Its not always the ski, more than not its the skier. I love my Lines. All of them. They all have a different purpose, you cant take the 1260s out in the backcountry and expect them to be as good as the motherships. So that’s why they have 9 different models to choose from. But allot of it is the skier, the problems that people have with all skis is that they aren’t as good as they think. Most Pro riders don’t break allot skis, because they know how to land. They aren’t landing low in the pipe, or on the tails all day like some of the more less experienced skiers out there. And more time than not if your ripping out an edge on a rail your probably not staying flat. But Line as a whole pushes the industry in a good way. Maybe its cause I’m bias since I ride for um, but they will always look out for the little guy, and fight against the major corporations for all of us. Like the slogan says “Because skiing needs a future.”