So if you’re corking in polar wax for the length of the ski, you wouldn’t even need an iron huh. Trying to get into waxing without spending an arm and a leg, so this is appealing. Just picked up an assortment of kick waxes, a scraper, and cork... I just cork it in, and have for a few years with goo...

By the way, I notice two topics repeat above: 1) Ski length 10 cm longer than Åsnes recommends (200 vs 210 cm Gamme) 2) Full length Polar grip wax I came to think — do the two ideas go together? Could polar wax bring some grip besides glide? @lilcliffy and @fisheater do I remember correctly that yo...

These dogs can really pull, I was a bit surprised as I usually see Malamutes or Greenland dogs pulling in Norway. These guys were fast with both pulk and person. They belong to two Norwegian couples that I shared a cabin with and are their hunting dogs, a German breed if I remember correctly. Germa...

They’re all good tales when you come through it healthy enough to laugh and drink beer to properly tell such tales!

The bases come clean from Asnes. I wouldn’t use any glide wax at all. You’re not racing. I have glide waxed, but much prefer utilizing Swix white polar as my glide wax. so just rub on and cork in several layers of polar along the entire base? Freedom Glider, that is exactly what I do. However a lot...

Full length polar simplified and improved kick and glide performance for me. I have never glide waxed the kick zone. I’ve been skiing cold snow for a couple weeks mostly. Temperature has been pretty consistent from 10F to 25F. Snow has been powdery on top of a base mostly. Wax of the day has been Re...

The bases come clean from Asnes. I wouldn’t use any glide wax at all. You’re not racing. I have glide waxed, but much prefer utilizing Swix white polar as my glide wax. Hot wax doesn’t hold kick wax well. When you need to extend the wax forward, it doesn’t adhere well to glide wax. Utilizing glide w...

@wabene I know what you mean. The only difference was I was on Gamme’s and today’s wax for me was Rex Universal. I’m still smiling!

I’m 190 lbs without a pack, but in clothes. I’m firmly in the middle weight range for a 200 cm Gamme. I have a 210 Gamme, and wouldn’t want it shorter. Why, you ask? Because it skis so easily at 210 cm and it’s fast, just ask my Viszla. She is quite amazed how fast an old man can go. I don’t have an...

The Canadian truckers opposing vaccine mandates will arrive in Ottawa today. My understanding is that 90% of the truckers are vaccinated, it’s not a bunch of fringe anti-vaxxers. The fully vaxed and boosted prime minister of Canada will not be meeting the truckers as he was exposed to Covid. I’m so ...