Im An Idiot, Help!

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So I pretty much just got into skiing in general last year. I bought a pair of invaders near the end of the season and used them about 8 times or so. Well since I am a novice to skiing in general I never got my skis waxed... well they were sitting in my basement the entire summer drying up. I take them out to try out a summer rail me and some friends made and see that the entire bases are dried up, look really white, base color faded. I took it to the shop today and they said what i predicated; that the bases were pretty much shot. I was talking to the guy and he said that I would pretty much need to wax my skis everyday to make them move, (I don’t know if he was over exaggerating) so I had the shop to do a retune. I live in the mid-west so I’m not going to be hitting any POW and my resort is pretty much on a small hill, the only thing we have is a decent terrain park.

So here is my question, if I do use hot wax every week or so on my skis will they be able to last through this season "well" or would I be better off just buying new skis. Everything in general about the skis are in good shape expect for the damage I have done, so i really would hate to have to buy new skis when just barley using them. So what do you guys think, if I do a good job waxing will they be able to hold up. Or I’m I better off getting a quick job to buy some skis before my season starts. Thanks
 
invaders are on the cheap end of the ski spectrum, you could just pick up some new ones for like $200...unless your budget doesn't give you that. Personally I would find it quite tedious to have to wax every day
 
Don't worry about it... The skis are gunna be perfectly fine when you wax em. If your worried and want to clean the bases off some do a nice hot wax scrape and the wax em again and leave it on till you get to the hill. I'm did the same thing and it's no biggie. Buy some new sticks if you want but you don't need em.
 
Well i mean if im gonna buy a new ski its gonna be something thats gonna last... was thinking of some AR6's, but my problem is finding a job and that could take time and i really wasnt plannin on working untill after the season.
 
Alright... well i just appiled for this job nearby, if i get it ill prob try and save up the money to buy some new skis and if anything save them for next season, my shop has a good deal where i can get last yrs ar6 model for 299. so i may take them up on that thanks for the suggestions.
 
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