Ski Wax

The ski wax is a wax material used in the sport of skiing and snowboarding. Users apply the ski wax to the bottom part of their skis or boards to help them ski or snowboard better. Some of the more popular brands of ski wax in the market are the Dakine ski wax, Swix ski wax, Toko ski wax, and the Rode ski wax.

There are two categories of ski wax called the grip and glide ski wax. The glide wax are used for Nordic and alpine skis and snowboards. This type of ski wax optimizes the thickness of water between the ski and snow. Skiing creates wet and dry friction. If there is too much water, then a wet drag will occur and cause suction. Too little water causes a dry drag called friction. To manage and neutralize both, you have to do some ski waxing. On the other hand, the grip wax is a cross country ski wax. If you are going cross-country skiing, there is a specific cross country ski wax for this purpose. There are two forms of cross country ski waxing. The first is kick wax. This is what you use if the snow has already formed a crystal structure. Older and colder snow is the best example of crystallized snow. The second type is the klister wax. This type of ski wax comes in semi-liquid form, usually contained in tubes, like the toothpaste. This ski wax is really sticky, and removing ski wax of this form is very hard to do. However, it is the most recommended ski wax for icy conditions, below freezing or slightly above freezing.

Aside from ski wax, you will also have to learn about the few processes of waxing. First, you have to learn to make use of a ski wax iron. This is the best of the ski waxing techniques, but it is also the most tedious. You can also make use of ski waxing brushes. Basically, you have to melt and iron the wax into the base of your ski much like you are crayoning the base. Once it is completely cooled, you need to brush off excess wax. It may sound easy but you will need exact measurement of temperature, plus it is not that easy to heat and iron out wax into your base.

For a better understanding of how ski waxing is done, you can look for ski waxing instructions online. If you do not wish to do the hard work yourself, you can also hire a professional ski waxer to do it for you. Some of the techniques you can find on the internet include the paste and spray-on or rub-on waxing, the hair dryer paste waxing and the hotboxing.