Cross Country Ski Waxing and Base Prep

Toko waxes in dirty warm snow

2/13/2009 - By Rick Reynolds

When making your wax choice the cleanliness of the snow and the air quality need to be a major consideration. The dirtier the snow the harder the wax needs to be.

Wax recommendation for Vasa Weekend

2/12/2009 - 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!

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.

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?