On a slushy, warm day in February, Eric Straubhar buffed the wax on a child’s ski. Straubhar manages the rental shop at Bogus Basin, a ski resort outside Boise, Idaho. He said it had been a few years ...
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 ...
SALT LAKE CITY — From tree sap and whale blubber to chemically enhanced concoctions of silicon and fluorinated carbon, skiers have long tinkered with treatments to make sticks glide on snow. Stephan ...
SANDPOINT, Idaho – The traditional process for waxing skis and snowboards is a long and tedious. It can be very frustrating for competitive skiers who have to wax often. Scott Barksdale, whose ...
CARBONDALE, Colo. — Most of us don’t spend a lot of time waxing our skis, but Peter Arlein isn’t like most. Arlein's spent the last two years working on a rare ski wax that’s made from plants and ...
Ottawa County Parks is offering a Cross-country Ski & Waxing Workshop 2 p.m. Sunday at the Nature Education Center located at Hemlock Crossing County Park. Cross-country skiing is a great winter ...
WHISTLER, British Columbia As large, wet snowflakes fell onto the finish area at the cross-country skiing venue at the Vancouver Olympics, Tjere Smevold appeared to be more than a little exasperated.
It was cold and the snow was fresh and deep; the cross-country skiing should have been terrific. But, as I shuffled along through the woods one day recently, it felt as though I was skiing in molasses ...
ARAPAHOE BASIN SKI AREA — On Sunday, Feb. 2, Summit County girls aged 8 to 17 gathered at Arapahoe Basin Ski Area to learn mountain safety and first aid as part of a junior ski patrol program. The ...
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The science behind ski waxing ⛷️
In cross-country skiing, the wrong wax can cost you a race, while the right wax can help you reach the podium. This ...
Montpelier, Vt. • At ski races across the United States, competitors are starting to abandon a type of wax many count on for speed amid concerns it contains toxic chemicals that threatens human health ...
Some ski waxes contain toxic “forever chemicals.” Should Colorado ban them to protect water systems?
Temperatures are dropping, snow is falling and skiers are waxing their skis for another season gliding down Colorado’s iconic mountains. Those waxes, however, may be toxic. Some ski waxes contain per- ...
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