MI, WI Border again

Kick: Lots of struggling out there but no need...Rex Powergrip Violet

Glide: Rex Blue was solid and simple

Merry Christmas Eve

Glide Wax: rex purple

kick uni klister

Sat at Riverside

Glide: Rex Purple (the hardness of this warmer wax will work well with man made)

Grip: Rex Powergrip 4

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Glide: Swix HF 8 or LF 8 covered with Fastwax Red Paste for todays race

Kick: Swix Universal Klister or Rex Powergrip 4

Sunday in the same area

Glide: Swix Ch8 with Fastwax Red Paste over

Kick: Star Violet x 3, + 1 Star Red

On the 906 715 Border

Kick: 2 Star Blue, 1 Star Violet, 1 Star Blue

Glide: Start "what" yes Blue - with a bit of dirt and debris and w/o flourination the hardness of this wax is helpful.

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Bit of a downer.

Wax Swix BP 88

Thursday in West

Kick: Three Rode Multigrade Violet covered with two star blue

Glide: Swix CH 7

We apologize for missing Wednesday.

for those interested

Kick used: Rex Power grip 4

Glide: Toko Red

Tuesday in West

Same as Sunday. Snow comes tomorrow night so that will change this overly repetitive posting. Cover glide with Fast Wax Red Paste

Sunday in West

Kick: Rex Powergrip 4 for the majority of the day and go 1 colder for early am

Glide: Swix Ch7 AM CH8 PM

Saturday in West (yes the West in MT that everyone is at)

Kick: Rex Powergrip 4 if skiing after 10 (why get up too early) if before go one colder

Glide: Fastwax HSF Tan if you uh want to go fast, or Toko Red covered with Fast Wax Red Powder

Glazy packed conditions would be expected again and powergrip simply excels in such areas.

Addendum West

Since the new snow did not materialize Rex Powergrip 4 is the choice for the varied conditions of packed in on the front half and somewhat packed in tracks on the back.

Friday in West

Glide: Rex Blue

Kick: if the new snow in the "advisory" falls, Binder, 2 layers Rode Multigrade Violet and 2 layers of Swix Extra Blue. If the new snow does not fall Star Red or Rex Powergrip.

A Waxing Inspiration

Dr. James E. White

Obit

A Memorial Road Ride is planned on July 24th at 9am leaving from 610 6th Ave South STC.

Summer Product Testing

Today the test team worked a combination of start grip tape and Swix Extra Red Hard Wax. Conditions were full sun, 3' of snow or more, firm base and had transitioned to above 32. In the few shaded areas below freezing the wax grabbed but other areas it was a good combination. Definitley worth a try if you are skiing in hot conditions in late june. Add that to your race arsenal just in case.

Ladies and Gentlemen the season has been shut down and closed for 2011. I hope everyone was able to partake in waxing information to enhance their on snow experience. Once the winds of Thor blow strong we shall again sing a song and provide waxing recommendations for you. We will see you again in late fall of 2011. Until then put the warmest wax you own on and dont scrape it off.

Friday

Kick: Star Violet 2, Star Red 2

Glide: Toko Red

Best Guess from a kilo of miles away.

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Leprechaun Loppet

Glide: Swix CH8 mixed with Swix Speed Granulate and Swix Dura Glide

Kick: Not needed as its free technique. But if you must Swix Universal Klister is the ticket...

Later in the day for regular skiing its of course CH 10 and Red Klister enjoy.....

PC

Friday

Okay so the posts have been lacking...

Kick: Swix Universal Klister before 9.30am, Swix Red Klister after

Glide: CH 8 before 9.30, CH 10 After

Also the best skiing is in the morning in the afternoon you wont move and will just divot the trail for the next morning so set your alarm. Classical is okay later but skating after the thaw each day just wont work well...

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Kick: Swix Rod "Red" Klister

Glide: Swix CH 10 or ski go C242 mixed with silicon and antistatic additive

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Sunday

Kick: Rex Violete Powergrip ironed in as always

Glide: Toko Red + Swix Dura Glide Skating wax from the 80s if you own it for the ice underlayer

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Saturday

Kick: Rex Blue Powergrip - its that time of year. Or cover blue klister with with star blue 1 coat.

Glide: Rode Blue

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Same as yesterday

thursday

Kick: Violet Rex Powergrip is again the choice. above freezing atomic MC11 multi cork skis are also good.

Glide: AM Swix CH8, PM CH10

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Wed

Kick: Violet Power Grip from Rex - if it snows more than 1 inch with a thin cover of rode multigrade violet

Glide: Toko Red

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Monday

Kick: 2 Swix Extra Blue, 1 Star Violet, 1 Swix Extra Blue

Glide: Rex Blue

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Lotvola Cup

Retro Post:

Today with regroomed icy fast tracks, followed by 2 inches of snow which started 2 hours before the race the test team choose to use Rex Blue Power grip ironed in thin, cooled and then slightly warmed to apply a thin layer of Swix Extra Blue. THe skis were fast and kick was generally good. Glide was on LF6 and was easy and fast. Firm tracks under new snow is always a gamble as to do you run something for firm icy track or the new snow or both. Some had just VR40/45 and mostly had good kick but the powergrip added that little bit extra and had smooth glide.

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Saturday

Kick: The test team found that Toko Green Binder ironed in and covered with a few layers of Start Tar Five worked very well. The tracks are reconstituted snow so you have to wax higher in the line but be wary of wear.

Glide: Pretty simple and fast Swix CH6 works but Toko LF Moly mixed with Start Green is better.

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RRP

Kick: Star Red

Glide: Toko Red

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Wednesday Cold Snap

Glide: Fast Wax Extreme White (HF-0)

Kick: Toko Green Binder, 2 layers Rode Green/Blue Multigrade, 2 layers of Star Blue

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Same for Today

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Kick: Star Violet 2, Star Red 2 bombproof

Glide: Toko Red

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Skiing Beaver

Glide: Swix CH 6-7 mixed 50/50

Kick: Toko Green Binder Ironed in, 2 Star Blue, 1 Star Violet -- cover at venue with Star Violet or if too solid Star Blue Top Coat.

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Friday Ere

Kick: 2 Star Blue, 1 Star Violet, 1 Star Blue cover

Glide: Fast Wax White Extreme or Start Green the test team is testing the white today and will report later.

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no current changes to wax recommendation for the race...

Your Race as of R aft.

BASED UPON CURRENT FORECASTS (low -1 to -4 and high of about 12-15f) THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE:

updates will be made as appropriate

GLIDE: Start Green applied properly and then buffed with pantyhose or Swix CH4 mixed 70/30 with LF6. The earlier you start the more you should lean on the CH4 side.

KICK: Now this should be fun. The track will be a mix of new and older tilled snow with ice balls etc.... Measure your kick zone and then calculate 70% of the zone. Remove 15% on each far end and put Toko Binder on ironed in. In the middle 70% under the foot place Rex PowerGrip Blue on thinly. You iron in both the binder and the powergrip seperately and with a clean kick iron, cleaned between the two apps. Place ski outside to cool. Then place 1 layer of Rode Multigrade Violet over the chilled wax. Thereafter cover with 3-5 layers of thin VR40 from Swix. This is a best guess currently and could change based upon conditions at the venue. Good luck on your mathematics.

PRE RACE PREPARATION

GLIDE: WAX TWO COATS OF START GREEN USING APPROPRIATE PROCESS OF 3 MIN PER SKI PRIOR TO SCRAPING - THIS WILL SERVE AS A GOOD BASE FOR THE RACE WAX WHICH IS PENDING

KICK: PRE CLEAN YOUR KICK ZONE SUCH THAT YOU DONT HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH WAX REMOVER STILL BEING ON YOUR SKIS DURING APPLICATION. SAND WITH 120 GRIT PAPER AFTER BEING CLEANED AND THEN FIBERTEX.

For Here Today:

Kick: Rex Power Grip Blue

Glide: Toko Blue

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Forecast for those who care....Start Green? maybe

Tonight Feb 23

Thu 24

Fri 25

Sat 26

Sun 27

Light Snow Early	Mostly Cloudy	Scattered Flurries	Partly Cloudy	Partly Cloudy
--	24°	15°	16°	27°
High	High	High	High	High
19°	6°	-1°	9°	17°
Low	Low	Low	Low	Low
Chance of Snow: 70%	Chance of Precip: 10%	Chance of Snow: 30%	Chance of Precip: 20%	Chance of Precip: 20%

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Next 5 Days

5-Day Forecast for 54821

Wednesday, 23

34 | 20° F

Chance of Snow

Thursday, 24

27 | 7° F

Partly Cloudy

Friday, 25

16 | -4° F

Chance of Snow

Saturday, 26

13 | -1° F

Chance of Snow

Sunday, 27

22 | 11° F

Partly Cloudy

GLide: CH8 with fast wax Red Paste over

Kick: Rex Violet Powergrip with thin Star Red Cover unless over 32 than omit

For those about to wax we salute you

ACDC and Nickelback are not conducive to the waxing process....Please do not play it.

TTTT

Kick: Toko Green Binder, 3 Rode Super Blue, 1 Star Violet, 1 Thin Rode Super Blue

Glide: Toko Red

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Powder Day Monday

Kick: Swix Extra Blue 3 layers, 1 layer Swix VR 40 Cover

Glide: Rex Blue or Toko Red

Saturday

Kick: Star or Rex Blue Klister

Glide: Start Blue or CH-7 with old swix Dura Glide mixed in

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Thursday

Kick: Swix Universal Klister in the AM, PM use the Swix Pink Alaska Klister

Glide: CH8 AM, CH 10 PM cover with fastwax past red and yellow respectively

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Reports from The Vasa were very favorable yesterday on the kick and the combo seemed to wear in well for the changing trail and temps.

Today:

Kick: Rex Violet Powergrip 4 - dab on like klister in 30 deg offset globs and then iron in. No cover needed this should flex around the freezing point a few degrees and work ice to slight slush

Glide: Toko Yellow with Blue old swix Moly Speedpowder (you know the one with the "skater" on it)

Or use waxless skis today on the flexing and avoid the transition area

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Vasaloppet

Classical 42K

Kick: Sand kick zone with 120 grit and fibertex, Apply Swix Universal Klister with an iron and then cool ski, apply Rode Yellow hardwax to cooled ski (cool wax for best application), cover with 1-2 thin layers of star red while ski is also cool. This combo tested out well on the course today in variable conditions.

Glide: Swix HF or LF 7 and 8 in 30/70 ratio covering Swix CH8 prep application

58K Freestyle

Swix HF or LF 7 and 8 in 10/90 ratio covering Swix CH8 prep application

saturday

Kick: Swix Universal Klister Ironed in and then chilled outside, cover with 1 layer or Rode Yellow (put outside before applying), cover with 1 layer thin of Star Red

Glide: Swix Ch8 covered with Fast Wax Red Paste buffed out and horse hair brushed (arabian only)

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Friday Recommendation

Kick: Star Violet

Glide: Toko Red

The range of temps will be pretty drastic tomorrow but both waxes flex reasonably well for this. They arent the fastest but they have the range.

wEDNESDAY

KICK: Toki Green Binder Ironed in and cooled, cover with 2 layers of Star Green, cover that with 2 layers of Rode Green/Blue Multigrade

Glide: Start Green is recommended

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Refurbish

Swix CH10 and let them soak

Sunday

Kick: Rex Powergrip Blue ironed in and chilled, covered with 2 layers of Star Violet, and 1 thin Star Blue

Glide: CH7

For There

CH10 For here

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Kick: 2 Star Blue, 1 Star Violet, 1 Thin Star Blue

Glide: Rode Blue

Wed

Kick: Rode Black Base Binder, 2 Star Green, 1 Rode Multigrade Blue/Green, 1 Star Green Thin Cover.

Glide: Start Green

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Monday

Kick: 2 Rode Super Blue, 2 Swix VR40

Glide: Rex Green

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Sunday Funday

Kick: VR40 over VR45

Glide: Rex Blue

Race Note: Yesterday the tracks were cut deep into somer firmer and icyer snow which required an uptick in the grade at the venue. Had the tracks not been cut into the icy layer underneath the VR40 was rocket fast and had great kick. With the icyer tracks under the new snow once a few passes went it required softening your wax to make an adjustment. Rode Multigrade violet was the ticket 2 layers over the race wax with a thicker section underfoot. Better kick than 95% of the people around. Also with the icyer cut underneath in hindsight the binder of Powergrip Blue would have been a touch better, but the wax seemed to not wear off at all over the 51k so this is a minor issue. The Rode did lose some glide over the flouro waxes but with 10 mins to start it is a go to for kick.

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Noquemanon Marathon

Kick: Rex Green Powergrip Ironed in (thicker under your foot), and then chilled outside. Cover with 3 layers of Swix VR40. On the final layer mix in 25% Toko Dibloc Bright Blue to increase glide. If you dont have this then you could use VR30 but that did not test out as well today. This step could be skipped.

Glide: Sxix LF6 mixed with 30% CH 4 is simple, easy and fast. Moderate to strong structure due to humidity.

The Extra Blue, and Rode Super Blue as well as VR45 were tested today but did not perform as well mostly due to icing. As always kick is dependent upon technique so you may have to adjust.

FRIDAY

Kick: Rex Blue PowerGrip Ironed in, & chilled, covered with 2 Swix VR45 and 1 VR40 over that. If your technique requires more kick avoid the VR40 cover. Watch for icing today with the new snow and standard softer hard waxes. THe lake effect snow is very moist and prone to icing and the tracks will be glazed after a pass or two.

Glide: CH4/6 50/50 from Swix

Update from the race course with non brand biased wax recommendation later.

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KISAFB

Thursday

Kick: Binder Ironed In. 2 Star Blue, 1 Star Red, 1 Star Violet or Violet Top Coat

Glide: Ch-7 from SWiX

Wednesday Wax Here

Kick: Rex Powergrip Violete ironed in, then chilled, with a thin thin cover of Swix VR55 when ski is chilled. This will prevent icing in the new snow but still allow good kick. Also one could use Rode Multigrade Violet but this is prone to icing occasionally if you dont keep it cranking up everything in conditions like today.

Glide: Star Violet won the test yesterday so would be recommended today or CH-7/8 80/20 ratio mix.

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Today we Tested the Start MCW waxes again in higher humidity and about 28 degree temps air/snow. We layered the 28-32f wax over the 36-30f wax and found they were pretty good. With all of our ironed in old wax as binder it was a bit too thick on the downhills. Overall though the line is similar to VR but a bit harder to apply without chilling the wax. The wax seems to have a bit of additional grab per temp range than VR. For Glide CH 7 and Star Violet tested out over Rex Blue. The tracks were very greasy but were regroomed while skiing changing the conditions. While we tested the Start, the Wax4Today was in actuality the Rex PowerGrip or the actual recommendation.

Tuesday

Kick: Star Violet 2, Star Red 2

Glide: CH-7 Swix or Rex Blue

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Monday Here

Kick: Star Red 3 layers over binder

Glide: Ch-8/7 50/50 mix

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Test Addendum

Just came in from testing today and with the blowing lake effect snow that has high humidity for the temperature the VR30 was perfect today. For those in need of more kick VR40 was good as well. These 2 waxes usually do very well here.

Saturday Wax Info

Kick: Iron in Toko Green Binder, 1 Star Green, 1 Rode Multigrade Blue Green, 2 VR 30's from Swix

Glide: Start Green

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Friday

Kick: 2 Star Green, 2 Star Blue

Glide: Start Green

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Thursday

Kick: 1 layer Swix Polar ironed in, 1 layer Swix Polar Corked, 2 layers Star Green, 1 Layer star Blue cover THIN.

Glide: Dont question it just go get it and put it on START GREEN, buffed with fiberlene or pantyhose.

With the cold temperatures here this post is complete.

Wednesday

Kick: 1 layer of Star Green over binder, 2 thin layers of Rode Multigrade Blue Green, 1 Star Blue Top Coat cover thinnnnnn

Glide: Start Green or if your snazzy and have it old Rex Ultra-Green (now called Olympico Green)

Rode Super Extra Blue is the Kick Today

Sun

Kick: Two Star Blue, 1 Star Violet, 1 Star Blue Cover

Glide: Yes it still is Start Green

Field Report

As expected on the test strip today VR40 was the predominat wax. VR40 outkicked Swix Extra Blue and had better glide. With the higher humidity from yesterdays snow the florination helped. Tomorrow will be a different story.

Saturday

Kick is VR40 over VR45 for cusion

Glide is of course Start Green

Booyah

FRIDAY

Kick: 2 Rode Super Blue, 1 Rode Multigrade Violet, 1 Cover Rode Super Blue OR in Swix 2Vr40,1Vr50,1Vr40

Glide: Rex Blue

R Recomendations

Kick: Think Italian today with the recent humidity in the snow but declining temps. Binder, 2 Star Blue, 2 Star Violet will be bombproof today.

For Glide Toko Blue is the choice or Start Green. If you are all spendy and the like add the LF Moly first.\

Completed Postings

Addendum:

With the new humidity today Star Red was the recommended wax. Start Tar Five and Extra Blue were too low on the scale whereas the southern euros have it covered. We discussed this at lunch and should have stuck with the italian wax but wanted to test the finnish product first....

Tuesday

Glide: Yesterday Start Green with the new snow even at 20 was the fastest out on the loop. Today Start Green is still a good choice. Rex Blue would also run well today but fade by tomorrow in declining temps

Kick: Obviously Extra Blue from Swix or Rode Super Blue is a winner today but Start Tar Five will be my testing choice. 1 Binder 2 Ex Blue, 1 Rode MGV, 1 Ex Blue.

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Extra Blue

Sxiw Extra Blue for kick Rex Blue for glide post is complete from here...

Mesabi

Wax recommendation without ties to any one wax company...

Glide: Start Green 2 layers placed and scraped then brushed and buffed with fiberlene

Kick: Toko Green Binder ironed in, 2 layers VR30, 1 layer VR 40, covered with 1 layer of thinner VR 30, if you dont have the best kick technique use 2 Star Blue, 1 Rode Multigrade Violet, and a cover of thin Star Blue. If you keep needing kick due to technique add Rode MultiVio or Star Violet

New Wax Test

today the test time utilized Start MCW Blue. Initial reports are very favorable and suggest this as being a good wax line similar to the VR from Swix but perhaps a bit more solid and less racy underfoot. A few glazed areas did generate an occasional slip but all test members solidly kicked up the steepest of the test hills on the test course and felt glide was good. Watch for more on this Finnish wax line.

Kick: Binder, Swix Extra Blue 2, Rode Multigrade Violet, Thin cover of VR-45

Glide: Rode Blue

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Kick: With the new snow fall Rex Blue Powergrip ironed in and covered with 1 layer of Extra Blue from Swix once ski has chilled.

Glide: Questions? Start Green of course

Sunday and Monday as ONE

Kick: Rex Powergrip Blue over a binder ironed in - reports from the field also indicate Toko Binder covered in 3 layers of Swix Ex. Blue was nominal

Glide: Start Green

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Kick: Blue Rex Powergrip or Rex or Star Blue Klister chilled and covered with 1 layer of Extra Blue from Swix

Glide: Start Green