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Dry slope waxing

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FreezerKid
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heard somewhere that on dry slope you dont scrape the wax off? anyone else heard this
Jan 18 2012 3:09PM
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Flying~Squirrel
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i usually use peanut butter
Jan 18 2012 3:25PM
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flexpattern
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I don't bother scraping the wax off when I'm training. Not much point as the wax gets ripped off in one run. When I'm doing a comp I scrape or brush. Or both.
Jan 18 2012 3:29PM
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razors-chaz
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i use a dryslope specific wax which is dryslope/arctic (-21c) wax and scrape and find that you have to wax every 10 hours on them otherwise you get base burn, but i generally always scrape. its not going to make much difference if you do or dont as the wax you put on and dont scrape is going to be across the first 100m of dendex/snowflex anyway. the race guys on race day will wax and brush their pairs and will get the lift up on another pair and do course inspection on them and then hop on the waxed pair in the gates as the wax only really has an effect for one run.
Jan 18 2012 3:37PM
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Elston
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I use dryslope specific wax and don't scrape. The reason is to protect the bases of the skis from burning. And anyway the plastic surface acts as a brush when you are on the hill.

Read this: http://southernfreestyle.co.uk/tips/kit-plastic-slopes/


Jan 18 2012 3:52PM
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N.L.
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i spray that dryslope liquid right on my skis, pretty sure its not good for them so use old planks.
seth morrison has a secret lube that I would love to be informed of...
Jan 18 2012 4:02PM
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JibbaTheHutt
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just wax and dont scrape off, you run slow for 1 run then its just normal...you going to ruin your bases if you ski dryslope no matter what you do, sad fact i have to face every time i go ski....
Jan 18 2012 4:16PM
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FreezerKid
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i knew i read it somewhere yer man im heading down this sunday for the squad training
Jan 18 2012 5:50PM
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Parks.
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Nah jelly on one ski... Peanut butter on the other
Jan 18 2012 6:07PM
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stupendous-man
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Dont you follow the peanut butter rule? it has to be peanut butter on both skis and then jelly in the middle.
Jan 18 2012 6:10PM
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