Ski Artists & Designers

EPOV Series by Line Skis

March 10th, 2011 - Posted by in Ski Artists & Designers

Last spring we climbed a mountain, sat legendary skier Eric Pollard on a rock and pointed a camera at him and said go. See into the mind of a skier who has revolutionized the equipment we use as well as the way we watch ski videos. Listen in on Eric Pollard’s point-of-view.

Part 1 – Nimbus Independent – Eric explains his reasoning for straying from the norm of a professional skier’s filming habits and they ways it’s been presented.
http://NimbusIndependent.com

Part 2 – Skiing Style & Technology – EP talks about how far skiing has come from long, straight skis that plow through powder to the smooth fluid motions of backcountry freestyle skiing of today. To see the latest skis from Eric Pollard, check out the EP Pro, Sir Francis Bacon and EP Pro Shorty

Blend Art: Steve Wilson

October 6th, 2010 - Posted by jonfewster in Propaganda (Line in the News & Media), Ski Artists & Designers

Here at Line we take our graphics very seriously, so much that we will pull no stops in finding the perfect artist for a specific ski, this year’s Blend was no exception.

Hailing from Brighton, UK, Steve Wilson references circus posters, fairgrounds, Victorian postcards and tribal art as themes for his varied and experimental work. He generalizes this as “somewhere between pop and psychedelia.” With the Blend he created an ambiguous blend (no pun intended) of characters inspired by multiple personalities of the ski. The Blend’s general theme has always been big bold colors and content and this year’s didn’t disappoint! Check below for some of Steve’s work, our vision for the Blend, and the evolution of how the Blend’s graphic came to be!

Steve and some of his work:

Below is a brief that we put together each year to give a description of what the ski has been and the vision we have moving forward.

10-11 Blend SW Creative Brief

From there we have the artist create a couple sketches, we pass those around, figure out what we like or don’t like.

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and eventually come up with the final product!

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Learn more about Steve Wilson and check out all of his at http://www.wilson2000.com/

Afterbang Art: Jimbo Phillips

September 23rd, 2010 - Posted by jonfewster in Ski Artists & Designers

The Afterbang‘s art is created by Jimbo Phillips who with his father are responsible for creating skateboarding’s most legendary art since the 1980s. The same guy that created the famous Santa Cruz screaming hand. When we were thinking of who we wanted to design our first skate-deck construction ski, all we could think of was classic 80′s skate art. Who would be more perfect for that look than the legendary Jim and Jimbo Phillips? No one. Luckily it worked out and we were fortunate to have their designs on our Afterbangs!