Joel's Wax Recommendations
Wax Recommendation for the Sonot Khazoot
To prep your skis before waxing:
* Hot wipe with yellow wax to clean the ski. (To hot wipe your skis,
spread a layer of warm yellow wax on the skis and iron it in. While the
wax is still soft and liquidy, wipe it off with fiberlene lint-free paper.)
* Hot wax with one layer of Toko Molybdenum Low Fluoro.
When waxing for the race:
at this time it looks like a mix of HF Red and HF Blue - with a concentration of 2/3 blue on tip, transitioning to a concentration of 2/3 red on tail.
With old, dirty snow, both the High fluoros and Molybdenum are key to keeping the skis clean and fast.
Check back to Goldstream Sports for changes to the wax recommendation and our kickwax recommendation closer to the date of the race.
We have a fleet of six pairs of Salomon Equipe 10 skate skis for testing glide wax and structures. We have three pair of Salomon Equipe 10 skis for testing kick wax. The test skis were all matched at the factory. They are the same make, model and flex. Without matched skis any results are inaccurate and misleading. It is very costly to have nine pair of skis dedicated to testing but we believe that testing should be accurate not just a marketing ploy. When asking for advice it is important to find out the methods used behind the results.
Do you need to build your own wax box? Check out our complete recommendations.
Updated March 21, 2008
Birch Hill Ski Trails |
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Toko |
Other |
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| Glide Wax | 50/50 mix of Blue and Red | Swix CH6 | |
| Kick Wax | Blue | Swix Blue | |
| Cushion | |||
| Binder | |||
| Structure | Uni Cold | Uni Cold | |
| Notes | Be sure to brush thoroughly between all coats and after waxing to remove all surface residue. | ||
UAF / West Ridge Trails |
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Toko |
Other |
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| Glide Wax | 50/50 mix of Blue and Red |
Swix CH6 | |
| Kick Wax | Blue | Swix Blue | |
| Cushion | |||
| Binder | |||
| Structure | Uni Cold | Uni Cold | |
| Notes | Be sure to brush thoroughly between all coats and after waxing to remove all surface residue. | ||
Weather Information
Link to the Birch Hill weather page (courtesy of Nordic Ski Club of Fairbanks)
Definition of Terms
| Glide Wax | The wax applied to the tips and tails of classic skis and to the whole skate ski |
| Kick wax | Sticky wax crayoned on the the center of a classic ski, from the heel to about one foot in front of the binding |
| Binder | Used under Kick wax to bond the kick wax to the ski. Needs to be ironed on thinly |
| Cushion | Used when the track is glazed and has new snow in it. Softer wax under a harder wax gets more grip with less drag. Apply the softer wax, let freeze, then put on the harder wax |
| X-cold | This is a powder that is used as a hardener for cold or abrasive conditions. It has proven to be very effective in Fairbanks when mixed with the Toko Blue for our cold dry conditions to improve the glide |
| Structure | Structure is the texture in your base. It can be put in by hand or a stone grinder. Stone ground structures are more precise and effective than any hand structure. You can use a much finer stone ground structure than you can with a hand structure to accomplish the same task. Since it is finer it creates less drag making it the faster choice |