lack of grip undermines the entire performance of an XCD ski
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2019 6:49 pm
I really and truly wanted to use my 195cm Annums today.
We got a good 40cm of fresh stuff in yesterdays storm and I really felt like using a ski that offers more float than my
Combat Nato.
I was thinking of going out with my Storetind with my Ski March boot, but I was determined to put my new Alfa Guard Advance through its initial paces before my next serious tour on Saturday...
So- I pulled out my Annums- they are glide-waxed.
The snow conditions were perfect Swix Blue kick wax.
The Annums sucked- I just could not get adequate grip to even XC ski- let alone break trail- let alone climb a bump.
Simply had to turn around about 150m out and come back for my Combat Natos.
The Combat Nato certainly rode deeper in the snow column than the Annum, but the grip and glide was soooooo much better! I had my Polar base with Swix Green underfoot.
I would like a waxable Annum...Or perhaps a Rabb 68 mounted to NNNBC...
I have decided to strip the glide wax from my Annums and try grip waxing the base.
Today would have been excellent for the Annum but the snow was just too cold for those Omnitrack scales. Miserable.
In deep snow, I keep reaching for my Combat Nato/Ingstad BC or Storetind over my Annum- but, I realize this has as much to do with a lack of grip issue than anything else...
We got a good 40cm of fresh stuff in yesterdays storm and I really felt like using a ski that offers more float than my
Combat Nato.
I was thinking of going out with my Storetind with my Ski March boot, but I was determined to put my new Alfa Guard Advance through its initial paces before my next serious tour on Saturday...
So- I pulled out my Annums- they are glide-waxed.
The snow conditions were perfect Swix Blue kick wax.
The Annums sucked- I just could not get adequate grip to even XC ski- let alone break trail- let alone climb a bump.
Simply had to turn around about 150m out and come back for my Combat Natos.
The Combat Nato certainly rode deeper in the snow column than the Annum, but the grip and glide was soooooo much better! I had my Polar base with Swix Green underfoot.
I would like a waxable Annum...Or perhaps a Rabb 68 mounted to NNNBC...
I have decided to strip the glide wax from my Annums and try grip waxing the base.
Today would have been excellent for the Annum but the snow was just too cold for those Omnitrack scales. Miserable.
In deep snow, I keep reaching for my Combat Nato/Ingstad BC or Storetind over my Annum- but, I realize this has as much to do with a lack of grip issue than anything else...
