How often to wax skis. But technically your skis should be waxed every half dozen ski days at minimum and not just to make them glide faster. When you should wax your skis. Theres no one right answer for how often you should wax but here are some guidelines.
Everyone here waxes their skis before each and every ski day and we tune our skis after 3 4 days of skiing on a pair of all mountaineveryday skis. Wax increases the density of your bases so theyll be less susceptible to damage says leif sunde experienced ski technician and cofounder of the denver sports lab in golden colo. Rewax more often if you have an.
Depending on how much you use your skis you can wax them more often. The approximate iron temperature is often printed on the wax box. Powder skis because the snow is soft can go a little longer without tuning depends on how many rockstreesstumps we hit too.
You want the iron to be hot enough to melt the wax but not to hot to damage the ski or burn the wax. It wears wax away more quickly. Rewax more often if you ski regularly in powder.
Rewax if you ski in a new region where the snow is drier or wetter than your regular ski area. Better glide makes it easier and more fun to ski both for professionals and beginners. At the end of each season you should adequately prep your skis with storage wax.
Do not touch the bottom of skis especially with your palm and fingers as the oils can damage the surface of the ski. If you are a racer ideally every time you race if you do freestyle once at the start of the year end of the year and in between when needed see 4 6 if you ski powder once per week or when needed see 4 6. Wax your skis at least once every year at the end of the season.
Hold a chunk of wax against the base of the iron and let it drip onto the ski or snowboard as it melts. Edges can and should be maintained each day of riding with a diamond file think of it like honing a kitchen knife advises sunde who adds that beyond that actual sharpening either with a file at home or through the shop should be about the same cadence as waxing. Hold the iron 2 to 4 inches above the ski or snowboard base and move it from tip to tail and side to side letting the molten wax droplets cover the base completely.
The answer to that question really depends on how often you ski and in what snow conditions but the answer is still basically the same. Waxing your skis is important to keep them from drying out and give you better glide when skiing down the slopes. You should be ironing in about four bars or a kilo of wax per ski season.