The Magic Behind Skiing
Nordic skiing, my passion, it is not just about the training for races. It is about the ski preparation prior to race day. The preparation for skiing, yes includes a lot of training, but the one part that separates first place from second place: the waxing. I understand it seems farfetched, but after knowing the whole process of waxing it makes sense how important it really is. When it comes to waxing first of all it depends on what kind of skis that are being waxed. I will be talking about waxing skate skis to start. To start waxing skate skis the skis need to be placed on the waxing bench, waxing iron needs to be plugged in, and the wax needs to be chosen. There are many different kinds of …show more content…
Generally the waxes used are: one or two layers of base wax; one layer of low fluorinated, which is a different chemical makeup to base wax; and one layer of high fluorinated, which again is a different chemical makeup. So the process of waxing just one pair of skis takes a good amount of time, plus depending of the magnitude of the meet some waxing is also done a few hours prior to the race. For waxing classic skis the process has some similarities to waxing skate skis, but there are some major differences. To start classic skis have a kick zone as well as a glide zone, whereas skate skis only have glide zones. In the glide zones for classic skis are waxed the same way as the whole skate ski is waxed, but in the kick zones are kind of different. When waxing the kick zones for classic skis it starts by taping off the ends of the glide zones closet to the kick zone, so no kick wax gets on to the glide zone. To start waxing the kick zone depends on if the skis have been used or not, if they have the old kick wax need to be removed. When the old kick wax has been removed then a layer of base kick needs to be rubbed on and heated into the ski, after this layer of wax is cooled down the kick zone needs to be tapped off so the base kick is good by the next day so normal kick can be
Nordic skiing, my passion, it is not just about the training for races. It is about the ski preparation prior to race day. The preparation for skiing, yes includes a lot of training, but the one part that separates first place from second place: the waxing. I understand it seems farfetched, but after knowing the whole process of waxing it makes sense how important it really is. When it comes to waxing first of all it depends on what kind of skis that are being waxed. I will be talking about waxing skate skis to start. To start waxing skate skis the skis need to be placed on the waxing bench, waxing iron needs to be plugged in, and the wax needs to be chosen. There are many different kinds of …show more content…
Generally the waxes used are: one or two layers of base wax; one layer of low fluorinated, which is a different chemical makeup to base wax; and one layer of high fluorinated, which again is a different chemical makeup. So the process of waxing just one pair of skis takes a good amount of time, plus depending of the magnitude of the meet some waxing is also done a few hours prior to the race. For waxing classic skis the process has some similarities to waxing skate skis, but there are some major differences. To start classic skis have a kick zone as well as a glide zone, whereas skate skis only have glide zones. In the glide zones for classic skis are waxed the same way as the whole skate ski is waxed, but in the kick zones are kind of different. When waxing the kick zones for classic skis it starts by taping off the ends of the glide zones closet to the kick zone, so no kick wax gets on to the glide zone. To start waxing the kick zone depends on if the skis have been used or not, if they have the old kick wax need to be removed. When the old kick wax has been removed then a layer of base kick needs to be rubbed on and heated into the ski, after this layer of wax is cooled down the kick zone needs to be tapped off so the base kick is good by the next day so normal kick can be