As ski season kicks into gear, lots of people eagerly grab their boards and race up to the slopes. They’re leaving performance behind. Before heading to the hills, consider taking your boards in for a ...

The basement of Radio Boardshop is stacked floor-to-ceiling with snowboards, new and old, brandishing various levels of scratches and core shots. With the shadow of opening day looming nearer by the ...

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When it comes to getting around in the winter, traction is key. On the roads people spread cinders and swap out tires on vehicles. On the trails, people exchange summer hiking shoes for micro-spikes ...

CLARKSTON, Mich. (WXYZ) — Racing and recreational skiers alike will perform better on precisely tuned skis, and precisely tuning a ski requires state-of-the-art ...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – Pam Warman bends over a Salomon ski, her eyes focused on the metal edge. The grinding stone she pushes chips away shiny dust. Taking her eyes away, she feels the edge with ...

SALT LAKE CITY — From tree sap and whale blubber to chemically enhanced concoctions of silicon and fluorinated carbon, skiers have long tinkered with treatments to make sticks glide on snow. Stephan ...

Back when I was a college racer, I remember a girlfriend finding me in my kitchen with a pair of skis on the table, an iron in my hand and a big red block of Toko wax. “What are you doing?” she asked.

Even if you do no other ski maintenance yourself, you should learn how to wax your own skis. It’s easy, you’re unlikely to screw it up, and it’s way more cost-effective than taking skis to a shop ...

E van Spence holds a miniature red iron in his right hand and a slab of light blue wax in his left. He slowly drips the wax across an upturned ski resting on his workbench at REI Boulder. “I’d say ...

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