Just to add to the discussion...my glide was great (I too had to really
watch it coming off downhill runs, or else I'd come barreling into
people as the downhill transitioned into another climb). I used an
initial layer of low-budget Toko yellow World Loppet, then a layer of
Toko grey Molybdenum Low Flouro, and finally a layer of Toko red
High Flouro glide wax. No powders over the top.
My great glide was the reason I could stand to double-pole the final
5km or so (especially across Lake Hayward -- I must have passed about
20-30 people on the lake, just double poling, which really surprised
me). My arms didn't much care to speak with me the next day (especially
when I had to help push 2 stuck minivans up the hilly driveway at
the cabin).
Greg Fangel wrote:
>
> 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.
>
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