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As racers, coaches and service technicians, we've worked at every level of the sport from local high school races to Olympics and World Championships.  When we launched BNS, one of the first things we did was start publishing wax reports that included multiple brands.  We figured that the while typical wax reports from each company were useful, most racers want to know what wax is fastest - period - not just what is running best from each brand.

These wax reports are our best effort at providing objective, useful information for racers. We import several wax brands including Holmenkol, SkiGo, Guru, Magnar and Gallium, and we sell Swix, Toko, Rex, Rode and Start, among others. We try our best to test as many waxes as possible, but it is just not possible to test everything, and no test is infallible.  With this in mind, we seek full transparency in every one of our recommendations by discussing how we test, what the results are and what we recommend, so you can trust our work and decide for yourself how valuable our recommendations are.  We hope that these reports will be useful to you and help you make fast skis!
  

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TD Bank Fox Trot Eastern Cup 2/18

Categories: Wax Reports | Author: Roger Knight | Posted: 2/16/2012 | Views: 847
Craftsbury, VT 2/18

BNS Wax Recommendation

TD Bank Silver Fox Trot Eastern Cup

Event Description – TD Bank Silver Fox Trot Eastern Cup Classic, Craftsbury Outdoor Center, Craftsbury, VT, 5k for J2’s and Women, 10k for Men


Weather – From noaa.gov


Friday: A chance of rain and snow showers before 11am, then a slight chance of rain showers between 11am and 4pm, then a slight chance of rain and snow showers after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 39. West wind between 10 and 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.


Friday Night: A slight chance of snow showers between 10pm and 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 23. West wind between 11 and 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.


Saturday: A slight chance of snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 34. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Identify – Forecast/Knowledge Based Recommendation

Recommendation

We recommend the following:

     Base Layer: Ski*GO LF Graphite, scraped and brushed

     Race Paraffin: Ski*GO HF Orange, Scraped and brushed

     Powder: Ski*GO C22, ironed, brushed

     Top Coat: Ski*GO C22 Liquid or Ski*GO C22 block based on testing day of.

     Kick: Ski*Thin Toko Green Klister binder layer. GO HF Violet Klister or Ski*Go HF Violet and Yellow Klister mixed 1:1. Other klisters that could be very good and in play on race day: Rode Multigrade, Start Universal Wide, and Guru 39 Hard.

RESULTS OF TEST:


Melting temperatures around race time might produce excellent Zero conditions. Definitely a worth while test against the recommended klister applications. 



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