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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you've been putting off hot-waxing your own cross-country skis because of what a hassle it can turn into, check out KTUU's report from inside the wax hut at the U.S. Cross Country Ski Championships ...

As every skier knows, waxing a ski makes it slide more easily over snow. Applying wax to wood has become a ritual and a pseudo-science among skiers. But it may soon become a lost art. Last week Dow ...

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 ...

I was on my way out of a local outdoors store over the holidays when I saw a sight I hadn't seen in years: A guy at the counter with a pair of wooden cross country skis. This wasn't someone looking ...

For the past several years, debate has been brewing amongst cross-country skiers as to the merits of ski-waxing. Back when all skis had a wooden base, adding wax was essential in order to get them to ...

Thankfully, with a handful of simple steps, virtually anyone can wax their setup, saving time and money. A well-executed hot wax will reduce friction, keeping you sliding as fast as you dare, and it ...