Line Blade Skis 2021 | 176cm

Carve, slash, drift and power through turns like never before, the Blade is an all mountain ski unlike anything else. 95mm in the waist with a huge shovel, Gas Pedal Metal Titanal inserts and early Rise all combine to produce incredible turning with a tight radius and lively performance, ensuring that this one of the most playful skis to hit the mountain. It’s not your typical one-dimensional metal and wood all mountain offering, the Blade will shred pistes leaving trenches behind and just as easily jump into fresh snow to slash and charge and keep going even after it is all tracked out. Change the way you think about all mountain skis.Terrain Type & Ability LevelTerrain Type The Blade is Line’s take on a metal laminate ski, created to leave deep sliced trenches in its wake. It’s an aggressive and agile all mountain charger that will allow you to carve, slash, drift and power through turns whatever the conditions or terrain. Perfect corduroy, fresh pow, tracked-out, trees, or groomers, it doesn’t matter.Skier TypeIt’s no secret that Line’s roots go deep into the freestyle skiing scene, and those roots will never change, but you can’t ski park forever. One day, you might wake up and realize you want a ski that can make the entire mountain your playground, a ski that allows you to rip down normal groomers as you’ve never done before. Instead of bending your blends all day long, you want to turn and burn your way around the mountain or slash and slarve through the fresh snow that fell overnight. That’s where the Blade comes into play.OverviewShapeIt’s distinctive with its big shovel, squared off nose and big flared tail that squares off. This shape means it skis long for it’s length and you should think about sizing down from what you’d normally ski. The 95mm waist ensures a stable platform when you’re not on the pistes; the ‘tight’ radius helps you lay down clean shapes. A 5Cut Multi Radius Sidecut blends 5 different radii so that the ski is comfortable in a variety of turns and keeps an intuitive feel.Rockerearly Rise at the tip and tail lift them away from the snow to bring the contact points closer to the centre of the ski. This increases the ski's lift in deep snow and allows it to engage more quickly on hardpack when rolled over on edge.CoreAspen is used in the core as it is a lightweight resilient wood that makes a great all rounder. This is reinforced with the Titanal of the Gas Pedal Metal to boost torsional rigidity and precision.ConstructionSidewall Construction uses an ultra-high density polyethylene over the edges to absorb vibrations and provide powerful energy transmission.Key FeaturesGas Pedal MetalTitanal focused across the ski width provides increased edge grip and torsional stability while maintaining a lively feel along the length of the ski. Two independent tip and tail Titanal pieces add extra power and energy. Directional FlexThe softer tip floats and initiates turns easily while the stiffer tail provides power, stability and high speed control.eB tester’s comments: Luke (Buying Team) The Blade is for skiers who just want to have fun on the slopes. Unlike a lot of tighter radius skis, it’s not full of metal and doesn’t take itself seriously. Great for doing little slashes and dipping in and out of various terrain.Technical SpecificationsSize (cm)Tip Width (mm)Waist Width (mm)Tail Width (mm)Radius (m)Weight (g)16915495124Tight185017615495124Tight205018115495124Tight2200General InformationSkier Ability: Advanced/expertTerrain Type: All Mountain Rocker: Tip/Tail RockerRadius: ShortBase: SinteredBindings: n/aDIN: n/aConstruction: Full SidewallCore: Wood, Titanal LaminateDemo: NoSizing Description: Nose level to forehead height is ideal, but longer length is important if there is a bigger rocker or you’re spending more time off piste where the extra stability and float a larger size provides will be beneficial.