Waxing Update From John

I am forwarding a wax recommendation from BNS with comments.  A graphite base is almost always used under a race wax, so do so if you have one available.  As I recommended earlier a cold LF glide wax is a good choice, Swix LF 4 or equivalent will be good, if you have an HF wax per Roger's recommendation fine, however in my view given the cold conditions the HF is not as critical as it would be in wet or humid conditions. I have hard wax binder and klister binders and can do skis at Pineland Friday at practice in the wax room at Pineland. I also have the hard waxes we will apply at Rumford pre race.  Please be sure to mark the kick zone.  If there is skiing at school Friday we will do easy classic with speed pick ups.  If not, bring running gear and do an easy run with speed mixed in as I wax.

Lastly, fine tune your cold weather clothing for the race and for pre and post race. 

Thanks,

John

PS eat breakfast Saturday and be hydrated!

      
                             From Roger

The glide will be easy. I recommend doing a layer of Ski*Go LF Graphite scraped and brushed. Then do a layer of Ski*Go HF Green. This wax is extremely versatile up to the high of the day vs other Green waxes like Swix 4 and Start Green. For those of you doing a topcoat I would highly recommend Ski*Go C105 block or Ski*Go C22 block. Even though the C22 is for warmer conditions it performs extremely well in these cold conditions as well.

For kick, this should be fairly easy. First a klister binder is highly recommended. Toko Green base klister is the choice. Make sure the zone is sanded well. Put just a few drops on the kick area and smooth out. You want this to be thin. You are looking for a surface that is tacky but not thick in any way. Freeze this overnight. The guess here is that the wax of the day will be Ski*Go HF Blue hardwax, possibly covered by a green wax. Other choices include: Start Synthetic Green, Start Oslo Green Special, Swix VR30, Ski*Go XC Green, and Guru Green.

Shane and I will be on site to test wax and make recommendations so please check in with us there.

Thank you for your support.


Roger Knight