Keep your ski bases fast and slippery this winter using these simple steps for ski waxing. For many skiers, learning to wax your own skis is a bit of a rite of passage, a milestone of dedication to ...

If sliding on snow is your winter pastime, you’ve almost certainly carved a few turns by now, whether up in the Cascades or on the nearest hilly street thanks to our late December blast that turned ...

Even if you do no other ski maintenance yourself, you should learn how to wax your own skis. It’s easy, you’re unlikely to screw it up, and it’s way more cost-effective than taking skis to a shop ...

In this final episode of our four-part series on ski tuning strategies, Matt Hupperts of the Edgeworks in Denver shows you how to hot wax your skis, using a waxing iron and a plastic scraper. On the ...

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We want to hear about your ski waxing routines and preferences. Skis need wax. If they don’t have any, they won’t go anywhere. That’s settled science, and we won’t bore you by getting into the details ...

SKIING IS ABOUT to get a little bit harder. For decades, those trying to go slip-sliding away have been able to call on some (legal) chemical help. Fluorinated ski wax hugely reduces friction with the ...

Winter is over, which means it’s time to hang up your skis or snowboard for summer storage. After squeezing in one last run on the lone snow patch on your highest local peak, you might be tempted to ...

Skis need wax. If they don’t have any, they won’t go anywhere. That’s settled science, and we won’t bore you by getting into the details. What’s less settled, though, are skiers’ waxing routines and ...