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BNS Wax Recommendations

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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 Cheri Walsh Memorial Eastern Cup 2/19

Categories: Wax Reports | Author: Roger Knight | Posted: 2/17/2012 | Views: 851

BNS Wax Recommendation

TD Bank Cheri Walsh Memorial

Event Description – TD Bank Cheri Walsh Memorial Eastern Cup Skate Mass Start, Craftsbury Outdoor Center, Craftsbury, VT, 5k for J2’s, 10k for Women, 15k for Men


Weather – From noaa.gov


Saturday Night: A chance of snow showers, mainly before 4am. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 17. Light northwest wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%.


Sunday: A slight chance of snow showers before 10am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 29. Calm wind becoming northwest around 6 mph. 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: Holmenkol Matrix Black/Red, Scraped and brushed

     Powder: Ski*GO C44/7, ironed, brushed

     Top Coat: Ski*GO C44 Liquid or Ski*GO C55/99 Liquid, based on testing day of


RESULTS OF TEST:


Durable waxes are essential considering not much new snow is predicted. Recommended waxes not only protect but they harden ski bases considerably. A hard base is a fast base. Also, testing structures will be a good idea as the temperatures will be warming close to freezing point and there will be moisture in the snow. Most likely, a light non-linear structure will yield the best results. 



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