The Influence of LINE

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Thesis: The recent emphasis on style (some might call it a 'style revolution') is based mainly upon the ideals and influence of Line and its riders.

And I back it up- Line's been talking style ever since Lev made his first pair of skiboards. Line's put boards on some of the styliest skiers out there and consistently backed them up. Example: Eric Pollard, who is just now entering into the highest and most revered echelon of professional skiers. His style is totally refined, defined, and unique, and he's finally getting the respect he deserves for it. Tons of other riders are starting to catch on and throwing Pollard-style tricks... Phil Belanger and C.R. Johnson, just to name a few. Skogen was the original style guru, and he's still at the top of the game. Some might say that Tanner and Evan started the whole style thing... but who taught Tanner everything he knows about style? It was Skogen.

Anyway, this is pretty much to say that Line is the shit, always has been, and is definitely coming up in the world. Check out all the Line riders in advertisements and articles in the latest Freeze- Pollard, Skogen, Mike Nick, Mike Laroche, Mike Wilson, Jon Kozody, Dash Longe... just to name a few.

What with ever-expanding ideas and products, Line is sure to be a major competitor on the market in the next few years. Word to that.

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your not going back enough. Salomon put money behind the 1080, and cusson, douglas, auclair, sczocs, and that whole beginning crew (PBP State of Mind, Degenerates era) brought with it the image. With newschool skiing looking for influence, snowboarding was an obvious choice, so the image of snowboarding and skteboarding blended, to help make skiing 'Cool' with th youth.

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'I step into another level when i smoke that herb, style is everything, gotta be mooth.' -Tanner Hall
 
yea but the salomon guys werent always atlking style, that didnt seem to start till skogen.

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Yeah, I agree with that- Salomon and the New Canadian Air Force set the foundations for newschool skiing as we know it... but Line riders are behind the latest style craze.

Not to say I'm necessarily behind it... sometimes it seems that people are taking it too far. I liked Nobis's comment in his Freeze interview... he just likes to go big.

'And if ignorance is bliss, then WIPE THE SMILE OFF MY FACE!' -Zack de la Rocha
 
Werd to that. Chris Collins represent. :)

'And if ignorance is bliss, then WIPE THE SMILE OFF MY FACE!' -Zack de la Rocha
 
I love the Line philosophy of style so much, and they have some great riders, but I still dont know if 'Line Rocks'. I know a ton of guys who used their skis and hated them. I think the Line spirit and style is awesome, but I still dont think their product is where some other more experienced companies are. Although in the last few years they have improved in leaps and bounds, and I'm sure in another couple years, they will be equal or above other ski companies for quality.

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Ya, no doubt Line has done a ton to bring style into skiing, but Candide also had a big part in the 'style revolution' as far back as '13' and Global Storming.

His 7 tail in the first skier big air X was the first really 'stylie' shit in a comp. But ya it was mostly Line, the pretty much made the switch rodeo what it is between Laroche and Skogen. Pollard with the whole 'Pollard style' thing, and now Dash Longe and some others really bringing the style aspect up.

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Ya in my eyes line is da shit, whatever u guys say about mike nick saying he sux this and that, i say he took skiboarding to the farthest level, when u say skiboarders dont go big just think of what he did on those things, thats why i dont care wut u ride because if u take it to max u are livin it to the fullest, if spinning is easy on skiboards and a skier pulls a 900 then the skiboarder should pull a 1080, get wut i am sayin?!! Wow i think i made a point there, whatever, just whatever you do, do it the best!!!!

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i agree that Line has had some influence in style, but cusson and them also incorporated style by 'grabbing'. Once line started to get big, is the same time that anybody could do a misty flip, but whoever did it with a clean grab is the shit. Newschool skiing keeps progressing. Top pros were learning new tricks, but the old tricks were getting so easy, the competition wasnt who could spin the most times with a mute grab, but who could spin with 'style' the word skiers have adopeted to describe smooth, and pleasing to the eye. Snowboarding went through a similar state. Style in skiing has always been sought after, from the days of the hot doggers, to the smooth mogul lines of Nelson Carmichael, to the smooth cliff drops and powder decents of Glen Plake, and then to Mike D and his parade of canadian ex-mogul skiers, and Johnny D getting mike's crazy crew on film.

I agree that Line pushed it a lot, but i think Line used marketing to get the popularity it has today. They appealed mostly to younger people, ages 10-25, creating a 'cool' image of skiing by pushing style with their riders, their ski graphics, and their general mode of youthful, high-tec, high customer interaction behavior. How many ski manufacturers have forums on their sites that are overrun with 'your a little bitch' and 'XYZ's skis suck, Line rules!'.

im not trashing Line, i think they have a great company. Personally i dont like their skis, but their graphics are sick, and their positive interaction with their young customers has created loyalty, and customer returns.

If jay lev was here right now, I'd shake his hand and tell him that what he has done is badass. I've known him for a while now, and i know he has worked his ass off to get Line where it is today, and for that i have an unlimited respect for him and his company.

Even though i no longer ride for them, and i personally do not like their skis, i have nothing bad to say about thecompany in general.

remembner, style is your own creativity, and expression of yourself in your trick. Your style is your style, and it may look ugly, or it may look smooth, good style is all in the eye of the beholder.

keep skiing

Ryan Spinks

'I step into another level when i smoke that herb, style is everything, gotta be mooth.' -Tanner Hall
 
you ride for dynastar now? i just saw you tonight in a skiing mag riding this years darkisides? lines anyway. and werd up to kami fo representin our home town ski hero chirs collins. sicky haha

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we must not forget that both JOSH FRAZIER and GRIFFEN CUMMINS ride lines...the creators of pollards style

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I really like Line and I've noticed that what they've been doing with skis is great.

For example, high tails are great, not many companies have as high of tails as Line has on their skis. I like that.

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Haha Griffen... the last of the no-polers.

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i think line skis are awesome skis if you are never going to leave the park, at least skogens. I dont like skiing normal runs with them but they are still fun. Changing between skogens to volkls i have to use for racing is wierd cause those make such quick short turns and the skogens dont do that o well. So if you stick to the park and especially if you are in the midwest line skis are awesome

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a few words. Whatis this style thing all about anyway? Style is a term that is almost impossible to define. You will never get a concesus as to who has the best style or what is the styliest. Basically, style comes down to what you like. And that is opinion. So, style is just what you like.

So why is style emphasized so much? We all like what we like to see, but is there a point when style overcomes substance? There was a time when skiing had nothing to do about clothes, how you looked in a photo, or what skis you were on. All that mattered was that you enjoyed and loved the mountains and being able to play in them. And skiers were judged in quality based on how well and how daringly they skied a wide variety of lines, jumps, and trails. When we retrict our enjoyment of skiing and skiers to 'style', does it limit us in certain ways? I think so.

A word about line. I've never skied them, but certainly their association with style is due to their huge marketing push. Graphics, a general attitude about their team, youthfulness, are doubtlessly pushed by a team trying to sell skis. I'm not saying that's a bad thing, but it's not like they created style. Maybe some of their skiers did, but that's not really the company itself, is it? Anyway, the images, graphics, attitude they portray was all taken from snowboarding. And where did snowboarding get it? Skateboarding. Where did they get it? Black Urban American culture. It's all been ripped off from them. Just like Elvis. Take that however you want.

That's kind of beside the point, but with Line skis, is it style over substance? I don't know. Certainly style is a huge reason they've become so popular.

In the end I guess I sometimes wish people would shut up about style and just go big, or just have fun. I like what Nobis was saying, too. Let's all just ski like a motherf*cker and get busy. And I don't care about anyone's style. PEACE!

 
yay im in the midwest time for some lines!

i think this whole style thing is kinda odd. like cusson said, 'you cant define style.' so i worry less about making tricks look like somebody else did em, and try to make my own flavor. but i suck so w/e.

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there is no true meaning of style in my mind it guys like pollard and deaschenaux with the most style style will never have a true meaning to it but i agree line has had lots of influence on skiing and the revolution

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This is just my opinion and im sure alot of people are goign to bitch me out, but when i think of style i dont think of the innovators, alot of you guys are saying, give props to the canadian ari force, and candied and all this for starting it all up and having mad style, i'll give them all the props in the world for starting somthing new and taking skiing to new places but i dont think style was really huge when all newschool began, it was more of a goal to get newschool skiing towards. I do agree that people like Candied, Jon olson, JF Cusson, The Line team, and many others all have mad style now but when you look back at when skiing started, how much style did they really have. Props the the innovators and the die hards, props to the ones who worked hard to make style where it is today. Now you can all yell at me.

 
there is no way newschool would be where it is now without Line.

NO WAY. you heard me. and you agree deep down. if salomon woulda done it, it would be all about like just killing yourself.

disregard that las sentence for lack of making sensse.kinda like my typing.s

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yea, i'm not disrespecting line or the skiers like skogen or pollard, but a lot of you guys arn't giving the NCAF and other dudes enough credit. you can not say that people like JP Auclair, Cusson, and Candide weren't throwing down nice shit a few years ago, and even now the guys where were in it from the start are still pushin the whole 'style' thing by going bigger in the backcountry.

Style isn't just Tanner Hall doing a 360, it's more than that - a hell of a lot more. skiing is an artform and everyone has a style of their own, even if they are trying to copy someone else.

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one thing i think line do rey well is support atgrass roots level, for examplein the uk they totaly push ew school and all that shit where its barely been heard of, they ubd comps and shit at the dry slopes and just generally pushhe sport over here, something i havent seen other companies do

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the research of style came for me from candide and julien reigner in france and the nex canadian air force in canada... at this moment the line team was just a skiboarding team, and after they come to ski and put style at an other level

 
the research of style came for me from candide and julien reigner in france and the nex canadian air force in canada... at this moment the line team was just a skiboarding team, and after they come to ski and put style at an other level

 
who the hell are you?

there you have it everybody, style came from france, it all makes sense now.

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you dumb bastard, style came from snowboarding, not from you smelly little mexicans, how dare you claim to have been the first with style? you have no respect for your fellow atheletes (snowboarders) and you should not be allowed to live.

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shut up we are speaking about style in ski and not in snowboard or skate... I know that newschool and style come from snowboard and skate but the first to do tricks with style in ski were canadians, candide and julien

 
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