too true
what size are they? i will buy your whole setup if the are 178 or higher!
Jan 14 2016 1:31AM
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Dddsz
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Buy ON3P's
Jan 14 2016 9:18AM
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casual
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nollie.onThat sucks dude. Line has a 1 year warranty on all of there skis so you could ask them for a new pair OR depending on where you got them you could use the warranty there and get in-store credit for the skis worth. I do that just about every season to be honest even if the biggest flaw is a topsheet chip.


fuck off
Jan 14 2016 11:13AM
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casual
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mantoastThat's what I need to do as well! Currently ripped 5 inches of edge out of my revisions 20 days in. So I agree with everyone saying that skis won't make it a season if you're consistently hitting rails. Lets say 10 laps 10 rail hits a lap, 1000 rail slides a day. No shit your thin metal is going to crack. As said before its a crap shoot if you're skis gonna hold up. Ive gone through 5 pairs in 2 seasons although I slammed rails. Have been smooth landing as of late but once you have cracks its bound to rip eventually.


stay in school
Jan 14 2016 11:17AM
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Skier_75
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Op.Buy ON3P's


That's what I ski on now!
Jan 14 2016 11:18AM
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Hoodliving
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casualstay in school


sorry not paying attention when i use speech to text while driving.

10 laps 10 rails a lap 10 days 1000 hits.
Jan 14 2016 11:46AM
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brov1
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get icelantics, moments, or ON3Ps this problem will be no more
Jan 14 2016 11:58AM
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TOAST.
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mantoastThat's what I need to do as well! Currently ripped 5 inches of edge out of my revisions 20 days in. So I agree with everyone saying that skis won't make it a season if you're consistently hitting rails. Lets say 10 laps 10 rail hits a lap, 1000 rail slides a day. No shit your thin metal is going to crack. As said before its a crap shoot if you're skis gonna hold up. Ive gone through 5 pairs in 2 seasons although I slammed rails. Have been smooth landing as of late but once you have cracks its bound to rip eventually.


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Jan 14 2016 3:59PM
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baggis123
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i dont care what anyone says. when buying a park ski you should expect it to stay in tact to a degree if you hit rails. I would be so pissed as well if i had crack like that after 2 days. Yeah i only buy skis based on durability now (on3p)
Jan 14 2016 4:46PM
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freestyler540
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Peter.the hell are you doing that you are wrecking your skis that much?

I get between 90 and 110 days a season. 30-40 of them will be in the park. I dont enjoy rails all that much, but since I suck at them, gotta practice.

The broken in half ski was from a slushy day and the ski rotted. Delam was a overshooting a jump. cracked edges are cracked edges, it just happens.
Jan 14 2016 8:20PM
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CharlzHub
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i love my blends. i have been riding them for a while now and still in great condition. wtf are you doing to trash them so much.
Jan 15 2016 1:02AM
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Skier_75
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Toast4Daysi love my blends. i have been riding them for a while now and still in great condition. wtf are you doing to trash them so much.


2 days is trashing them? Will Wesson skis urban on them so I thought they could do rails.
Jan 15 2016 8:03AM
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snowmosexual
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DominatorJacquesSmooth is smooth. Banging is banging. Those skis are as good as any.
You need to work on your smooth!


I guess skiing more pow has been nicer on my park skis then
Jan 16 2016 2:23PM
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DominatorJacques
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ski-hippieI guess skiing more pow has been nicer on my park skis then


Ha ha! King of the obvious. I've been called that many times!
Jan 16 2016 4:34PM
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Negromancer
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Did you detune them before you hit rails?

If you hit rails with razer sharp edges they're a lot more likely to crack and catch. I find just a light detune underfoot on my park skis using a gummy stone makes them a lot less prone to cracking.

Also FKS brakes bend and there is nothing you can really do to stop them from bending, you just have to bend them back into shape when necessary.
Jan 17 2016 5:58PM
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