2008 Line Anthem Set-up

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2strokesforlife

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I just bought new Line Anthem skis and have some questions.

1. Did you center mount? What was the result?

2. What do you ride?

3. Anything to keep an eye on?

4. Worth the money?

5. Performance compared to other Twintips in class?

Anything you have to say about them or what i should do would be great. I am new so sorry if this has been posted befor. THANKS!!!
 
Would people stop asking if they should center mount their anthems already??? If you bought anthems and didn't intend to center mount, then you probably made a very ill informed decision.
 
Anyway, sorry, the anger's not directed at you.

Yes center mount.

Yes great value for the money.

Yes the best performing symmetrical ski ever.
 
Sorry for the newbe question. I have just been getting mixed reviews from my local shop and other people. I come form a Dirt bike back round and i hate the same questions over and over again. Look more carefully next time. THANKS!!!
 
you probably shoulda looked into what you were buying a little more. luckily you happened to get some dope skis.
 
Yeah, i will next time. I was just in a rush because of the snow falling and what not. I will ride them on Saturday and will post to say what i think of them. Coming off of Snowblades anything will be better anyways. THANKS!!!
 
Nah it's cool, just remember that the Anthem is symmetrical for a reason, it is supposed to be center mounted.

Also, you might have seen mixed reviews because people can't seem to forget about the 1st generation Invaders (Line's other symmetrical ski) being defective. But, they were defective because of a broken mold at the factory, not because the design is bad. The Anthem is improved from the Invader in a lot of ways, the extra size and stiffness make it better out of the park and maybe for the same reasons people seem to like it more in the park too. I don't know about your shop, but a lot of shops are older folks who

just don't get the idea of a symmetrical ski (or even a twin in some

cases), so maybe that's another reason they don't like it. Plus, for MSRP $375, a 93 waist is a whole lot of ski for your money.
 
THANKS for all the help and quick. Well like i said i am going out on the weekend and i will post my opinion on the ski. Also, is the Salomon S912 TI an alright binding for this ski?
 
Yes. People have their allegiences to different bindings but as long as you're not 250lbs and hucking 10's over 70 footers that will be a great binding for you.
 
I have had experience with most of the salomon bindings me or anyone I know owns breaking, so i wouldn't get Salomons. I think Rossi/Look/Dynastar would be more reliable.
 
probably being the key word. Anthems kill powder and if you intend on riding much pow, youre going to want to set back 1 or 2
 
um, I hope this is the illusive internet sarcasm. they can slay pow just fine, but at true center.
 
i think he is probably going off what mski said about his anthems, and the fact that he loves them, but they feel a bit unstable in powder and droping cliffs and stuff because they are at true center

 
If you're going to ride much pow and you want to set 1 or 2 cm back, then you DON'T want the Anthem. Just think about it for a second. By mounting the Anthem back you are wrecking the whole idea of the symmetrical ski for park, and you are making a mediocre pow ski by moving the boot away from the center of the sidecut. You'd be much better off in and out of the park by getting a not quite symmetrical ski. It just makes no sense to not mount it center.
 
Next time somebody asks where to mount a symmetrical ski I am going to send bubba to they crib and make sure he rips them a new asshole.

I mounted mine center with mojo 15's. The end.
 
alright, if you can point me to another ski i can get for 300 dollars thats fat enough for powder, soft, slays park, andddd has butter zones, please send me a link.
 
sorry about the double post, but i have to address this. I rode center mounted anthems in 2+ feet of pow and it was difficult to land on them since my weight was forward. Saying that its more beneficial to ride center mount in powder is absurd.
 
mount them center no matter if you plan to ski powder with them.........

they are the funnest park ski i have ever had,

and the only ski as wide that still handles rails well.

 
THANKS!!! For all your help. IThey are now center mounted and ready to ride for Saturday. As far as powder ridding anything will be better then snowblades in powder.
 
Don't mount a symmetrical ski anywhere but center dude. And get a different ski for powder if you wanna ride any more than 10% powder.
 
i dont understand how i always get sucked into these stupid newschoolers arguements.
http://www.lineskis.com/#/skis/freestyle/park/anthem
http://www.lineskis.com/#/skis/freestyle/backcountry/ep_pro

observe the prices. There is currently $400 in my bank account. I want a really soft, buttery pow ski. the anthem is 93 in the waist which is pretty good for powder. so given that i cant afford the ideal ski and that i live in the east coast where i dont only shred powder, I'm getting the anthems. yes they are a symmetrical ski but how many kids do you see center mounting non symmetrical skis or at the very least mounting 1 or 2 plus from suggested. a fucking shit ton. how many kids have you had a problem with doing that? probably few to none. there are certain times when you need to manipulate a ski to work for you rather than just going by what is suggested. i clearly don't understand a symmetrical ski? After working in a ski shop for two years, selling several pairs of invaders, riding invaders and anthems, i think its safe to assume that i understand the difference between symmetrical and not. i just want to ask you though, have you had a chance to ride anthems yet? were they center mount? was it in powder? Ive had this experience so i know exactly what i want to do and why. stop trying to imply that im ignorant and am making an extremely poor choice. I'm not a park rat and therefore im not going to centermount my skis that i intend to use everywhere on the mountain.
 
But just because you asked if there was a comparable, non-symmetrical, ski for cheaper, there is:

Anthem - 93 waist $379 MSRP

Surface Watch Life - 90 waist $349 MSRP
 
Why would you want a anthem that is not center mount??? The point of the anthem is to center mount. The butter zones only will work very well if they are center mounted. There is no point in using anthems for powder, unless you do ALOT of switch pow skiing. If you do ski switch in pow alot it is the perfect ski, skiing alot of pow all the time not at all.
 
hahaha

wow!! ever heard of sarcasm bro

why would you EVER even attempt to ski pow in snowblades?

that in itself is embarrassing enough...
 
i don't really care about this, and you can mount how you want if it works for you. but uhh... ever heard of arvs?

and before you say they are over your price range, you know you don't always have to have the newest pair of skis. arvs would probably work better for what you're describing, and butterzones don't matter too much, the soft flex is enough.

and i think the reason people used to/still centermount skis is because of the lack of symmetrical skis, but on the other hand, there are other options for skis for riding more directionaly. and plus, in the park, you don't need to be able to turn so messing up the sidecut doesn't really matter, while skiing elsewhere on the mountain you kind of do...

no hate though
 
om my god, anthems are fully simmetrical, of course u should center mount, they are intended to be centre mounted nothing else! and they are worth the money
 
aside from and including what everyone else has said

it's not a pow ski, if that's what your looking for look elsewhere. your trying to make a park ski a pow ski. get fucking arv's or scratch bc's from a few years ago, theres tons on ebay.
 
yeah i got some anthems with the scratch 140 binding and they scratch boot, but i might trade out for the spk boot. but im super psyched to ride em....
 
why don't you just wait until you have enough money to spend on the appropriate ski, rather than just compensate with something that it isn't really meant for?
 
I mounter them in the center. I am not saying they are great powder skis but better then some skis i have tried. Lots of fun to ride in the park.
 
LINE ANTHEM, FROM MY REVIEW.......

Overall

Overall, this is the most amzing ski i have ever skied on. Durable, cheap, solid. Not much more to it.

Performance

The first day i used these (today) i was at Mt Hood Meadows, my home hill. We had soft, fresh snow on the groomers with about 6-8 inches of fresh fluffy powder on the non-groomed runs. They performed PERFECTLY in everything i encountered. Some people, especially the ones who have never even ridden or seen this ski, are saying that due to the felxiness of the ski they are unable to charge, unable to handle high speed, unable to handle chopped-up crud. Once again, these people are WRONG. They can hold an amazing edge at high speeds, and are not to flexy for regular skiing. Due to the eliptical sidecut, the harder you pressure the ski, the more it will turn. This is very true, you have to feel it to believe it. SWITCH!! Due to the symmetrical/center mount nature of this ski, they ski the exact same switch. I have never skied on anything more solid switch, they carve great and butter the same as forwards.

Design

All i have been hearing about on the forums is how the graphics look gay, or how they look like a truck stop t-shirt that truckers wear, or that Line screwed up this year with the graphics. To all the haters out there: shut-up. When you are riding this ski, it just looks black due to all the snow being on it and its dark color. Personally, i love that look. When you are on the chair with no snow on them, i think they look pretty sweet. Everyone always asks, what kind of skis are those? What are those graphics of? I think Line hit it dead on with the graphics this year, especially with the flip flop image so it looks the same backwards.

Value

I was going to get these skis last year, but due to the screw-up with KISS and the topsheet, i had to wait till this year to get them. BOY, WAS IT WORTH THE WAIT! I bought these from untracked.com, the best ski shop i have ever used, for retail of $379. This is a steal for this great of a ski! I paid almost as much just for bindings, which are Look P18's, the last year of the turntable heel. This is such a great price, and Al's Ski Barn (untracked.com) mounted my bindings for free before shipping them to me, also free of charge.

Fit

I am 6'3" and i ski on the 178 length. These lenght is absolutely perfect. My bindings are mounted at true center, there is plenty of tip and tail, and they are proportional to my size.

Characteristics

The butter zones in the Line Anthem are amazing. Period. To everyone that says they are too flexy to charge stuff, you are wrong. They feel super stable at high speeds, then when you are just messing around with butters, the ski always hinges in the same point, butters are easy and super fun with this ski. These are also fairly poppy, not the most pop I've ever felt, but they are definitley not noodles.

Durability

I must say, due to early season conditions at Hood, i have truly broken in these skis. I have about 4 fairly "nice" hits on these bases, but so far, they have held up actually very well. I ran sideways over a huge rock once, and straight over one another time. The edges barely got dinged-up, and some p-tex has escaped from the hold of the base, but to a fairly low extent for the amount of force that i hit the rocks with. No topsheet chipping at all due to cap construction. These held up great for a big first day abuse session. I am not worried at all about delam either, Line has worked so hard the alst two years to correct the problem they had with the early invaders, and Lines warranty is also amazing, in the case of something happening to them.
 
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