![]() ![]() It won’t be nearly as effective or long lasting, though, as hot waxing your bases. Rub-on wax: For a quick-and-easy performance bump, you can use an all-conditions rub-on wax.The solution is to change the wax on that base material to one that’s calibrated to the conditions when and where you’re skiing. Snow changes all the time, yet you can’t change the material in your ski bases. Wax is the intermediary between snow and your ski bases. “Kick” waxes that go in the center of cross-country skis are a separate subject. (Snowboarders: Everything we’ll talk about in this article applies to you, too, but we’ll say “skis” from here on out to keep things short and sweet.) And when we say “wax” we’ll be talking about “glide” waxes that go on the full length of alpine skis and the tips and tails of cross-country skis. We talked to Joe Kahn, a longtime snowboarder and master tech in our Bellingham, Washington, REI store to get some waxing wisdom. Dried out bases are prone to delaminating. Healthier gear: Wax can’t save you from gouges caused by exposed rocks, but it will seal bases to prevent them from drying out-kind of like applying a moisturizer to your skin.Speedier gear: Even if you’re a beginner, you’ll enjoy a smoother slope experience if you wax you’ll also appreciate some extra speed when you’re ready to graduate from snowplow turns to parallel turns-or from skidding turns to carving turns on a snowboard.You need to wax your skis or snowboard for two simple reasons : “Isn’t snow already slippery?” A fair point, but it takes two surfaces to tango and the one you can control is the base of your gear. People often ask us why they need to wax their skis or snowboard. ![]()
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