In 2014, Norway was in an uproar. At the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, the country’s dominant cross-country ski team wasn’t getting the expected results. Smørebom, which loosely translates to ...

On a slushy, warm day in February, Eric Straubhar buffed the wax on a child’s ski. Straubhar manages the rental shop at Bogus Basin, a ski resort outside Boise, Idaho. He said it had been a few years ...

The perfect wax job may help skiers in the halfpipe or on the race course, but it has the potential to cause trouble for professional wax technicians, who inhale fumes as they melt wax onto ski bases.

CRAFTSBURY, Vt. (WCAX) - Researchers have uncovered so-called forever chemicals at regional ski racing areas. They say it’s a sign that change is needed, starting at home. For decades, skiers ...

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 ...

Montpelier, Vt. • At ski races across the United States, competitors are starting to abandon a type of wax many count on for speed amid concerns it contains toxic chemicals that threatens human health ...

WHISTLER, British Columbia As large, wet snowflakes fell onto the finish area at the cross-country skiing venue at the Vancouver Olympics, Tjere Smevold appeared to be more than a little exasperated.

CARBONDALE, Colo. — Most of us don’t spend a lot of time waxing our skis, but Peter Arlein isn’t like most. Arlein's spent the last two years working on a rare ski wax that’s made from plants and ...

Let’s be honest: waxing skis is important maintenance, but also a total pain in the ass, so most of us don’t do it. That might change, however, thanks to a new technology just announced by DPS. DPS ...

MONTPELIER, Vt. – At ski races across the United States, competitors are starting to abandon a type of wax many count on for speed amid concerns it contains toxic chemicals that threaten human health ...