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Does waxing your skis affect sliding on rails?

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ScreaminScott_69
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Once 7 years ago this kid told me that waxing your skis makes you stick more on rails. He was a comp kid so I believed but he loved to mess around w me so I don't know is he right?
Aug 19 2023 3:58PM
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littleman34
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I imagine thats true but doesnt make much of a difference. wax definitely slides slower than metal I cant imagine it making a difference on rails maybe boxes more.
Aug 19 2023 4:20PM
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Vish-shoe
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100% ski wax makes the rails slide better

no one can convince me otherwise
Aug 19 2023 6:37PM
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bootspace
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put wax on one ski and not the other, then do fast slides and backslides and compare the times spent grinding
Aug 20 2023 1:31AM
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Rparr
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Vish-shoe100% ski wax makes the rails slide better

no one can convince me otherwise


I can absolutely feel myself sliding worse on rails as my bases dry out. I typically wax my skis every ~5 days of park skiing
Aug 20 2023 8:58AM
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skiP.E.I.
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RparrI can absolutely feel myself sliding worse on rails as my bases dry out. I typically wax my skis every ~5 days of park skiing


I've had the exact same experience.
Aug 20 2023 11:30AM
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Farmville420
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This would be dope if true but idk, I don't have sliding issues and have never waxed my skis lol
Aug 20 2023 9:28PM
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andrewsmart
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There's a reason people wax stuff to skate
Aug 20 2023 10:28PM
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weastcoat
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yeah I think it makes a difference especially if it’s a tube or pill that’s super dry and almost has a layer of rust on it (like after the sun sets on a slushy day and it gets real icy/cold). Def slides better with a waxed ski in that situation.


that being said I can very vividly remember sticking to a tube like a mf because I was 14 and didn’t understand the importance of scraping off all the excess wax lol.


I think both of those instances become less intensified the skinnier a rail is.
Aug 20 2023 10:42PM
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Peter.
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use honey it will work better
Aug 21 2023 10:24AM
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johnblaze
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In 7 years you haven't been able to determine this yourself?
Aug 21 2023 10:42AM
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ScreaminScott_69
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andrewsmartThere's a reason people wax stuff to skate


I remember saying that to him but I forget what his rebuttle was
Aug 21 2023 10:51AM
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ScreaminScott_69
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johnblazeIn 7 years you haven't been able to determine this yourself?


I was high all day every for like 5 years straight so didn’t care about this that much then got sober started thinking more
Aug 21 2023 10:53AM
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johnblaze
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ScreaminScott_69I was high all day every for like 5 years straight so didn’t care about this that much then got sober started thinking more



https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/1075150/Half-Baked-1080p-Marijuana-is-not-a-drug-
Aug 22 2023 10:06AM
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