How Often Should You Wax Your Skis? There's no such thing as waxing your skis too often. In fact, professional ski racers will often freshly wax their skis for every single run in a race. However, if ...

Even if you do no other ski maintenance yourself, you should learn how to wax your own skis. It’s easy, you’re unlikely to screw it up, and it’s way more cost-effective than taking skis to a shop ...

In this final episode of our four-part series on ski tuning strategies, Matt Hupperts of the Edgeworks in Denver shows you how to hot wax your skis, using a waxing iron and a plastic scraper. On the ...

View post: How Old Were You When You First Tried Skiing? Our Readers Weigh In Skis need wax. If they don’t have any, they won’t go anywhere. That’s settled science, and we won’t bore you by getting ...

A regular coating of fresh wax makes skis last longer and go faster. We recommend waxing your skis at least once a year, but if you hit the slopes regularly, waxing once a month or more can make a big ...

In 2014, Norway was in an uproar. At the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, the country’s dominant cross-country ski team wasn’t getting the expected results. Smørebom, which loosely translates to ...

If sliding on snow is your winter pastime, you’ve almost certainly carved a few turns by now, whether up in the Cascades or on the nearest hilly street thanks to our late December blast that turned ...

WILLIAMSTOWN — The waxing room at Mount Greylock Regional High School doesn’t look like a place where races are won or lost. Skis lean against walls. Wax shavings collect on the floor. The sharp, ...

For maximum enjoyment on the slopes, whether you’re looking to glide with ease or race quickly downhill, affixing wax to your ski or snowboard is essential. Wax helps ease friction on the mountain, ...

Face it, you don't have to wax your skis. Sure, you probably should, but it's not like changing the oil in your car, in that if you skip it, you risk catastrophe. So, according to a number of people ...