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Blades and Wax

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CaesarG1260
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Would you recomend waxing your skis alot, i think thats only if you do rails right?

and the blades, do those need to be kept sharp?
Nov 27 2005 3:51PM
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C.Stone
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hahahah blades, their called edges, and yes you should wax them a few times a year, but you dont have to do it like every week.
Nov 27 2005 3:52PM
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CaesarG1260
Posts: 11 - Karma: 10
haha my bad.
Nov 27 2005 3:53PM
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Adamskinick
Posts: 3353 - Karma: 126
yea you should wax.. at the beginning of the season i usually get a tune up and the shop does it for me nice..(speaking of which i still need to get boots) but yea once or twice a month is enough if u ski a few weekends.. like 5-8 times a month. maybe more if u ski a lot.
Nov 27 2005 3:55PM
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C.J.
Posts: 5460 - Karma: 72
I wax about every three times. only shapren your skis if you carve alot. if you do mostly rails and park you could probably never sharpen them. and wax has nothing to do with sliding rails. it is to stop the ski from sticking on the snow.
Nov 27 2005 3:55PM
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ZavierV
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It's more flowy if you wax your skis if you're always jibing it up. Edges need to be tuned regularily but maybe not so much underneath your boot because it makes it easier to slide.
Nov 27 2005 3:57PM
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Gnarshred
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i just recently found out that it is not possible to overwax you skis. as long as you scrape well, then just wax whenever you feel like it.
Nov 27 2005 3:59PM
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C.J.
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over wax no, under wax yes.
Nov 27 2005 4:01PM
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Spitzer
Posts: 534 - Karma: 10
If possible, request a hand wax. Most high volume shops will have a wintersteiger waxjet machine.... it sucks compared to a hand wax.

Using an iron helps the wax penetrate a ton better than a machine ever would.
Nov 27 2005 9:22PM
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