The New York Times article crediting Line for pioneering “the next extreme sport”. It coincidentally was the same time that Karhu skis purchased Line from Jason Levinthal. Line & Jason moved to Burlington, VT that year with the much needed financing & manufacturing to take the company to the next level.
Back in 1997, before people were skiing backwards, before 110+mm powder skis, when only skateboarders and snowboarders slid rails, I was on a mission to session this rail on skis. It was in downtown Albany, NY where I grew up & Jeff Winterton shot the photo that became the first ever published photo of a rail slide by a skier. I was extra stoked it was legit urban, you got to love the jeans & tee shirt. At the time I was doing everything possible to be a skier that didn’t do what skiers do.
It’s hard to believe now, that in the late 90’s skiing was so stale, that even a mainstream magazine like Newsweek felt the need to cover this story. A start-up ski company rejuvenates the sport of skiing with new twin tip skis. Double click to enlarge image & read
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