River & Trail Talk

Waxing skis sounds simple enough but if you’ve never done it - or even observed someone else do it, you may be like I was a couple years ago: totally and completely clueless. You have a general concept of what happens but suddenly your ski buddy starts talking about his garage set up with an iron and suddenly - you are lost, drifting to another powder filled world in your head, aimlessly noddin …

You can feel it in your bones: the snow is coming. It’s time to take out your skis and prep your gear to hit the tracks or slopes. You dig them out of your storage room, wipe the dust off and set them by your door - ready to go. But they aren’t ready to go, are they? Upon closer inspection, you notice some rusting on the edges, the base looks dry and you wonder when was the last time they were t …