Message #9012

[jbotti]

Svend, you pretty much answered the question IMO. On harder snow the wax does get reasoanbly scraped off, but never all of it. especialliay if you ski mainly on edge. Having said that the skis run so much faster and smoother when the wax is scraped and brushed. I just love the feel of a freshly waxed and scraped ski that is just gliding over the snow. That feeling is why I spend the time to wax.

You are right again in soft snow, that the wax does not come off. I also find that a nicely waxed ski performs better in powder and also on traverses and whenever I need to skate and pole. I just came back from MT where there were days where the high temps were 4F and the snow temp never got above -5F. On poorly waxed skis or skis waxed with the wrong wax the skis would just not move on flatter surfaces whether it was hard or soft. After two days like this, on the third I nailed it with the right wax and wow everything was so much easier.

IMHO, wax, wax offten, and scrape and brush every time.

I know many peiople that never wax and never tune.? They generally don't hang out in this forum!! To each his own!!!