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I searched and found nothing. Does everyone wax there skis regularly or every once in a while? I basically never do, like once a year. Is there really a need to wax aside from going faster, like does it protect the bases or make them last longer at all?
i wanted to see how lazy you were, so first i searched "waxing skis". well that turned out to be too broad, so i searched for "waxing". endless threads.
If you don't wax your skis it will eventually dry them out and they will be really slow, especially on days when it is super cold you can dry them out really quick. I usually only wax them around 2 or 3 times a season and try to leave a layer on over the summer and it seems to work fine
As a ski wax manufacturer, I would recommend hot waxing your skis every 4-6 times you ride. This will give you a faster ride (and why wouldn't you want to go fast?), but it also does prevent your bases from drying out and "base burn". Waxing does hep protect your bases and helps them last longer.
I recommend not getting your skis waxed at a shop because that can cost $10-20 per hot wax when you can get a half pound brick for $11.95 that will get you about 10-15 hot waxes per brick.
I am not trying to be a total salesman right now, but we are having a sale on any ski wax purchased will come with a free ski scraper (no coupon code required). Which will save you a few bucks when starting to hot wax on your own.
message me or email me if you have any questions on how to wax, or how you can get started.
Storage wax over the summer is also key as it will keep them from drying out over the summer and you can scrape them just before your first time up the mountain and be ready to ride.
For me it's almost as much of a way to get pumped up for the day as it is for performance purposes.
Nothing like hangin out on the deck with the boys, beers, and tunes and lubing up the skis with some hot waxy foreplay before you ride them hard the next day.
That being said, I do like to go fast and it also helps bigtime on the cat tracks to have a solid wax job.
Extruded bases are some times more durable, but they don't really hold wax well at all. The real only solution is hot waxing regularly (more often then a sintered base). Extruded bases do not absorb wax as well as a sintered base and there is not really much you can do about it.