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The following winter of 1998, the X Games for the first time ever had a ski event. It was a slopestyle and believe it or not, skiboard only. After you stop laughing, remember that skiing on long skis was still stuck doing back scratchers & raceing while guys like Mike Nick, a highschool friend of Jason’s was throwing cab 900’s, misty sevens and grinding rails, never even considered possible on skis. Thanks to plenty of practice in east coast parks Jason took home the Bronze and Mike Nick the gold in that year’s X Games. Line was instantly credited by shops and consumers as the original, authentic, pioneer of this new rider driven ski product. Suddenly Line was on the map and although the product still had a long way to go people were beginning to visualize where the sport could someday end up, if the product and skiing continued to progress.
