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Line is NOT a sellout, but come on...
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i don't consider line a sellout for selling to k2. ok, maybe they did 'sell out', but based on what i've know from very reliable folks, it was either sell out and keep the name Line in existence and producing skis, or straight up go out of business, no more line, no nothing.
What i do think was super fucking gay, was the fact that they dropped their whole team, which was blatently due to their innability to support all but a couple athletes...i understand that they had to do this...but what the fuck Jay? you told us it was because 'Line and these athletes just had different agendas, different focuses, and their futures just weren't lined up with one anothers' I knew at the time why they really did it, but many people didn't and just thought that Line was fucking gay cause they dropped their favorite riders (dash, coker, etc).
I think line would have seen alot more consumer support if Jay had been up front, because I know I wouldn't want to see one of the companies that was a huge part of the new school revolution and first rider owned ski companies go out of business because they lost alot of money investing into what could have potentially been a epic innovation for our sport (i've blown out both knees, and would have loved to seen the reactor work well) I mean shit, even though i didn't like their skis that much, if they said that they were in serious financial troubles due to pouring money into trying to make a great innovation in the industry (reactor, I would have felt they deserved props and support for going out on a limb like that, and maybe bought a pair of their skis if i was in the market for a new pair.
maybe they were in over their heads regardless, but i think the bullshit reasons they gave for dropping their team cost them more business than if they were up front about their problems.
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i wish i could get the story straight with LINE. i've heard so many different versions of what happened w/ coker and sprang and everyone else. but just so you know in the NS poll for favorite ski company line got like 32% of the votes. i dont think consumer support is an issue.
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how often is any business run "up-front" with its customers? hardly ever.
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how many threads are going to be made about this? thats my question+
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well i heard russel and coker's stories, and in both cases it was that Line's offer was not as high as the other... not because j didnt care or dropped them or didnt want to keep them... the riders just simply needed more money... i dunno about dash tho
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jay basically contracted carpel tunnelfrom answering everyquestion yall had about line in the fall. thats pretty up front eh? ,everything he said was true. this new move has nothing to do with him and it is a good move for line to continue tomake the best freestyle skis in the industry. k2 is notan evil company, they were "core" at one point and like any busness out there, they want to grow. and gorw they did, into a large "core company who can buy out small core brands. sorry folks, its business yo!!
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yeah, k2 is a sick company and i cannot see much bad happening with this. i guess you can see line selling out but common k2 is a sick company too.
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Levinthal is lying to you idiots. He's been trying to dump this company for years now. He's not "looking into new agendas" or trying to "reshape the way the industry works". He's cutting costs! PLain and simple! The fact that none of you see through this bullshit amazes me.
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the only bullshit is you, the 4FRNT sales manager, oh-so-professionally coming onto the intenet to rag on a company that in no small way helped pave the road for you guys.
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Even if that were the case, businesses are generally made to make money? Am I wrong?
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I'm sorry, what was that about Option?
Where would 4frnt be if Line hadn't paved the way?
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I have no affiliation with ANY company you ass-hat. In fact, I'm 10,000 miles away surfing! So stop with your hollier-than-thou, "professional" bullshit.
Don't believe me? Give 'em a call and ask if I work there.
Get your facts straight next time moron.
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this i ssuch bullshit, who gives a flying fuck if there core or not. And this saying where would 4frnt be if line hadnt paved the way is retarted to becuase if line didnt do it someone else would have, so it really doesnt fuckin matter. There sold to k2, thats buisness. Everyone needs to drop this whole oh their core, im only buying from core companies and fuckin shit like that. k2 makes a sick product, got lots of money bought their compeition out. Good buisness. done thats it
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Haha, Ass-hat.
Man that's a good one.
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dum fuck
you dum shits can call him a sell out or what ecer you want but in the end he doesnt ow ANY thing to you. He had two choices...
1) Let line drop out of existance like so many other ski companys out there or
2) sell the company to a larger company and keep there skis out there.
All of you stupid kids who dont know anything about the industry either have to shut up and leave or shut up and learn. Its your choice
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wait, i guess your sarcasm meter is dead, too...
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no its not, but in the past 2 days there has been more than 6 different threads that are all on the same thing. Is line a sell out? and the way i see it they had little choice but to sell
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what are you talking about k2 makes bikes and cut off shorts for the recreational hiker......i dont think thats core,do you?
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