| Cross Country Ski Waxing Techniques... | ||
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 Specialist in Human Powered Travel |
Mark
Zen P. O. BOX 474 Ft. Lupton, Colorado 80621-0474 |
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| When you wax your skis, you wax for the temperature of the snow. In principle, it is easy. | ||
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In practice, well, it just takes practice!! The idea of wax is to
aid in traction on level ground, so that as you plant your forward foot,
all the weight on that ski stops it, you plant that foot, and use it to
push, as it goes behind you. You "just" skip from foot to foot.
Waxes will not help get traction up steep inclines. At that point you
need to use technique. This would include the "Herring bone" or
"Side Step"
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To facilitate the "Kick and Glide", the tips of the skis must
glide across the snow, and the center must get traction. Ski waxes must
be applied to the ski one layer at a time, and from hardest to softest.
This is similar to peanut butterand jelly. It is difficult to spread
peanut butter over the top of jelly.
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