A Walk In The Park - Joona Kangas

Member of the Month

r00kie
April, 2021

Online

Welcome to the Newschoolers forums! You may read the forums as a guest, however you must be a registered member to post. Register to become a member today!

Optimal ski preparation for sand skiing?

profile picture
Quarantechno
Posts: 0 - Karma: 22
So, where I live there are some pretty good sand dunes for skiing in the summer, I've been wanting to try it for a while and now I have some beat up skis and boots, so I plan on giving it a go.

How do i prepare my skis though? Wax or no wax? Or something else?

Got inspired by this video:

https://www.facebook.com/lineskis/videos/2542024826056520/
Apr 21 2020 10:04AM 10 0
profile picture
k_tivnan
Posts: 82 - Karma: 445
QuarantechnoSo, where I live there are some pretty good sand dunes for skiing in the summer, I've been wanting to try it for a while and now I have some beat up skis and boots, so I plan on giving it a go.

How do i prepare my skis though? Wax or no wax? Or something else?

Got inspired by this video:

https://www.facebook.com/lineskis/videos/2542024826056520/


I have no experience sand skiing but you could try and give your skis a super thick wax. I would also dull down the edges a lot so you could kinda just make surfy turns. If you kept the edge, you might just catch and get bodied
Apr 21 2020 2:54PM 4 2
profile picture
theabortionator
Posts: 47148 - Karma: 109,672
We used some floor polish. Seemed to get some extra slide and could def tell when it wore off.

Prolly wax the fuck out of them too
Apr 21 2020 3:30PM 7 1
profile picture
Wormracer
Posts: 11291 - Karma: 19,470
Definitely dont wax.

Watch the TC video and do what we did with the formica. Without doing that you wont move fast at all.
Apr 21 2020 7:51PM 23 0
profile picture
villiers
Posts: 4 - Karma: 26
I'd say get yourself some sandboard wax and go crazy with it. If you don't wax them you are likely to ruin your ski, or maybe you'll just make them very smooth.. let us know how it goes
Sep 11 2020 3:05AM 5 0
profile picture
Bended_Toenail
Posts: 1343 - Karma: 9,182
villiersI'd say get yourself some sandboard wax and go crazy with it. If you don't wax them you are likely to ruin your ski, or maybe you'll just make them very smooth.. let us know how it goes


Welcome to ns!
Sep 15 2020 11:41AM 4 1
profile picture
villiers
Posts: 4 - Karma: 26
Bened_notnilWelcome to ns!


Thank you :D
Sep 16 2020 3:48AM 0 1
All times are Eastern (-4)