For many skiers, learning to wax your own skis is a bit of a rite of passage, a milestone of dedication to the sport. It might seem like a messy, difficult endeavor at first, but follow these six ...

In this final episode of our four-part series on ski tuning strategies, Matt Hupperts of the Edgeworks in Denver shows you how to hot wax your skis, using a waxing iron and a plastic scraper. On the ...

If sliding on snow is your winter pastime, you’ve almost certainly carved a few turns by now, whether up in the Cascades or on the nearest hilly street thanks to our late December blast that turned ...

MISSOULA — Snowflakes are tiny ice crystals. So how can something made of ice be so sticky? “Boy, that makes it miserable when snow builds up on the skis,” said Lee Metzger, a longtime cross-country ...

Nordic skiing doesn’t have to be about grueling up hills and slow-moving downward shuffles. With a little TLC on your skis and the right wax, you may find those ups aren’t quite so hard and the downs ...

It is one of those products that seems too good to be true — except in this case, it’s winning over hardcore skiers, snowboarders and ski-tuning experts. A new, waxless base treatment product called ...