Tahoe Spring Wax

[Don't Skip Leg Day]

Looks like it's going to be a long spring season this year in the Sierras. I'm not a racer, just a run of the mill Palisades all mountain, bump, powder skier. So, for guys like me, what wax do you guys like for the spring season in Tahoe? Blends, secret formulas, tricks....lets hear them.

 

[Jacques]

LEGACY Q2P

LIMITED PRODUCTION | Fluoro Competition Paste | -7 degrees C and warmer LEGACY waxes are the fluorinated race mixes that the DOMINATOR race service team has been using. They have been formulated for optimum performance with the highest quality ingredients and have contributed to more than a...

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When used correctly, it takes about 1 gram per ski. 2 grams for a pair.

 

[Unpiste]

I find Toko Yellow liquid paraffin works pretty well and is really easy to apply. (You can even spray it on in the parking lot before booting up, in a pinch.)

 

[Philpug]

I find Toko Yellow liquid paraffin works pretty well and is really easy to apply. (You can even spray it on in the parking lot before booting up, in a pinch.)

And again at lunch. Nothing rips wax off skis like Spring snow.

 

[Don't Skip Leg Day]

LEGACY Q2P

LIMITED PRODUCTION | Fluoro Competition Paste | -7 degrees C and warmer LEGACY waxes are the fluorinated race mixes that the DOMINATOR race service team has been using. They have been formulated for optimum performance with the highest quality ingredients and have contributed to more than a...

dominatorwax.com

When used correctly, it takes about 1 gram per ski. 2 grams for a pair.

How many grams in that $130 bar? 100g?

 

[snwbrdr]

That's $130 wax is equivalent to an all-temperature wax. It's a harder wax so it works down to 19 degrees F. Old snow wax is probably going to have some graphite in it as an additive in addition to Fluoro (the Fluoro is why it costs $130)

Even the Race Zoom is $130 (for 100 grams)

RACE ZOOM OS

100g Hot Wax All Temperature Glide Wax - Old Snow All temp Zoom blended with fluorocarbon and anti-static ingredients to make Race Zoom a full blown all-temp race wax. Old snow version is for snow at least three days old and New Snow is for the fresh

dominatorwax.com

 

[Don't Skip Leg Day]

Any thoughts on Purl Yellow? Was thinking to use a Purl Yellow with some graphite/moly. I wax my skis after every ski day.

 

[Tricia]

Looks like it's going to be a long spring season this year in the Sierras. I'm not a racer, just a run of the mill Palisades all mountain, bump, powder skier. So, for guys like me, what wax do you guys like for the spring season in Tahoe? Blends, secret formulas, tricks....lets hear them.

FWIW, I really like your avatar image.

 

[Don't Skip Leg Day]

FWIW, I really like your avatar image.

Taken one early morning on the lift in Tahoe. The morning had a strange light/fog thing going on that day. Pretty surreal.

 

[Jacques]

How many grams in that $130 bar? 100g?

Clearly 100 grams, and a paste, not a bar. You can get it in a bar too, though.

 

[Jacques]

That's $130 wax is equivalent to an all-temperature wax. It's a harder wax so it works down to 19 degrees F. Old snow wax is probably going to have some graphite in it as an additive in addition to Fluoro (the Fluoro is why it costs $130)

Even the Race Zoom is $130 (for 100 grams)

RACE ZOOM OS

100g Hot Wax All Temperature Glide Wax - Old Snow All temp Zoom blended with fluorocarbon and anti-static ingredients to make Race Zoom a full blown all-temp race wax. Old snow version is for snow at least three days old and New Snow is for the fresh

dominatorwax.com

I have used much Race Zoom Old Snow. Works great! This season, all I have used are the paste waxes. Saved me a ton of time in the ski shop! All the paste have an antistatic component in them.

 

[SpeedyKevin]

Haven't switched over to spring wax yet (maybe next week, depends on the sun) but in past years I have used a mix of just regular all-temp Dominator Zoom + the butter overlay. Worked pretty well but will be trying out Dominator FFC2 + Toko yellow liquid paraffin. The liquid stuff is just so much easier and quicker to apply on slopes.

 

[Don't Skip Leg Day]

Haven't switched over to spring wax yet (maybe next week, depends on the sun) but in past years I have used a mix of just regular all-temp Dominator Zoom + the butter overlay. Worked pretty well but will be trying out Dominator FFC2 + Toko yellow liquid paraffin. The liquid stuff is just so much easier and quicker to apply on slopes.

Does the liquid stuff stay on in spring snow?

 

[SpeedyKevin]

Does the liquid stuff stay on in spring snow?

I myself havent tried yet (only have experience with red) it but i read the review from @Philpug and was very interested. If I can recall correctly, he and Andy Mink? Tested both the iron on toko yellow and spray and found the durability to be similar for a day of spring skiing. That and how easy it is to apply was a seller for me

 

[4ster]

I'm a fan of Dominator Butter!

 

[KingGrump]

Does the liquid stuff stay on in spring snow?

Yes. Good for a day of skiing.

 

[Jacques]

Does the liquid stuff stay on in spring snow?

And what is the cost per application?

 

[Jacques]

Haven't switched over to spring wax yet (maybe next week, depends on the sun) but in past years I have used a mix of just regular all-temp Dominator Zoom + the butter overlay. Worked pretty well but will be trying out Dominator FFC2 + Toko yellow liquid paraffin. The liquid stuff is just so much easier and quicker to apply on slopes.

I'd be willing to bet the FFC P2 will beat out any yellow (soft) wax.
After trying the FFC paste, let us know how it goes for you here, if you would be so kind: https://www.skitalk.com/threads/eve...ow-about-the-new-dominator-paste-waxes.29556/

 

[jt10000]

When snow is dirty, which it often is in the spring, you don't want the softest wax. And you should try to keep you bases clean.

 

[4ster]

When snow is dirty, which it often is in the spring, you don't want the softest wax. And you should try to keep you bases clean.

^This

l have a saying “No wax is better than the wrong wax”.