Equipment
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Equipment
News & Features
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Wed, Mar 7, 2012
- By Bert Hinckley
While at the American Birkie I had a discussion with a dedicated SOLDA wax user about waxing for weekend races 3 to 4 days prior to the race. Here's what I recommend...
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Mon, Feb 20, 2012
- By Rick Halling
Skiers are discovering the joy of classic and Marathons with both techniques are witnessing parity in numbers. The end result of this growth is that manufacturers are putting extensive R & D into classic gear.
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Fri, Feb 17, 2012
- By Bert Hinckley
Don't get hung up on numbers listed on skis. Most modern skis have ranges in which they will work well. They are not missile parts. Good pairs may differ slightly in any number of parameters and still feel and perform great.
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Wed, Feb 1, 2012
- By Bert Hinkley
Our old snow in Bend, Oregon, is extremely abrasive and the S30 as a base layer helps preserve the wax, protect the base and enhance the glide. Pretty good stuff and it will not break the wax budget.
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Thu, Jan 26, 2012
- By Ian Harvey
For conditions between hard wax and klister, particularly when the snow is abrasive or crushed ice mixed with power, Toko Base Green can be the ticket.
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Wed, Jan 25, 2012
- By Ian Harvey
There are three scenarios for Toko grip wax (hard wax). The first is if the snow is normal powder snow or skied in powder. The second is if the snow is partially transformed...
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Thu, Jan 19, 2012
- By Holly Wolfe
For the first time, the company enters the women’s race boot market with the RCS Carbonlite WS model for both classic and skating techniques.
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Fri, Jan 13, 2012
- By MIke Muha
Ski waxing recommendations from Fast Wax, Swix, Toko and Solda for this weekend's races.
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Thu, Jan 12, 2012
- By Meredith Haff
Participants in Concept2’s 12th Annual Holiday Challenge not only rowed or skied millions of meters between Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve, they also helped raise over $31,000 for disaster relief organizations.
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2012 US Cross Country Championships
Tue, Jan 10, 2012
- By Ian Harvey
We tested kick waxes, straight base green, straight klisters, and klisters covered. Before qualifying, our best wax was Nordic Green Klister covered by Nordic Red Klister.
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2012 US Cross Country Championships
Fri, Jan 6, 2012
- By Ian Harvey
For topcoats, we tested many varieties including something less traditional. The less traditional won - our winner was a mix of JetStream Blue and XCold powder (for the topcoat!).
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Tue, Jan 3, 2012
- By Ian Harvey
We tested continuously today so we'd learn as much as we can and could pass on as much info as we could to teams. Looks like it paid off!!
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