Blends Breaking

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fesshuss

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This is my second season on 20/21 blends and I must say I've never seen anything self proclaimed as durable, let alone a pair of skis, break as often and as quickly as they did. Don't get me wrong, I loved every second I skied on them, learned a bunch of new tricks and progressed in the park a lot on them. However, as much as I love skiing on them, its almost like they are made to fall apart after a handful of months. (It is also worth mentioning I received a replacement for one of the skis earlier this season thanks to Tweakski and Tall T Dan, big ups to those guys, as one of my blends completely broke and was unskiable) I am missing all my edges on both skis underfoot, with some of the missing edges being around 2 feet in length. I have had to remove edges from my noses and tails due to it hanging out and dragging. I can describe my issues for a while but I guess what I am trying to say is this: for my fellow blend lovers, are you going to keep with the blends or switch it up with your next pair of skis? I heard the new ones might have a new shape that will hold together better, but I am curious to other people's opinions.
 
how was your one ski unskiable? What happened to it? Just curious.

also missing edge underfoot happens to every ski no matter how durable they are. If your sidewalls are cracked, warped, and opening up, then that’s an actual issue… something line has really struggled to handle for whatever reason.

also nearly every ski will have its edge come out in tips and tails, I wouldn’t put that all on Line. It’s not a huge issue if you cut the edge out where it’s bent.

my point is don’t be surprised whatsoever when you buy a pair of V’s or on3ps and the edges come out underfoot too. But, you can expect V’s and on3ps (As well as Icelantic, moment, etc) sidewalls to hold up and not crack, so your ski lasts way longer even though the edge is still missing. The way I see it, edges are meant to be broken, and sidewalls are what keeps the ski in tact.
 
Lmfao

yeah blends are not made to last two seasons, there a shit ton of threads on here about durability that you might want to read when considering what skis to buy next.
 
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14531771:weatcoast said:
how was your one ski unskiable? What happened to it? Just curious.

also missing edge underfoot happens to every ski no matter how durable they are. If your sidewalls are cracked, warped, and opening up, then that’s an actual issue… something line has really struggled to handle for whatever reason.

also nearly every ski will have its edge come out in tips and tails, I wouldn’t put that all on Line. It’s not a huge issue if you cut the edge out where it’s bent.

my point is don’t be surprised whatsoever when you buy a pair of V’s or on3ps and the edges come out underfoot too. But, you can expect V’s and on3ps (As well as Icelantic, moment, etc) sidewalls to hold up and not crack, so your ski lasts way longer even though the edge is still missing. The way I see it, edges are meant to be broken, and sidewalls are what keeps the ski in tact.
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I got a pair of used blends and I used them for two seasons of mediocre park riding. They have around 7 edge cracks and the top sheet is chipped pretty good. Other then that they’ve held up a lot better then I’ve expected with all the line durability talk
 
14531771:weatcoast said:
how was your one ski unskiable? What happened to it? Just curious.

also missing edge underfoot happens to every ski no matter how durable they are. If your sidewalls are cracked, warped, and opening up, then that’s an actual issue… something line has really struggled to handle for whatever reason.

also nearly every ski will have its edge come out in tips and tails, I wouldn’t put that all on Line. It’s not a huge issue if you cut the edge out where it’s bent.

my point is don’t be surprised whatsoever when you buy a pair of V’s or on3ps and the edges come out underfoot too. But, you can expect V’s and on3ps (As well as Icelantic, moment, etc) sidewalls to hold up and not crack, so your ski lasts way longer even though the edge is still missing. The way I see it, edges are meant to be broken, and sidewalls are what keeps the ski in tact.
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My one ski had cracks in sidewall and core of ski on both sides (near the tail) and eventually met in the middle due to water getting in there and continuous use. It ended up severing and hanging off only through the core. So technically wasn't "unskiable", as I finished the day on it, but it had my one leg basically setting a backflip as my other leg was doing a regular ollie. It would flop up and down as I was hitting rails, it actually was pretty funny looking at the clips of it haha.

I am aware of the unfortunate fate for most ski edges, especially in the park. I had ON3P before and lost all my edges but like you were saying the sidewalls kept intact. However with my blends, post edge-loss, my sidewall is completely falling apart on both skis, I can see the wood or material (not too sure what's in blends) in the middle on both sides of both my skis. Little bits of wood are constantly falling out and I haven't seen 2 of my purple sidewalls in a while. I can see a solid inch into the sidewall opening up, scary stuff.

I should've focused my initial post on the sidewall more, as, like you are saying, they keep the ski functional. After cutting various edges off I could still very much ski how I could if I still had them (dependent on conditions, east coast). But the constant breaking is enough for me to switch either back to ON3P or try something new.

I also do want to add that I had a great time skiing on blends, not mad at all about my purchase, just a little set off at how easy these come apart.

**This post was edited on Apr 26th 2023 at 3:34:10pm
 
14532320:fesshuss said:
My one ski had cracks in sidewall and core of ski on both sides (near the tail) and eventually met in the middle due to water getting in there and continuous use. It ended up severing and hanging off only through the core. So technically wasn't "unskiable", as I finished the day on it, but it had my one leg basically setting a backflip as my other leg was doing a regular ollie. It would flop up and down as I was hitting rails, it actually was pretty funny looking at the clips of it haha.

I am aware of the unfortunate fate for most ski edges, especially in the park. I had ON3P before and lost all my edges but like you were saying the sidewalls kept intact. However with my blends, post edge-loss, my sidewall is completely falling apart on both skis, I can see the wood or material (not too sure what's in blends) in the middle on both sides of both my skis. Little bits of wood are constantly falling out and I haven't seen 2 of my purple sidewalls in a while. I can see a solid inch into the sidewall opening up, scary stuff.

I should've focused my initial post on the sidewall more, as, like you are saying, they keep the ski functional. After cutting various edges off I could still very much ski how I could if I still had them (dependent on conditions, east coast). But the constant breaking is enough for me to switch either back to ON3P or try something new.

I also do want to add that I had a great time skiing on blends, not mad at all about my purchase, just a little set off at how easy these come apart.

**This post was edited on Apr 26th 2023 at 3:34:10pm
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God damn that actually is uskiable. Once you start seeing wood come out it’s game over. And if it’s flopping around on rails / affecting your Ollies. Classic line situation unfortunately.
 
14531926:skierman said:
So let me get this straight... You created an alias to rip on a ski company?

You're a fucking pussy.
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Not sure if you are talking about me but I don't use NS often, just made an account to see other people's opinions. Additionally I stated I am not mad with the purchase nor Line, but it was more about asking my fellow Blend lovers if they are going to stick with blends or not.
 
14550670:fesshuss said:
Not sure if you are talking about me but I don't use NS often, just made an account to see other people's opinions. Additionally I stated I am not mad with the purchase nor Line, but it was more about asking my fellow Blend lovers if they are going to stick with blends or not.
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Fuck off, pussy
 
I love my Blends and I am definitely buying another pair when my break.

That said I am suprised mine have hold up now for 2.5 seasons after all I have been reading about Blends here. I do glue them immediately for even the slightest delam to protect the core. I am quite a beginner in park so I guess I don't put them to the stress others here do, but I am still doing plenty of features, riding them in trees etc. At the end of the day it probably comes down to some batches being worse than others and some skiing styles/tricks maybe hitting their bad spots more so than others?
 
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