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As racers, coaches and service technicians, we've worked at every level of the sport from local high school races to Olympics and World Championships.  When we launched BNS, one of the first things we did was start publishing wax reports that included multiple brands.  We figured that the while typical wax reports from each company were useful, most racers want to know what wax is fastest - period - not just what is running best from each brand.

These wax reports are our best effort at providing objective, useful information for racers. We import several wax brands including Holmenkol, SkiGo, Guru, Magnar and Gallium, and we sell Swix, Toko, Rex, Rode and Start, among others. We try our best to test as many waxes as possible, but it is just not possible to test everything, and no test is infallible.  With this in mind, we seek full transparency in every one of our recommendations by discussing how we test, what the results are and what we recommend, so you can trust our work and decide for yourself how valuable our recommendations are.  We hope that these reports will be useful to you and help you make fast skis!
  

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Junior Nationals Classic Sprint

Categories: Wax Reports | Author: David Chamberlain | Posted: 3/4/2012 | Views: 1912
Soldier Hollow, UT

BNS Wax Recommendation

Junior Nationals 2012 Soldier Hollow

Classic Sprint 3/5/12

Event Information

Monday’s race is a 1.3k classic sprint.  Qualification rounds start at 9AM, final rounds at noon.  Forecast is calling for a low of 21F tonight.  Temperatures will be warming up rapidly during the morning for a high of 50F. 

 

Weather

From NOAA.gov

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 45. Southwest wind between 3 and 8 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 21. West southwest wind 5 to 8 mph becoming east southeast.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 50. South wind between 7 and 10 mph.

 

Recommendation

We recommend the following:

Base Layer: Ski*Go LF Graphite

Race Paraffin:  Ski*Go HF Yellow

Fluoro Powder:  Holmenkol Mid 08

Topcoat: Ski*Go CM10/C22L mix

 

Testing Results

Paraffin Test

  1. Ski*Go HF Yellow
  2. Ski*Go HF Orange
  3. Rex Olympico Yellow
  4. Holmenkol Matrix Bk/Yellow
  5. Holmenkol Yellow

Other waxes tested Swix HF8, Ski*Go HF Red, Swix HF8BW

 

Powder Test

  1. Holmenkol  Mid 08
  2. Gallium Wet Powder
  3. Holmenkol Mid Powder
  4. Toko JetStream Red
  5. Swix FC78

Other waxes tested  Holmenkol Wet, Ski*Go C105,  Ski*Go C22 , Swix FC8X,

Topcoat Test

  1. Ski*Go CM10/22L mix
  2. Gallium GigaSpeed Liquid
  3. Ski*Go C22 Block
  4. Ski*Go C22 Liquid

Other waxes tested Holmenkol Wet Block,  Ski*Go 44/7 Liquid

Discussion

Our best topcoat was a mix of Ski*Go CM10 and Ski*Go C22 Liquid.  To apply this combination  we applied the liquid then immediately rubbed the CM10 over the top.  We then ironed this at165F, let cool and brushed.

We have a full selection of klisters available from Ski*Go, Rode, Guru, Rex Holmenkol, and Start. 

 

 

note: BNS imports Holmenkol and SkiGo waxes, and also sells waxes from Swix, Toko, Rode, Solda, Rex, Guru, Innovax, Magnar and others. We search for the fastest waxes for our customers and our testing is professional, objective and transparent. We make our best effort to test what we think is the best from each brand.  However, given that we are testing more options from Holmenkol and SkiGo, there is a bias toward those brands.  With this full disclosure, you can assess the legitimacy of our testing yourself. Visit Swix and Toko for their official recommendations. If you have any questions please contact us.



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