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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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Wax Recommendation Book Across the Bay 2012

Categories: Wax Reports | Author: David Chamberlain | Posted: 2/16/2012 | Views: 811
Ashland, WI

BNS Wax Recommendation

Book Across the Bay 2012

Saturday February 18th, Ashland WI

Event Information

Book Across the Bay is an evening 10k race that runs across Lake Superior from Ashland to Washburn.  The BNS Mobile trailer will be attending this year’s race

For more information click here

Weather

 From NOAA.gov – for the latest forecast click here

Thursday Night: Scattered flurries. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 19. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm.

Friday: A 20 percent chance of snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 33. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph.

Friday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 17. Calm wind becoming northwest around 5 mph.

Saturday: A 20 percent chance of snow showers before noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 28. Northwest wind between 5 and 10 mph becoming calm.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 12. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph.

Recommendation

We recommend the following:

Base Layer:   Ski*Go LF Graphite

Race Paraffin: Ski*Go HF Violet or Holmenkol Bk/Blue.  Ski*Go HF Blue could also be good if there is significant snowfall in the next two days.  A cheaper alternative is Ski*Go LF Violet or Blue

Fluoro Powder:  Ski*Go C105 or Holmenkol Mid or Mid 08.

Topcoat: Ski*Go C105 Block or Holmenkol Mid or Mid 08 Block.

CONCLUSIONARY NOTES

We will be on site Saturday afternoon testing topcoats.  Stop by to get our latest recommendation


.note: BNS imports Holmenkol and SkiGo waxes, and also sells waxes from Swix, Toko, Rode, Solda, Rex, Guru, Innovax, Magnar and others. We search for the fastest waxes for our customers and our testing is professional, objective and transparent. We make our best effort to test what we think is the best from each brand.  However, given that we are testing more options from Holmenkol and SkiGo, there is a bias toward those brands.  With this full disclosure, you can assess the legitimacy of our testing yourself. Visit
Swix and Toko for their official recommendations. If you have any questions please contact us.


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