Juli,
It was a tough day for everyone. With the fresh snow and relatively warmer
temperatures, the best wax to use for glide was a hydro carbon glide wax
with flouro over the top of it. Swix blue is hydro carbon glide wax. Two
skiers that I know used Fast Wax tan with Flight over the top. Flight is a
flourocarbon powder. They both had good fast skis.
I was experimental that day and used Cerax, knowing that it could be a
mistake. It worked good for a while, got slow towards the middle to 3/4 then
got fast again at the end. Cerax is a liquid, put on with an applicator and
dried with a hair dryer.
Looking back, I would have used the Fast Wax tan with Flight over the top.
I've used the Flight powder before and it made my skis super fast. I had to
be careful of running into people going up the hills after I just came down
a hill before.
Flourocarbon powder is difficult to work with and not for beginners. So the
best alternative would be to use a high flourocarbon glide wax. Toko and
Swix make these. Flouros work good in high moisture snow.
The last waves do have more chopped up snow to ski through. The chutes going
down the hills are larger also. I believe that all waves had problems with
slugging through the snow. A friend of mine bailed out just after 00 and
he's a wave one skier.
The best thing to do to learn about waxing is ask questions, go to wax
clinics, talk to people and try a few different scenarios with wax on your
skis.
Greg Fangel
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
Juli Wagner
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 7:20 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [XC] Dumb question Part II
Any suggestions for skate ski waxing? I am very new to the wax game and
rather
than stress over waxing, I just went with my skis with swix blue. My skis
felt
sluggish until the sleet iced things up.
Given yesterday's conditions after doing the Birkie course, what would
people
have done had they known? I was in the last wave (my first), is snow
condition
a strong reason for qualifying for a higher wave (would that have helped)?
Thanks for your feedback!
Juli Wagner
