Cross Country Ski Gear and Reviews
Wax recommendation for Feb 10 Traverse City sprints
2/10/2009 - By Pete Edwards
Wax recommendations from Swix for the Feb 10 Traverse City Sprint race.
Weekend wax recommendations
2/6/2009 - By Mike Muha
UPDATES! Wax recommendations from Fast Wax, Solda, Swix and Toko for the weekend's Michigan Cup (and other) races. Says Swix's Pete Edwards: "Looks like it will be warmer and wetter on Saturday and cooler/drier on Sunday."
Wax recommendation for Feb 4 Traverse City sprints
2/2/2009 - By Pete Edwards
Swix wax recommendation for Feb 4 Traverse City sprints at Timber Ridge Nordic.
Cleaning Wax Brushes: Brush in the dishwasher
1/29/2009 - By Mike Muha
Today we bring out the big gun: a large home appliance! What happens when you try cleaing your ski wax brush in the dishwasher?
Weekend wax recommendations
1/29/2009 - By Mike Muha
Wax recommendations from Fast Wax, Solda, Swix and Toko for the weekend's Michigan Cup (and other) races. Check back for updates!
Cleaning Wax Brushes: Vacuum the brush
1/28/2009 - By Mike Muha
Here's a really efficient way to clean your ski wax brushes: Use a vacuum cleaner! And there's no messy cleanup...
Cleaning Wax Brushes: Brush a wire shelf
1/27/2009 - By Mike Muha
The brush-a-wire-shelf method of keeping ski wax brushes clean is similar to slap-and-scrap, but requires an additional piece of equipment.
Cleaning Wax Brushes: The slap and scrape method
1/26/2009 - By Mike Muha
The why and how of keping wax brushes clean. Over the next four articles, I'll show four different ways to keep your brushes clean, in order of increasing mechanization. Today: The slap and scrape method.
Weekend wax recommendations for the Noquemmanon
1/22/2009 - By Mike Muha
Wax recommendations from Fast Wax, Solda, Swix and Toko for the Noquemanon Ski Marathon. Check back for updates!
Snow Versus Air Temperature - Why?
1/21/2009 - By Ian Harvey
Your hot wax products should be chosen according to snow temperature. It is not always possible to establish the snow temperature in advance. Is there a way I can approximate the snow temperature from an accurate air temperature reading at the venue?
Wax Recommendations for TC Sprints, Jan 20
1/19/2009 - By Pete Edwards
Swix Traverse City Sprint wax recommendation for this Tuesday's sprint race.
2009 US Nationals and Swix LF3 Cold Powder
1/16/2009 - By Swix Technical Team
2009 US Nationals proved to be some of the coldest racing we have experienced in a long time. The race organizers did a great job, but the weather just did not cooperate. The result was two of four events were cancelled due to cold temperatures.
