That's hilarious. Oh yeah, Line just started making skiboards because they wanted to cash in on what was was trendy at the time. No, wait, Line made the first skiboards...kind of hard for something to be trendy when it doesn't exist.
Oh, but then they moved on to skis so they could stick with the trend. Well then I guess Armada, 4frnt, Ninthward, and just about any other ski company must "rely on smaller factions of the trends" as well.
What you fail to understand is that Line sets the trends, or is at least instrumental in doing so. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think they were the first to develop female-specific twins and now Armada and K2 have them, and more will probably follow.