hoping to ask a stupid question here wondering if anyone has encountered such a thing..... was out last weekend during the warm spell; rode through rain, sleet, and snow. Board was fast while it was rainy with fog. Slowed down a bit through the day as it got colder.
Fast forward to tonight, myself and someone else that I was with put their boards on and there was basically no glide to them at all. It was like there was a set of brakes on. Going down the hill was painful and unsafe feeling. Temps tonight were much cooler (-16 C). Heelside braking was hard to do and would almost make you feel like falling. Things got a little faster though the night but not much of an improvement. Is this a sign of wax that isn't rated for the cold temp on my board or, the need for another wax job? Is it possible the warm conditions last weekend stripped the board and/or did something to the base?
The bottom doesn't really seem like it is drying out by looking at it
rain and sheet really make the wax wear off quick. I rode one day in rain and sheet all the wax was gone on my board. usually lasts about 3 days on okay groomer but only like half day on rain and sheet.
Rub on wax is pointless. It's gone in one run and is bad for the environment. Hot wax with a cold temperature wax every 2 or 3 days on the hill.
The reason a snowboard glides is because the friction of the base against the snow melts a very thin layer of water, which the snowboard glides on. The colder it is the less the snow melts. At extremely cold temperatures, <10F, the ice crystals actually stick into the base creating that awful drag.
Dude, I just use an old travel iron I had laying around. It works fine. Yea the dedicated ones are probably better but any old iron should do the trick.
I found a pair of 2013 Burton SLX's & a pair of Imperials, no liners but looked brand new.
$35.99 but because there were no liners I got them for $17.99 each.
The imperials were my size, the SLX's were not.
So I traded the SLX's for brand new Malamutes in my size.:bowdown:
Holes on the iron don't matter? I just bought an edge sharpening tool for $10 that was made for my board since it has the magnetraction edges (all wavy)
I've been out in cold nights last year, but last weekend might have been a combo of cold + base needing some work. I was like a turtle out there at -16~ celcius.
Looking forward to learning how to do this myself as another hobby. Do you prefer to leave bindings on or take them off? Did you DIY a stand?
At any time when the air temp moves below -15C any board, no wax or even a decent universal wax, is going to start slowing down noticeably. The only thing you can do is slap on a layer of Cold Temp Wax and you will glide once again.
The temps this week in the northeast are holding in the deep freeze. Time to get the cold wax on if you want any glide at all.
nice....i have a feeling i'm going to like this hahaha
do you have a link to your vid? is it on youtube?
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