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Line Skis, commonly shortened to Line or stylized as LINE, is a new school ski company owned by K2 Sports. Line Skis was founded by Jason Levinthal in 1995 to produce short, twin-tipped skis for freestyle skiers, and has since moved to produce full-length free skis. [1] The brand also sells items such as ski poles, streetwear, and various ...
K2 Sports, LLC, known simply as K2, is an American sporting goods company headquartered in Seattle, Washington focused primarily on winter sports equipment. K2 operates under the labels K2 Snow and K2 Skates, as well as its subsidiaries Backcountry Access, Ride Snowboards, Tubbs Snowshoes, Atlas Snow-Shoe Company, LINE Skis, Full Tilt Boots, and Madshus brands. [1]
Line Skis: alpine skis: Albany, NY, United States: 1995: Introduced a radical-sidecut mini-ski in 1995, and then developed this basic idea into one of the first twin-tip skis in 1999. Purchased by K2 around 2002. Continues to cater to the free ride market. Madshus: cross-country: Norway: 1906: Only major producer left in Norway.
Eric Pollard is an American snow freeskier and film editor from Welches, Oregon, who lives in the Hood River region of Oregon. He was a professional skier for Line Skis for over 22 years and now designs skis and snowboards for Season.
The first Madshus skis were produced by Martin Madshus in 1906 in a barn in Vardal near Gjøvik. The company moved to Lillehammer in 1936 and then to Biri in 1972. In 1988, the factory was bought by K2 Sports Inc, but the skis are still produced at Biri. Some Madshus skis have been made in China (e.g. some 2013-2014 Glittertinds).
These Valentine's Day crafts for kids are fun for all ages, including cards, DIY gifts like candy, wreaths, and other decorations.
Elan SCX changed the world ski industry by inventing sidecut skis, which made carve turns possible at low speeds and with a short turn radius. They were first developed in 1988 by Jurij Franko (not to be confused with the skier Jure Franko), who calculated a suitable flex pattern for the new kind of skis with his colleague Pavel Škofic.
In 2003 the Nordica brand was purchased again by the Tecnica Group, [5] after sales decreased to US$97,5 million on 730,000 pairs of boots plus 100,000 pairs of skis. [4] The new corporate strategy is aimed at the ski sector with particular attention being paid to racing products and to the competition sector.