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How often do you wax

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RefundRelent
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I recently bought 2014 Armada Pipe cleaner as a park ski. Some were saying the base was to fragile and some were saying the base was as tough as any other as long as i keep it welll waxed :). What made me make my choice is the armada's Alpha X presentation video on youtube (both skis have exactly the same base) which shows the Alpha X hitting biig rails setup really hard :). But now I need to know how often you need to wax those skis to consider it ''well waxed''
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RefundRelent
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I'm hitting 80% rails and 20% jumps if it matters
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a_burger
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I generally only wax whenever I patch something in the base, or just before a powder day.
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Lambsizza
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I just slap some goat semen on my bases and they're good for a season
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Duck_Sauce
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wax then when you begin to notice a loss in speed. the type of wax matters too for the temps you're skiing. Waxing doesn't help on rails its your edges that you wanna put to use, not necessarily your bases
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RefundRelent
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Okayy.. Whats the average amount of days at slope before it starts to patch and dry out ??? Also, if rails are more hard on edges, why half of the people here are saying that pipe cleaners arent good for jibbin because of their fragile base ??
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vlad_poots
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i sometimes wax if my chest is getting too hairy
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theabortionator
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My main board hasn't seen wax in 3 years I think. Don't have any problems getting speed though. It's a shitty base with core shots and all that.

It doesn't really matter to me. If you care about your base and wax I'd grab something nice that holds wax and is solid. One of my boards cost a lot more but it holds wax and even the sharpest stones barely touch the base.

If I was racing or needed extra speed for something I'd do it up but aint nobody got time for that
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bwilson17
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I wax my skis about as often as I wax my taint
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.squirrely.
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i wax op's mom on the daily
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Holte
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Once a decade whether the skis need it or not.
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shitpoop
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sintered bases = holds wax more
extruded = doesnt constantly need wax for speed (doesnt really matter on this kind)


most companys and such reccamend once every 3 times you go, you wax

i usually do it if i see snow burn (whiting of bases, like dry skinnnish looking), notice a loss of speed, or before a important day like new mtns and stuff
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CrapBandit
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I schedule my waxing in October, January and March but if its a special day I usually get a wax the night before. /ambiguity
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Alvaro
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my skis are full of holes in their bases, i wax them every 2 days
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IBAM
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I do the same stuff, I wax about once every 4 days on snow, but that may even be a bit excessive. Rule of thumb- if you can see that your bases are drying out, you should wax em
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Cyanicenine
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I wax whenever the base starts to look dry. You can tell it's dry because it will start turning white-ish underfoot near the edges and then it spreads from there. This can start to happen anywhere from 6-12 ski days out. Depends on conditions. If I'm riding mostly pow and soft snow I don't need to wax very often.
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OzzyJ
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I never wax
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ILLinoisance
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I usually wax once at the beginning of the season, and maybe once toward the middle, so every 10ish days.
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theo79
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I wax before every day of skiing. Not because the bases need it or that they are dried out from just one day of riding. Mainly because it's a ritual and I enjoy waxing.

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Shredability
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I don't think I've ever waxed my skis...
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uyghur
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I wax a couple times when I get new skis and then I wax them whenever they start to get white.
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plyswthsqrrls
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I wax every 6-8 days riding, depending on conditions and weather
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Peter.
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i haven't ever waxed my skis. east coast park riding for the win!


but really, i have never felt the need to wax my skis. i cruise through pairs anyway
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tomPietrowski
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Op. With a good quality base like you have it really will benifit from regular care. One big factor is only clean them via a hot scrape. Don't use any sort of base cleaner. You actual want the wax to build up in the base. As this happens the bases will become faster and also more durable.

How often you wax will be determined by factors such as how often you ski, weather conditions and snow conditions.

If you ski ice more you will prob want to wax more often then if you ride soft snow. If you ride 5 days a week wax at least once a week but if weather conditions change you will want to re wax.

In general I wax every 3 days or so. I just did 4 days in France and I really noticed that the skis had slowed by the end of the forth day.
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auski
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This thread is a real eye opener, so much gear disrespect

I feel like a negligent parent if i go more than 4 or 5 days without
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