How often do you wax your skis?

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I used to wax mine like every 2 days but i have gone for 5 days without. I don't really notice a difference but how often dose everyone els?
 
Sadly not often at all, i would like to but im too lazy to go out and buy an iron and other tools my skis are SLOW
 
If you were to hot wax your skis once a week, your bases would be in rather good shape and would be quite fast in a few months
 
i do it whenever my bases start to show times of wear.

usually once a week or every other week.

but i went skiing yesterday with a fresh wax and they need another wax already.

probably going to use a stick of p-tex also, rocks everywhere at keystone.
 
not enough. i have now rode 9 park days (between 6-10 hours each) on the same wax. and im sticking to rails like super glue. time for a wax bigtime. just working every day makes it hard to wax
 
Depends. I just look at my skis after each day. I can tell when they need waxed and when they dont. Usually ends up being every other day of skiing (6-8 hour days)
 
i once went a whole summer without. you'll just be like going slower then your friends on the flats and shit which is the gayest thing ever
 
every time before tremblant, Never wax for local hills, unless its super slow, soo, i wax about every 3-4th time skiing
 
Depends where I'm skiing and what time of year.

Skiing dry pow I like to get a wax as often as I can afford to, if only because the cat tracks tend to be really sticky.

Most of the year I'll do a quick wax every 4-6 ski days, although in spring when it's all slush I don't really bother as I figure good base structure is more important then anyway.
 
when i had a waxing kit available to me.. like maaaybe once a month.

now, like once at the beginning of my season, and once halfway through.

but i only ride like 15 or 20 days a season now..
 
This is most likely because your skis are too cold when you scrape them or apply the wax. Is the wax chipping off? or is it just a pain because your edgers catch the scraper?
 
ive always wondered, i usually wax my park skis a lot, but do i really need to wax my powder skis?
 
if you like your skis and having nice bases do it about every other to every third time you go up because the wax soon soaks into the pores of the bases and make the bases stronger.
 
Yes? You read the articles and are telling me that large enough pores exist in UHMW to absorb a paraffin molecule?
 
That's pretty much exactly what it said. No pores in sintered P-Tex.

News to me but hey, you learn something new every day, that is if the internet is to be trusted...
 
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