No other brand can match Line’s irreverent attitude, its tongue in its cheek and its thumb in The Man’s eye. Behind this just-us-wacky-kids façade, Line is a serious ski maker that applies Old School tech to New School shapes. The Supernatural 92 is a case in point, a traditional wood and glass structure applied to a 5-point sidecut and mildly rockered forebody.
Given Line’s anything-goes ethos, you might expect the Supernatural 92 to be twin-tipped, center-mounted and more likely to drift than carve, but you’d be wrong on all counts. As an all-glass ski with 4mm of camber underfoot, the Supernatural 92 is a showcase for what this uncomplicated construction can do: pounce from turn to turn, the glass behaving like a coiled spring when pressured, zinging the skier across the fall line and setting up the next turn. A powder ski that secretly loves to carve, the Supernatural 92 responds to light pressure and low edge angles, making it perfect for lighter skiers. “Really carries the turn across the hill,” notes Kevin from Footloose. “Powerful on edge through crud. Very surprised!”
Most ski manufacturers wouldn’t regard “fun” as a technical term, but it’s a precise specification for Line, as it fits both the personality of the brand and the attitude of the all-mountain Supernatural series. Defying Newtonian physics, the Supernatural 92 seems capable of giving back more energy than the skier puts in.
The Supernatural 92 gets its unapologetically playful personality from a cambered baseline that gives its mostly glass structure a spring-like quality that pounces turn to turn. There’s just enough metal laid down the ski’s middle to give it more grip on hard snow without dulling its agility. This combination of shape and structure creates a ski that’s surprisingly comfortable whether driven with a feather-light touch or a lead foot.
Just because Line markets to the young – “Trix are for kids!” could be its motto if General Mills hadn’t thought of it first – doesn’t mean its skis won’t also perform for the 50-year old adolescent. The Supernatural 92’s facility for accurate steering from an upright stance makes it natural pick as a Silver Skier Selection.