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LINE Blade Optic 104 | 2024
When FREESKIER founder Brad Fayfield deems a ski “super fun and very playful,” you best believe the man, the myth, the legend. The most versatile width in the Blade Optic
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Mens 87-96 (AM) Men
Like a teenager moving to a new high school, Line has reinvented itself with the Blade Optic series. Personally, we’re pretty damn fired up about it. This type of ski was missing in Line’s arsenal, but no longer. The Blade Optic 96 harnesses what Line calls Gas Pedal Metal Overdrive; that name is not lying in the slightest. A carefully shaped Titanal sculpture flows underfoot and into the tip and tail of the ski, delivering a confident ski you might not be used to from Line. But that’s okay. Change is only natural. The shape of the ski retains the playfulness you want and expect with the stability you need, so you can take those side hits into the stratosphere without worry. Our testers claimed it was poppy, snappy, stiff and playful. It’s rare to hear that combination of words for just one ski, but Line’s Blade Optic 96 delivers. “This ski popped, locked and dropped. Full send, full fun,” raves Matt Steen.
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